Book Review: What's Not True + Giveaway
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Book Details:
Book Title: What's Not True by Valerie Taylor
Category: Adult Fiction 18+
Genre: Women's Fiction, Chick Lit
Publisher: She Writes Press, 321 pages
Release date: August 2021
Content Rating: PG-13 + M What's Not True has several sex scenes and some bad language.
Book Title: What's Not True by Valerie Taylor
Category: Adult Fiction 18+
Genre: Women's Fiction, Chick Lit
Publisher: She Writes Press, 321 pages
Release date: August 2021
Content Rating: PG-13 + M What's Not True has several sex scenes and some bad language.
“What’s Not True…is an enthralling, character-driven story that will appeal irresistibly to fans of women’s fiction…Taylor’s prose is crystalline…she does not waste words, rather using them to create a tense, nerve-shredder that
offers full entertainment to readers.” — Readers’ Favorite 5-star review
Book Description:
With her court date set for her divorce and her plans with the younger man in the rearview mirror, Kassie O’Callaghan shifts attention to reviving her stalled career. But things get complicated when she unexpectedly rendezvous with her former lover in Paris. After a chance meeting there with a colleague and a stroll along Pont Neuf, Kassie receives two compelling proposals. Can she accept them both?
But Kassie’s decision process screeches to a halt when her soon-to-be ex-husband has a heart attack, forcing her to fly home to Boston. There, she confronts his conniving and deceitful fiancée—a woman who wants not just a ring on her finger but everything that belongs to Kassie. In the ensuing battle to protect what’s legally and rightfully hers, Kassie discovers that sometimes it’s what’s not true that can set you free.
Though a standalone novel, What’s Not True is the sequel to What’s Not Said (September 15, 2020).
With her court date set for her divorce and her plans with the younger man in the rearview mirror, Kassie O’Callaghan shifts attention to reviving her stalled career. But things get complicated when she unexpectedly rendezvous with her former lover in Paris. After a chance meeting there with a colleague and a stroll along Pont Neuf, Kassie receives two compelling proposals. Can she accept them both?
But Kassie’s decision process screeches to a halt when her soon-to-be ex-husband has a heart attack, forcing her to fly home to Boston. There, she confronts his conniving and deceitful fiancée—a woman who wants not just a ring on her finger but everything that belongs to Kassie. In the ensuing battle to protect what’s legally and rightfully hers, Kassie discovers that sometimes it’s what’s not true that can set you free.
Though a standalone novel, What’s Not True is the sequel to What’s Not Said (September 15, 2020).
My Review
This book is the follow up to What's Not Said. Which, readers really should read the books in chronological order. You get a better experience with the books and their personal stories do intertwine together. Thus, to get the full reading experience, I do recommend reading What's Not Said first.
It has been a while since I read the first book, so it took me a couple chapters to refamiliarize myself on the events from the prior book. It was good to see Kassie enjoying herself after what she went through. This time around Kassie does find her closer and peace.
I did feel like the first half of the story did move slower for me. Yet, the second half came together nicely involving all of the characters.
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Book Details:
Book Title: What's Not Said by Valerie Taylor
Category: Adult Fiction 18+
Genre: Women's Fiction, Chick Lit
Publisher: She Writes Press, 300 pages
Release date: September 2020
Content Rating: PG-13 + M: has several sex scenes and some bad language.
Book Title: What's Not Said by Valerie Taylor
Category: Adult Fiction 18+
Genre: Women's Fiction, Chick Lit
Publisher: She Writes Press, 300 pages
Release date: September 2020
Content Rating: PG-13 + M: has several sex scenes and some bad language.
2021 International Book Awards Finalist in Fiction: Women’s Fiction
2020 Canadian Book Club Awards Finalist in Fiction
Chosen as an August 2021 Pulpwood Queens Book Club selection
Featured by the international NoMo Book Club in May 2021
“Taylor’s dialogue is snappy and contemporary . . . A witty and often amusing marriage drama.”
―Kirkus Reviews
2020 Canadian Book Club Awards Finalist in Fiction
Chosen as an August 2021 Pulpwood Queens Book Club selection
Featured by the international NoMo Book Club in May 2021
“Taylor’s dialogue is snappy and contemporary . . . A witty and often amusing marriage drama.”
―Kirkus Reviews
Book Description:
What’s Not Said is a story about Kassie O’Callaghan, a middle-aged woman on a mission to divorce her emotionally abusive husband and start a new life with a younger man she met while on a solo vacation in Venice. When she learns her husband has chronic kidney disease, her plans collapse until she pokes around his pajama drawer and discovers his illness is the least of his deceits.
Then again, Kassie is no angel. The separate lives they lead collide head-on into a tangled web of sex, lies, and DNA. As she helps her husband find an organ donor, Kassie uncovers a secret, forcing her to decide whose life to save: her husband’s or her own.
What’s Not Said is a story about Kassie O’Callaghan, a middle-aged woman on a mission to divorce her emotionally abusive husband and start a new life with a younger man she met while on a solo vacation in Venice. When she learns her husband has chronic kidney disease, her plans collapse until she pokes around his pajama drawer and discovers his illness is the least of his deceits.
Then again, Kassie is no angel. The separate lives they lead collide head-on into a tangled web of sex, lies, and DNA. As she helps her husband find an organ donor, Kassie uncovers a secret, forcing her to decide whose life to save: her husband’s or her own.
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Meet the Author:
Valerie Taylor was born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. She earned a B.S. Marketing degree and an MBA from Sacred Heart University, as well as a graduate certificate in health care administration from Simmons University (formerly Simmons College). She had a thirty-year career in the financial services industry as a marketer and writer. Valerie is a published book reviewer with BookTrib.com; and a member of Westport Writers’ Workshop, Independent Book Publishers Association, and Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She enjoys practicing tai chi and being an expert sports spectator.
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Valerie Taylor was born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. She earned a B.S. Marketing degree and an MBA from Sacred Heart University, as well as a graduate certificate in health care administration from Simmons University (formerly Simmons College). She had a thirty-year career in the financial services industry as a marketer and writer. Valerie is a published book reviewer with BookTrib.com; and a member of Westport Writers’ Workshop, Independent Book Publishers Association, and Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She enjoys practicing tai chi and being an expert sports spectator.
connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Sep 16 – Pick a Good Book – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE / author interview / giveaway
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Sep 17 - Amy's Booket List – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE / giveaway
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Sep 21 - @twilight_reader – book review of WHAT’S NOT SAID
Sep 23 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of WHAT’S NOT SAID / giveaway
Sep 23 - Review Thick & Thin - book review of WHAT'S NOT TRUE / guest post
Sep 24 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE / giveaway
Sep 27 – Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Sep 27 - Sefina Hawke's Books – book review of WHAT’S NOT SAID
Sep 28 – Cheryl's Book Nook – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE / giveaway
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Sep 29 - Falling Into A Good Book - book review of WHAT'S NOT TRUE
Sep 30 – @twilight_reader – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE
Sep 30 - StoreyBook Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
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Oct 1 - Books for Books – book review of WHAT’S NOT SAID
Oct 4 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of WHAT’S NOT SAID / giveaway
Oct 5 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE / giveaway
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Oct 6 - Books Lattes & Tiaras – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE
Oct 7 – Splashes of Joy – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE / author interview / giveaway
Oct 8 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway
Oct 8 - Books for Books – book review of WHAT’S NOT TRUE
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