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Delicious (The Marsdens, #1)
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I'm still reading DELICIOUS (perhaps I should say 'devouring' this totally delectable story), but I have to gush about Sherry Thomas' amazing talent.
Her characters are so fully formed, so achingly human. I am in love with them all. The story is luxuriously told, erotic, a feast for the heart and the senses.
Her use of language is exquisite. She doesn't write down to her readers, peppering her prose with words like 'sybaritic' and 'soigne.' But it is her metaphors that make me sigh and despair of calling myself a writer. She describes her hero's boyhood, when he knew the grinding hunger of poverty and how just before his mother left him forever, she used the last of her money to buy him a boiled treat. He said the sweetness of the candy was 'like sucking on God's thumb.'
I put the book down and wept.
As soon as I finish Delicious, I have to find her debut title Private Arrangements. Sherry Thomas is a gift to historical romance. I urge you to buy Delicious today.
Her characters are so fully formed, so achingly human. I am in love with them all. The story is luxuriously told, erotic, a feast for the heart and the senses.
Her use of language is exquisite. She doesn't write down to her readers, peppering her prose with words like 'sybaritic' and 'soigne.' But it is her metaphors that make me sigh and despair of calling myself a writer. She describes her hero's boyhood, when he knew the grinding hunger of poverty and how just before his mother left him forever, she used the last of her money to buy him a boiled treat. He said the sweetness of the candy was 'like sucking on God's thumb.'
I put the book down and wept.
As soon as I finish Delicious, I have to find her debut title Private Arrangements. Sherry Thomas is a gift to historical romance. I urge you to buy Delicious today.
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Dec 26, 2008 04:51PM
Emily, you describe Sherry's style so well. I read Private Arrangements, and it was exactly as you said. Her characters are so real, as well as the emotions (wow, she's a wonder at evoking genuine, deep emotion without getting melodramatic) and she doesn't pander to a certain audience or stereotype (romance). She also doesn't warp her story/characters implausibly or ridiculously for more dramatic effect or to power a failing plot. Definitely not stereotypical romance.
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The thing that's really amazing about Sherry Thomas is that English is not her first language! It makes her accomplishments all the more impressive.As a writer myself, I rarely read for pleasure. I'm usually going to school on other writer's work, but with Sherry Thomas, I can simply wallow in the joy of a story well told.
Yeah, when I read that in her bio, I was pretty surprised. Talk about prize pupil, LOL.
I had the great pleasure to meet Sherry in San Francisco last summer. She is a humble and gracious person. Made me like her writing even more!
