Review: A SERIES TO LOVE AND READ OVER AND OVER
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 21, 2013
A smattering of authors have the ability to write in an elegant manner, every word chosen with care, every phrase created to elicit a sigh or a smile. AJ Nuest is one of those writers. She pens her stories with a sweeping elegance that reads effortlessly, yet I suspect is the result of hours spent pouring over dictionaries and thesauruses to pluck just the right word to create her vibrant visuals and breathtaking emotions. She is--to coin the phrase--a wordsmith.One cannot read Rowena's Key without realizing this series has been a labor of love for this author. It's evident in every description, every emotion, every well-crafted character. This was not some quickly written story. No, this was well-planned and certainly well-written. Goodness, the author had me by the end of page one. I was thinking who would buy a piece of furniture online? And an antique, no less. I had to read on.Since I am forever doing the dumbest things, I love reading about characters who are prone to making a mistake or two themselves. Show me their foibles and weaknesses. Make me care. Because Ms. Nuest loves her characters from the depths of her soul, she's able to make her readers love them, too. We quickly come to care for Rowena, the hard-working ordinary woman thrust into extra-ordinary situations and Caedmon, the embodiment of every little girl's dreams of prince charming and Ollie, the friend we all wish we had. What's not to love? I mean, really ladies, what a winning cast of characters!  The author slowly leads Rowena and Caedmon into love, so slowly and sweetly it's romantic and classic...and breathtaking. I cannot wait for the second installment of this series.