{"id":554,"date":"2017-02-17T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/17\/book-review-before-him-comes-me\/"},"modified":"2017-02-17T13:53:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T13:53:00","slug":"book-review-before-him-comes-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/17\/book-review-before-him-comes-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Before Him Comes Me"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Faced with an unexpected choice, a simple nod is all it will take to change the course of Zara’s life.<\/p>\n

Bound to a life predetermined by the restrictive traditions of her community, Zara is offered a glimmer of hope by a complete stranger, a man selected for her. She can choose to walk away from the life she has been trained for.<\/p>\n

Make new friends and lose her best friend.
\nExplore new places and lose her home.
\nFind herself and lose herself.<\/p>\n

Will Zara nod and risk everything she knows to discover who she is meant to be?<\/p>\n

**Disclaimer**<\/p>\n

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\nAlthough this book is BDSM theme it is not an erotic\/a genre. No Sex scenes invovled, BHCM is categorized as a NA Contemporary Romance Genre.<\/p>\n

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\nOkie dokie…here’s a new book for all of you! Let me start by saying that I included the disclaimer simply because the author chose to include it on her book synopsis. (Yes, including the misspelled word.) Do I agree with it? Sure. It doesn’t include any sex scenes and I’m assuming that NA stands for New Adult so any adult themes are covered under that.  Now…let’s get into the review!<\/p>\n

The Good<\/u>: The story line moved at a smooth pace and was interesting. As someone with some experience with BDSM, I found the idea of the cult that the author writes about intriguing. It wasn’t entirely a new idea, but still an interesting one. I also appreciated that the author used “hometown” locations that she’s familiar with. Living not too far away from that area, I may check out one or two that she mentioned. That brings me to the characters. I appreciated the fact that they were well thought out and developed. It’s easy to overlook secondary characters and Ms. Sure did a good job of making sure that didn’t happen.<\/p>\n

The Bad:<\/u> The book is written entirely in present tense which can make it incredibly difficult to read. There’s a reason that few authors go this route and more than once I had to take a break while reading because of this. On top of that and perhaps because of it, some of the scenes read more like a play by play than narrative. First this person does this, then that person does that. I’m not going to lie…though the book held me until the end, more than once I thought that the author set about to write the “anti-50 Shades of Grey” book and that she herself didn’t have much experience within the BDSM lifestyle. If that was her goal, she was entirely successful. This book does show what is in essence the anti-Christian and it does it well. Since I know y’all are waiting for it…yes, the author did use an editor and yes, she needs to find one who pays a bit closer attention to details. Maybe I’m just too picky but I’ve read too many books with amazing attention to detail and grammar to believe that not paying attention is the norm.<\/p>\n

The Summary:<\/u> For a first book, the author does a very good job at telling what is a very interesting story. If you’d like to read how a teenage girl “bucks the system” and changes her life, there’s a very good chance that you could really like this story. Would I recommend this book? I would, but with the caveat that it’s written in present tense and that you need to pay attention when you’re reading it. For now, it’s going onto my shelf and I’m going to keep my eyes open to see if the author goes back and tells the stories of the 3 other ladies who “bucked the system”.  They were merely touched upon in this novel and I think they deserve their own telling.<\/p>\n

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