Review: Crazy In Love with Pace
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2014
Crazy LoveI am crazy in love with Michelle Pace’s solo debut. I have absolutely loved her previous books that she co-authored on. But reading Crazy Love, proved that Pace can do it on her own and has mad skills for capturing a life and putting it to paper.Similarly to her joint ventures, Crazy Love is packed full of characters. However, the eclectic array of personalities is neither diluted because character development is lacking nor muddled because you can’t keep up with who’s who or what they are doing. Although each of the characters’ stories is interwoven and could not occur without the others, the independent sub-stories from each pull you deep into the chapters.Sam and Trip Beaumont. Their southern charm and gentlemanly ways to have you swooning for the lure of the south. They had me craving sweet tea with a whole lot of manliness, Beaumont boys style.Annabelle. I loved her tenacity and gift of inner strength and courage. Her perseverance to do better and not let her past be her blight was so good to see in a female m/c.Violet. This born and bred southern belle has a vivacity to her that goes against what all good southern girls should do. I love that she is her own woman.Jayse. His flamboyancy and smart mouth took some of the pressure of the angst and some of the heaviness throughout the story. His character would make for a great spin off to Crazy Love.What I absolutely love about Michelle Pace’s stories is how diverse she makes her characters. She is not reluctant or shy to casually (in that it is not forced or awkward) have characters and story lines that are sometimes socially averted (not necessarily and maybe entirely) by authors. Whether it be race, color, or sexuality, Pace writes these characters’ stories, not to make a point that they are present but that they just are.Michelle Pace, gave me a story that I easily fell in crazy love for and was sad when I came to the last page. I can’t wait to see what she brings us next.D 4/5