Review: I fell in love with Banora Downs
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2014
Beneath Outback Skies was a wonderful rural Australian novel. Alissa Callen has a way of describing things that you can almost feel the red Outback dust on your face and smell the diesel fumes of her Ute.Reading the from grey skies of a spring that is yet to sprung; Beneath Outback skies transported me to a drought ridden Banora Downs with no rain in site. Alissa Callen give real gravitas to the drought that plagues most of the Outback. It is the realism that strikes me because most of us never have to worry about where to get the next drink to survive from.Paige and Tait's relationship slowly builds over the course of the book and in true country style, love set its own pace. Of course the path of true love is never easy. Tait has a hidden secret that when found out could ruin everything. Paige's life is just as complex. Her father is stuck in a wheel chair from a farming accident and is of limited help to her.Paige is such a strong female character, who knows exactly what she wants and refuses to settle for anything less. Since her father's accident she has almost single-handly taken over running her families farm and I think that made her a bit isolated.I loved this book. I loved Paige and Tait, and I loved peaking behind the curtain of Outback life.  I found Beneath Outback skies a tender and touching romance. I fell in love with Banora Downs, Glenalla and all its inhabitants.