Yolanda Wallace
Auteur de Month of Sundays
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- Yolanda Wallace is not a professional writer, but she plays one in her spare time. Her love of travel and adventure has helped her pen the globe-spanning novels Rum Spring, Lucky Loser, Murphy’s Law, The War Within, Break Point, True Colors, and the Lambda Literary Award winning Month of Sundays, as well as novels written as Mason Dixon, which include the Lambda Literary Award finalist Date with Destiny. Her short stories have appeared in multiple anthologies including Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets and Women of the Dark Streets.
She and her wife live in beautiful coastal Georgia, where they are parents to two children of the four-legged variety.
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Thanks to NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books, Inc. for the eARC!
Unfortunately, this book wasn't for me, and I have to admit to DNF-ing, which I don't usually do. But it got to a point where I kept putting every other book ahead of this one. I read an additional chapter and then decided to call it quits.
Although I am not a young adult anymore, I still read a lot of YA fiction, and was super interested in this title. But I struggled to get into it from the get go, and it probably isn't intended for my demographic.
The political commentary is so constant that it detracted from the story early on. Don't get me wrong, I'm big into politics (left wing) in real life, and I consume fiction and media based around the issues too, but this one is super heavy on something that is marketed as a YA romance more than anything else? Every other line seems to have some social commentary. As a white woman, it's absolutely not my place to speak on certain aspects of that, so I won't, as my opinion doesn't matter so much there.
The other thing is, this book is really dialogue heavy in a way that seems unnatural. People don't talk that much! They don't SAY as much in one conversation as these people did; often, there were full paragraphs of speech one person said in a conversation with five other people (for example), and I just found it to be unrealistic and somewhat clunky to read.
I didn't warm to any of the main characters during my period of reading, which definitely didn't help. I'm sure the queer romance aspect would have been welcome as the story progressed but I struggled too much to get to that stage.… (plus d'informations)
Unfortunately, this book wasn't for me, and I have to admit to DNF-ing, which I don't usually do. But it got to a point where I kept putting every other book ahead of this one. I read an additional chapter and then decided to call it quits.
Although I am not a young adult anymore, I still read a lot of YA fiction, and was super interested in this title. But I struggled to get into it from the get go, and it probably isn't intended for my demographic.
The political commentary is so constant that it detracted from the story early on. Don't get me wrong, I'm big into politics (left wing) in real life, and I consume fiction and media based around the issues too, but this one is super heavy on something that is marketed as a YA romance more than anything else? Every other line seems to have some social commentary. As a white woman, it's absolutely not my place to speak on certain aspects of that, so I won't, as my opinion doesn't matter so much there.
The other thing is, this book is really dialogue heavy in a way that seems unnatural. People don't talk that much! They don't SAY as much in one conversation as these people did; often, there were full paragraphs of speech one person said in a conversation with five other people (for example), and I just found it to be unrealistic and somewhat clunky to read.
I didn't warm to any of the main characters during my period of reading, which definitely didn't help. I'm sure the queer romance aspect would have been welcome as the story progressed but I struggled too much to get to that stage.… (plus d'informations)
I love reading about mountain climbing, and this lesbian romance is set on a mountain climbing expedition in the Himalayas, so it was perfect for me. I expected headstrong climbers, terrible weather, low oxygen, life-and-death situations, and lots of smoldering glances. I was not disappointed!
Weirdly, this is the second assassin/contract killer lesfic novel I've read in the past couple of months. So, I was a little wary that it would be the same story. It wasn't, it was definitely different and intriguing.
Santana is a contract killer, but, it's not by choice, not by a long shot. And, when she gets a job that she can't quite go through with, well, that throws her entire life into quite a bit of chaos.
Brooklyn is a tech company CEO, and her best friend Charlie is the target of said hit that Santana can't complete, but, unfortunately, gets completed anyway.
Santana should just go on with her life (she previously met with Brooklyn in Tokyo and they have a cool little scene). Instead, she goes against what her brain is telling her to do, and starts getting closer to Brooklyn. But, I mean... she's a killer, and nearly killed Brooklyn's best friend... where can this relationship go really?
This was one of the most tightly written novels that I've read in years, decades maybe.
Everything that happened from the first word to the last had a point in the story. No hanging chads at all in this novel, and that made me love the book even more. So few books these days in any genre from 'literature' to 'mystery' to 'lesfic' is so tightly written. It seems to be how books are written now, looser, but, this one... wow.
And, it made for a great read too (not just technically). I wasn't really sure what was going to happen as the end drew near.
I received this book via Netgalley thanks to Bold Strokes Books.… (plus d'informations)
Santana is a contract killer, but, it's not by choice, not by a long shot. And, when she gets a job that she can't quite go through with, well, that throws her entire life into quite a bit of chaos.
Brooklyn is a tech company CEO, and her best friend Charlie is the target of said hit that Santana can't complete, but, unfortunately, gets completed anyway.
Santana should just go on with her life (she previously met with Brooklyn in Tokyo and they have a cool little scene). Instead, she goes against what her brain is telling her to do, and starts getting closer to Brooklyn. But, I mean... she's a killer, and nearly killed Brooklyn's best friend... where can this relationship go really?
This was one of the most tightly written novels that I've read in years, decades maybe.
Everything that happened from the first word to the last had a point in the story. No hanging chads at all in this novel, and that made me love the book even more. So few books these days in any genre from 'literature' to 'mystery' to 'lesfic' is so tightly written. It seems to be how books are written now, looser, but, this one... wow.
And, it made for a great read too (not just technically). I wasn't really sure what was going to happen as the end drew near.
I received this book via Netgalley thanks to Bold Strokes Books.… (plus d'informations)
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I've seen Yolanda Wallace's name for years but never felt a strong urge to pick up any of her books, except for Rum Spring which looked really interesting. I'm so glad my library had Tailor-Made because it easily nabs a spot on my favorites list and my even more exclusive "Funk Reading List." Hell, I want to reread it again right now. As I watched the percentage done ramp up, I wished there was much more to the book. But, honestly, I would have been happy if it would have ended before the epilogue. I loved how the final chapter wrapped up. It was just damn perfect for me.
If you've been waiting for a reason to give this author a shot, grab Tailor-Made and settle in for a fantastic romance.
Oh! I forgot to mention that I found just the right amount of angst and great chemistry between Grace and Dakota. And I loved the names of all the women in Grace's family. Oh - and Lillie! So much good stuff in this book.
Ok, I'm done. I've returned the library's copy and am off to buy my own.… (plus d'informations)