Title: Lennon’s Hope (Lennon’s Girls #3)
Author: Chris Myers
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance 17+
Publication Date: July 1st, 2014
Publisher: BookOnTheEdge
Event organized by: Literati Author Services, Inc.
~ Synopsis ~
Sometimes in love, you lose all control… At age ten, Rain fell hard for the sweet boy caring for his little sister. At age eighteen, she runs into Lennon, now an experienced player and no longer the innocent boy she once loved. At age nineteen, she has to put all her plans on hold to have his baby, and under a cloud of deception, she faces tragedy and heartbreak. At age ten, Lennon proposed to Rain in front of the whole school. At age eighteen, he thought he was over her until he sees her at a party, no longer a little girl but all grown-up and sexy as hell. At age nineteen, he loses everything he ever cared about. ***WARNING: This book is New Adult Contemporary Romance and contains sexual content.Add to Goodreads
Purchase links for previous books in the series
Lennon’s Rain (Lennon’s Girl #1) Purchase Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Lennon’s Jinx (Lennon’s Girl #2) Purchase Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
TEN BOOKISH PEEVES
1.Too many typos. I have never read a book that didn’t have some grammar mistake or typo, but if the story is rife with mistakes, I won’t read it.
2.No research done on the topic. No one is perfect, but when it’s apparent that nothing was researched, the fiction is sometimes irresponsible and hurtful to those who have experienced what happened in the book and make it seem less than the actual experience.
3.Male and female characters that sound the same, i.e. dialogue, internals.
4.TSTL. Too stupid to live heroines or heroes. My critique partners jump all over me whenever I have one of those moments. I recently read a highly rated book where a seasoned cop left his loaded guns on his front porch step at the request of a teenaged boy.
5.Too much narrative. It drags the story. During my rewrites, I try to remove as much as possible.
6.A male voice that sounds like a valley girl. Guys do not think like women, and women shouldn’t expect them to.
7.Male voices that all sound the same: sarcastic, testosterone infused, machismos.
8.Male characters that women instantly fall in love with who are either abusive or have the psychological profile of a serial killer.
9.POV switches in a scene or chapter or too many POVs. Unless you’re Barbara Kingsolver, don’t use too many because it dilutes the connection the reader has to the story.
10The expectation that a writer is perfect. We aren’t. My critique partners catch problems with my work all the time, and I thank them when they do, but I work really hard at doing my best.
What are your pet peeves when you read? Please respond in the comments.
~ About the Author ~
Chris Myers spends most of her free time writing and dreaming up new characters who fight each other for page time. She is an award-winning author of five published novels: LENNON'S JINX and LENNON'S RAIN, first two in a New Adult romance trilogy, and DAT E WIT H T HE DEAD and DEAD AND MISSING, first two in a YA paranormal mystery series, and a dark thriller.
Chris's work has appeared in the NewsMag and has earned several awards including first place Paul Gillette, Colorado Gold finalist, and semi-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. She has taught writing workshops for PPW and Delve Writing and was an adjunct professor at CSU.
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