Review: An interesting, unexpected story, that a really fun ride.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 1, 2014
There are times as a writer that you read a book and you can’t help but notice how well written it is, and Gilded Feathers by J. Woods is one of those books.  As a writer and mostly as a reader I’m not a big ‘details’ person because I’m usually wrapped up in the bigger picture of the story itself, but sometimes the ‘details’ are so good that they just stick out.  Sentences that are well crafted, words that are well chosen, and paragraphs that flow so well that you drink them in like a fine wine.  Then you get beyond the beauty of the writing itself and you get to a story that’s really mishmash of genres that leaves you guessing as to what turn is coming next.  It starts in a brutal nightmare, moves into a college romance, then takes a hard turn into fantasy, so you really never get your feet set as to what direction you’re going in, which is very entertaining.  Now I need to mention that as a guy there were parts that were very squeamishly girly throughout this book, but in many ways I found them to be a peek behind the veil of what goes through a woman's mind that I found it very interesting. You see as a man the mind of a woman is mostly beyond comprehension, but to read her thoughts behind simple things like picking out clothes, seeing what men are wearing, responding to their looks, their eyes, their hairstyles and then moving into the more complex stomach turning emotions that go into dating were a glimpse into that confusing world that made things a little clearer.  Not completely clear mind you, I’m not sure men will ever completely understand women, but maybe this peak into their heads will make it just a little more understandable.  Gilded Feathers is the first book in a series and it lays out some very interesting story line.  There are a few questions that get answered, but there are more that are left open that will move you, like me, into the next books.  I’m not really sure where it’s going to go, or how it’s going to get there, but thats ok, if I could easily figure it out it wouldn’t be very interesting, not knowing where it will turn next just makes me want to read more, and given the fact that J. Woods is a very gifted writer I look forward to that journey.