Book Review: I’ll Stand By You by Karen Grey

I’ll Stand By You by Karen Grey

Carolina Classics Prequel novella

Home Cooked Books (May 18, 2022)

73 pages

Friendship/1990s Beach Town

Can five friends grow up without growing apart?

Summer, 1991: Working at a beachfront hotel in their sleepy southern coastal town gives life-long friends Violet, Danielle, Whitney, Ford and Sully the chance to spend as much time as possible together after college graduation and before real life begins.

One exceptionally busy and very long night—which includes a wedding, a lost dog, hatching sea turtles and a job offer—has each of them facing hopes and fears for the future. Wrestling with choices means loyalties are tested while alliances shift.

Don’t miss this combo sequel to Grey’s Boston Classics series and prequel to her new Carolina Classics series. It’ll take you from the neon, big-haired, shoulder-pads of the 1980’s into the boho, laidback 1990’s.

FROM THE AUTHOR:

WARNING:
This novella is not a romance.
It is about love, but the characters you meet won’t get a Happily Ever After (or even a Happy For Now) in this story.
This story is about Friendship.

BUY LINKS

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Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1618611996

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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60775639-i-ll-stand-by-you

REVIEW

A fun and clever way to end an existing series and introduce a new series serving as both an epilogue for the Boston Classics series and prequel to the new Carolina Classics series.

We get a glimpse into Henry and Bella’s wedding reception which includes the Boston Classic series characters. We are also introduced to the Carolina Classics characters as the five lifelong friends spend the summer working together at a beach hotel as they prepare for life after college.

This is a quick read, again it’s an introduction to the authors new series. Well written, interesting characters, and the two series are wonderfully woven together.

Reviewed by Comfy Chair Books/Lisa Reigel (June 29, 2022)

ARC provided by author

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

KAREN GREY is the pen name for award-winning narrator Karen White. A stage, screen and radio drama actor in Boston, New York and Los Angeles in the late 20th century, she started recording books in 1999. Now back in her home state of North Carolina, she shares a home with her family and (probably) too many pets, where she continues to narrate audiobooks as well as make up stories.

The first three books in her Boston Classics series of retro romcoms released in 2020, with more to come in 2021. What I’m Looking For, #1 in the series is the winner of AudioFile Magazine’s Earphones Award, the NJ Romance Writers’ Put Your Heart in a Book contest and Hearts Through History’s Romance Through the Ages contest in the Modern History category.