Review: Recommended Book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2013
Brita Addams has written a sweeping saga about the Golden Age of Hollywood. In Tarnished Gold, by following the career of Jack Abadie, she gives us a glimpse at the history of movies from the early days of the silent films-or "flickers" as they were called-through the "Roaring Twenties", up to the start of the 1930s. The blurb covers the very basic facts of the book, but to really, really appreciate the glorious whole of this eloquently written saga, you must read it for yourself.This is a fantastic character driven story that has a plot that grabs you at the beginning, smoothly sweeps you along with a backstory that is so richly detailed that you feel like you're there in person, to the very end. Her characters are solid, very believable, and pull you in to where you cheer every triumph, cry at every tragedy, and live every moment almost as if it were your own. The sex in the story is hot, passionate, and intense.<!--more-->The author's style of writing is solid, eloquent, very original, and displays an absolutely uncanny ability to bring to life the seldom seen world of what really happened behind-the-scenes of the movie industry at that time and a VERY well researched knowledge of what power the big name studios had. She has done an absolutely fantastic job of pulling back the curtain and offering a no-holds-barred and unapologetic look beyond the hype and glitz into what really happened during that time. I absolutely loved the HEA ending, enjoyed reading the unvarnished tale, and would DEFINITELY recommend this fascinating book to everyone!Pattycake's 5 sweet pea and Recommended Book review appears at mrsconditreadsbooks.com/index.php/?p=13336