Sunday, January 22, 2012

A good day

Excuse me if I quote from Maya Banks blog - YES Maya Banks - I couldn't believe it! She liked two of my books - Strangers and An Ordinary Girl. This is what she said......

Awhile back I did a shout out on twitter to see if anyone had read Barbara Elsborg and if so what they thought? I didn’t get many response and they were varied but nothing just overnethusiastic. But there were two of her books that I had bought because the blurbs intrigued me. This was a few months ago and I finally decided to take the plunge last night.

Holy fuck, people.
Ok, I get that maybe I might be in the minority. Maybe a lot of people just haven’t read her. But wow did I love the two books I read. They were An Ordinary Girl and Strangers. I really don’t have the words to describe how compelling I found these books. I mean it was like I just couldn’t stop reading. They weren’t easy, “fluffy” reads by any means and I kept reading with this sense of dread KNOWING that the entire world was going to go to shit at ANY minute. I was holding my breath at some points and then was cursing because I was like damn it, this is stressing me out. Strangers was my favorite of the two but they were both just so good. Anyone who knows me, knows that I love me some angst and drama, the more the better and Strangers had it in spades. The ending of that book just had a huge knot in my throat and my chest was tight because I just knew what conclusions the hero had drawn based on how they “met” and that he was going to think she was dead because he couldn’t find her anywhere. And then they find her abandoned car… Ok I’ll stop but wowza, those books just hit all my buttons. They were meaty reads that had me absorbed from beginning to end.


http://www.mayabanks.com/blog/2012/01/reading-report-card/comment-page-1/#comment-9717



And to make a good day even better - I had a 5 star review for Just One Bite from Sensual Reads http://sensualreads.com/?p=8619

5 comments:

Fred said...

That's an AWSOME review. You realize that I live vicariously through your successes, right?

There's nothing like a compliment.

Barbara Elsborg said...

LOL, Fred. So long as its only my success you live vicariously through. Hate to think my erotic romances had any other function....

Arlene said...

Wow, but not surprising on both the blog comments and the review for Just One Bite. You are a seriously amazing author, and more and more of your peers, best selling ones who understand how much goes into the powerful stories you write, will get that.
And those good days will keep on rolling in!!!

Barbara Elsborg said...

Thanks, Arlene!!

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