Review: Highly recommended
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 1, 2012
I greatly enjoyed Blue Rose In Chelsea for its love story. I feel like it was shown clearly why Haley and Evan were perfect for each other. Haley is the lead character and one of many book protagonists with an affinity for reading. BRIC is a coming of age story, as Haley struggles to find her place in life with a near-complete University degree and the aspiration to produce a novel. Evan is highly attractive and a good, spirited match for Haley and sparks fly between the two in short order, but life competes for precedence over their willingness to start a relationship.The author didn't spare showing both the good and bad of characters, and they're all better off for it. I dare you to pick just one favorite. I dare you. The writing is insightful and beautiful. This is one of the few novels I read this year where it seems the author payed a lot of attention to the weight words can carry. The dialogue is sharpened to a knife point and the imagery is beautiful.The story is full of action and is paced swiftly. The only real complaint I have is that transitions from one event to another are something abrupt and could have been made smoother. Other than that I loved the book from cover to cover.