Alix & Valerie [Paperback]

Ingrid Diaz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 21, 2008

Alix Morris has spent the past seven years of her life nurturing an unrequited love for her soon-to-be-married best friend. The pain from this silent longing has settled within her like a faithful companion and she's loathe to let it go. Two nights before the wedding, she agrees to an impromptu outing to a hip night club with a friend. There she meets wise-cracking Valerie Skye who unloosens some of those painful ties. But Valerie has some secrets of her own to overcome. Can Alix and Valerie untangle their pasts and hope the fate that brought them together isn't fickle?

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing Company (July 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934452041
• ISBN-13: 978-1934452042
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #532,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely Fun Read, August 8, 2008

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Jean Farmer "gizzmogeek" (MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alix & Valerie (Paperback)

I liked this book for a number of reasons. It isn't a sappy romance where the two leads find each other and live happily ever after. That's way to boring. No. This book is phenomenal because while there is a love story going on, there is a great deal of humor and angst and intrigue going on too. There is never a dull moment and none of it feels forced. Just when you think you have it all figured out, Ingrid takes you in a completely new direction that challenges all of your earlier presumptions.

I found myself unable to put this book down and reading into the wee hours of the morning because I just had to find out what happened next. I laughed out loud frequently as the witty humor adds a lot to the story line. Diaz is very good at capturing realistic emotions and thought processes and putting that on the page so the reader really feels like these characters are real. This is a great fun book and I highly encourage you to pick up a copy. It's well worth the price.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good from cover to cover, August 28, 2008

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James "James" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Alix & Valerie (Paperback)

One of the best things about this book is how it held my interest from page one all the way to the end. It had been a while since I'd picked up a book and was unable to put it down until it was done. I'm not generally a fan of the romantic genre, but this story has enough intrigue in it to keep my interest.

From the start, you get the feeling that something else is going on that Alix doesn't know about. And that suspicion only builds and builds until something is finally revealed at just the right moment. The twists and turns are very well paced and the resolution satisfies expectations. The characters are fresh and above all, they feel real. There's enough humour, angst, and action throughout, and the story never drags.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your search for great lesbian fiction starts here., August 1, 2008

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Amanda R. (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alix & Valerie (Paperback)

To be quite honest, I have never been able to identify with lesbian characters in books as much as I have with the ones in this book. It is a romantic story packed with funny and exciting situations as well as familiar experiences. This is the book that convinced me to stop hating reading and that I should read more books -- and that was before it was even published. I love it.