I went to the library after work with some friends last week. I picked up my book club book along with some other things. Electric Idol was one my friend recommended. I haven’t read the first book in that series but she recommended it highly and I am nothing if not obedient to the vertically challenged women in my life 🫡

I was perusing the fiction section like I always do. I was looking for Romance. With a capital R. I wanted yearning. I wanted sexual tension. I wanted to kick my feet up and squeal like I once did in high school over wattpad books.

Outlander caught my eye. I tried watching Outlander a couple months ago. I’d always been curious about the show. I remember when it was on air when it was popular. I thought the show was nice. The acting was good, the cast was attractive, the tension in the story was enticing but it wasn’t what I was looking for at that time. Like I felt with A Discovery of Witches, I felt that I would’ve had a better time if I read it.

So I checked out the first 2 books in the 8 book series.

It was a little ambitious since I wasn’t sure if I was would like the first book but I went with my gut. I knew I would like the story, I was already enticed enough to pick up the book. I just had to give it a chance.

I’m happy to report that it has passed not only the 50 page test but also the 100 and 200 page test. It didn’t take long for me to get invested. I felt like once I read the first sentence, I knew it had me. It’s been a while since I felt this way about a book. Not many of them have passing the 50 page test these days. I have seen what the masses are reading and while I love that they’re reading, the quality is literally gutterbutt dog shit. But that’s a rant for another time.

The tension, the descriptions, the characters have actual depth to them and don’t make me feel like I’ve seen them 1000 times. The protagonist is older yet I don’t feel how old she is at the same time. I don’t feel like any of the relationships or things going on are forced. Hell I was actually waiting with bated breath and giggling when the characters interacted cutely or in general. The writing is lovely. Sometimes I feel like things could be too wordy but it doesn’t take away from the story unless I’m blitzed while reading. She has an impressive vocabulary and I find myself googling words that she uses. It’s nice to have a book that makes me engage in that way. The storytelling is great. The pacing doesn’t leave me wondering with too many questions in the way of plot holes. I find myself thinking about the plot and what’s going to happen next. I lowkey can’t really predict where the story is going and I love that. I feel like with the books that are out today, the shit is so predictable. It’s like authors don’t want me to use my brain or something when I’m reading. They suck at foreshadowing and can’t even write suspense that well either. The only tensions they know how to build is sexual and romantic tension. Where is the other shit that can be tensed? It can’t just always be stressing about love and sex. Why does the love have to be central to the plot. This just feels like a long winded way of saying the authors that are somewhat popular right now really fucking suck. I really can’t be arsed to read them.

God it’s so good to feel excitement about this again. I feel like how I felt when I was 15 and waiting for my favorite author to update. I have theories but I can’t stop reading long enough to expand on them because I want to read more. Thank god this book series is finished so I can binge it.

Anyway, I’m excited to have finally found something my speed after not quite tickling my fancy for a while. I’ll give my thoughts on this series after I’m a little more than halfway.

Here are some passages that made me giggle and kick my feet

~ Thx Shay