Blurb: Hi. My name is Julia. I’m a Synth. And I’m here to find love…
Synthetic woman Julia Walden was designed for one reason: to compete on The Proposal and claim the heart of bachelor Josh LaSala. Her casting is controversial, but Julia seems to get her fairy-tale ending when Josh gets down on one knee.
Fast forward fifteen months, and Julia and Josh are married and raising their baby in small-town Indiana. But with haters around every corner, Julia's life is a far cry from the domestic bliss she imagined. Then her splintering world shatters: Josh goes missing, and she becomes the prime suspect in his murder.
With no one left she can trust, Julia takes the investigation into her own hands. But the explosive truths she uncovers will drive her to her breaking point—and isn’t that where a person’s true nature is revealed? That is…if Julia truly is a person.
Told via dual timelines, Jenna Satterthwaite’s twist-filled debut deftly explores the exhilarating point where artificial intelligence, reality TV and bone-chilling murder mystery meet.
My Thoughts: I downloaded this one by accident as it is not a genre that I typically read but the cover caught my eye, and the blurb looked interesting, so I thought I'd give it a try. The premise was definitely interesting and not one I've seen before. The writing did grab me and I liked Julia as a main character. That said this was definitely my genre and I had a hard time really getting into the story. Because of that I'm not going to rate the book but if the premise interests you I definitely recommend trying it.
Blurb: The fascinating lives of the characters in Almost Famous Women have mostly been forgotten, but their stories are burning to be told. Now Megan Mayhew Bergman, author of Birds of a Lesser Paradise, resurrects these women, lets them live in the reader's imagination, so we can explore their difficult choices. Nearly every story in this dazzling collection is based on a woman who attained some celebrity—she raced speed boats or was a conjoined twin in show business; a reclusive painter of renown; a member of the first all-female, integrated swing band. We see Lord Byron's illegitimate daughter, Allegra; Oscar Wilde's troubled niece, Dolly; West With the Night author Beryl Markham; Edna St. Vincent Millay's sister, Norma. These extraordinary stories travel the world, explore the past (and delve into the future), and portray fiercely independent women defined by their acts of bravery, creative impulses, and sometimes reckless decisions.
My Thoughts: This was an interesting concept and I do enjoy short story collections. I liked exploring a snapshot in time for people who are adjacent to fame somehow. Bergman is good at capturing a personality and feelings in a moment in time. That said I think I would have liked a bit of an explanation as to just who was who and who they were connected to as there were times I got lost down that particular rabbit hole and wasn't focusing on the story itself. My Rating: Liked It (3 Stars)
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