Jeffrey Stepakoff, an American television writer, producer, and author, has captured the definition of any particular “scent" in his remarkable words, as;
“A good fragrance is really a powerful cocktail of memories and emotion.”
Julie Cohen, the English author has crafted a beautiful tale about scents and fragrances triggering any particular memory in her new novel, Where Love Lies. I'm pretty sure that while reading the book, you too are going to get engulfed by the beauty of this tale and also get lost in the beautiful fragrance underlying in this tale.
Synopsis:
Felicity, a children's book author, is married to her husband, Quinn for just a year and within her 1 year of marriage, Felicity's mind remains always clouded by doubt and uncertainty about Quinn, love and marriage. Quinn wants Felicity to try for a baby, but her mind is clogged with her book's protagonist's next adventure and with the idea of love. But suddenly, Felicity and only Felicity can smell the fragrance of frangipani flowers wherever she went, but when she consulted her GP, he confirms it to be due to her migraine pains and that particular smell is related to a man that Felicity once loved almost 10 years ago. As Felicity falls one more for that beautiful man from her past, her marriage to Quinn seems so bleak and uncertain. Will Felicity hold onto the smell of frangipani flowers? Will Felicity come to term with a simple smell that's almost haunting her marriage?
I know from the blurb itself, the book sounds beautiful and I don't know how many times I cried for Felicity and Quinn. One moment, I hated Felicity terribly for hurting her loving husband, Quinn and the next moment I'm praying for Felicity's speedy recovery from pain. Felicity almost made be hate-to-love her, and Quinn made me love him from the very first page to the very last page and I so wish my boyfriend to address me like Quinn does to Felicity;
Hello Love
Quinn is etched on to my mind forever and Felicity is a confused woman who day-dreams about her protagonist, Igor, the Owl, almost all day, loved her mother, got traumatized by her artist mother's death and that left her uncertain with herself, and also quite amusing the way she behaved and talked. She adored her in-laws and hated her publicist (Which author doesn't hate?). Her 10years ago boyfriend, didn't make any mark upon my mind, frankly speaking, I did not like him, too casual in his world, always had this 'don't care' attitude. These were the primary characters and the rest like, Felicity's bestie, who loved jumping off from one rich-guy to another, Felicity's sister-in-law, and the rest were quite striking and the author have made them quite believable in nature. Felicity's bliss of being in love is what drowned me into the ocean of intense feelings and I attached so emotionally with Felicity. The author's style of writing is impeccable, and loved the way she narrated down those feelings and emotions attached with each and every moment of the book.
Verdict: It's a must read for everyone who enjoys a blissful feeling in the very deep core of their heart! From the cover image to the title of the book, it is a 5star rating book!
Courtesy: I'd like to thank the author's publicist, Tess Henderson, of Transworld Publishers, for sending me over a copy of the author's book, in return for an honest review.
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Author Info:
Julie Cohen grew up in the small town of Rumford, Maine, just up the hill from the local library. She spent most of her time reading and at age 11 she wrote her first novel.
As she matured, her stories got more original. In high school, her best friend Kathy and she spent all of their study halls and most of their chemistry lessons scribbling stories about themselves and various celebrities. Her oeuvre was rapidly expanded to include The Beatles Book, The Monkees Book, and The Gorgeous Neighbour Possessed By The Devil Book. Read More
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This is an wonderful review. Keep it up.
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