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I was excited to take part in my first ever blog tour and the lucky book for me was: Preloved, by Shirley Marr. Thanks to the lovely ladies at for including me!

Now of course, Shirley is a delightful person, and I would expect her books to be just as charming.

And it was.

Preloved is a lighthearted look at reincarnation, crushes, the Awesome 80's, circle's of friends and Chinese mothers who are not exactly Tiger Moms, but more like Professor Trelawney if she ran a 2nd hand store, but not as clueless. (Note: I adore Prof. Trelawney in Harry Potter .. she wasn't always right, but by-golly she was right when it really mattered!)Everything is an ominous portent of something!! And she's right, ya know?

Just so you know, I am a child of the 80's. I had the big bangs, rolled up jeans cuffs, popped collars, Ked's, neon everything, the best spate of comedy movies ever (thank you, John Candy RIP), and I could go on and on. The point is, the 80's could kick the 2000's butt.

I loved that about Preloved. Logan would be just the type of guy to spring from the best years of the late 20th century.

My one complaint, and it took me awhile to articulate this, is that it is very Australian. NOT that that's bad, mind you. But I've been reading Aussie for a while and watched Aussie movies, and let's face it: Australia has some weird slang words. No, it's cool though because after you've used them for a few years they make their way up here in the USA and then we think they're REALLY COOL. So, there's a good portion of the conversations with slang that might put off some readers who don't get it. For those readers, here you go:

All in all, I enjoyed reading Preloved and would recommend to readers who like a little mix of contemporary with the nostalgic.

Favorite quote:

My white dress streamed behind me. Our roles had been reversed. Logan was a boy traveling through the city and I was the ghost that had come drifting down from the empty sky and landed without a sound behind him.