Title: Dancing to an Irish Reel
Author: Claire Fullerton
Genre: NA fiction
Reviewer: Aly
Book Blurb:
On sabbatical from her job in the LA record business, twenty five year old Hailey Crossan takes a trip to Ireland for the vacation of a lifetime. What she finds is a job offer too good to turn down.
But her new life in Ireland comes with one major complication—Liam Hennessey. He’s a famous Irish musician whose entire live has revolved around performing. And Hailey falls in love with him. Because Liam’s not so sure love can fit into his life, he’s afraid to come closer, but neither can he bring himself to go away.
And so begins Hailey’s journey to a colorful land that changes her life, unites her with friends more colorful than the Irish landscape, and teaches her more about love than she’s ever known before.
Review:
The narration of Dancing to An Irish Reel allows the book to play out like a movie in your head. If you’ve ever seen movies similar to The Princess Bride, that’s sort of how the narration seemed to play in my head. It was almost as if someone was telling the story as the movie was playing. So that was something that set Dancing to an Irish Reel apart from other books I’ve read.
I did find that the plot seemed to be much like she described Ireland. It seemed to move along at a steady pace and you sometimes had a hard time discovering what they were really trying to say. There weren’t any specific “big bang” moments that were high energy and hit suddenly with no warning. Everything seemed to move along at a slow pace and it’s different from the high energy suspense novels.
The story was certainly a nice read. And it was interesting to see a different type of lifestyle from the one that we in North America experience.
The ending was open, never really stating for certain what happened after a certain point. Which was intriguing as it allows the reader to find their favorite ending but still, I Would have liked to know what happened for sure. Not just the numerous possibilities.
Overall, Dancing to An Irish Reel was a good, different read. The author did a good job at creating a story that stands out from other books.
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About the Author
Claire Fullerton is the author of Paranormal Mystery, “A Portal in Time,” set in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California (Vinspire Publishing) and “Dancing to an Irish Reel,” Fiction, set in Connemara, Ireland, (Vinspire Publishing.) She is a three time award winning essayist, a former newspaper columnist, a contributor to magazines, and a four time contributor to the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book series. Claire hails from Memphis,TN and now lives in Malibu, CA. Currently, Claire is writing her third novel, which is based on her award winning essay in the 2013 San Francisco Writer’s Conference.
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