I love the cover for Mortal Musings by Aria Glazki. I like when the cover matches the story and I feel the designer, Coreen Mantagna did an excellent job.
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Mortal Musings by Aria Glazki
Publication Date: 25 August 2015roma
Genres: Paranormal, Romance
MY REVIEW
The lovely cover portrays the sweet, loving romance inside. Adult, yet sweet and naive. The sex is more about the romance than the physical act.
Mortal Musings is told from two perspectives, those of Brett, the writer and his muse, Andie.
Brett had writers block. Had his muse deserted him, if there was such a thing?
Silly humans. Didn’t they had understand that they had to come up with the ideas, then the muse can help develop them.
As he typed the words, she appeared. I love the storyline. It sounds like so much fun. She is now mortal, no longer faerie. What will become of her? Can she go back? She had bucked the system, but never planned to leave it.
The flavor of Mortal Musings reminded me of Splash, learning to do all the simple things of being human that we take for granted. Her first taste of human food, learning about financial means. She had to learn about clothes, instead of clouds, of showers instead of fae lakes, where her hair floated and dried in a flash.
The details and description of simple things seen in a different light. The sweet gesture of Brett zipping up her for she doesn’t know what a zipper is.
The Dream Weaver, Rizen, had he been sent to help her? Andie had cast a spell and Rizen told her to search for the loophole.
The slow sweet, innocent and tentative moves toward closeness is so romantic, captivating and sensual. I love the slow pace as their relationship develops, even though it has only been days. Nothing is rushed or hurried. After all, this isn’t insta love. They have know each other for a long time.
Brett is sweet and chivalrous.
Allie has an other-world aura, that the people around her seem to sense without realizing it.
I am so curious how this will end. I know what I want to happen.
I have not read a story like this before and I was swept away with her innocence and naivety.To watch her grow and develop in a human world was fun and sad at the same time.
What man wouldn’t want a woman who would rather be naked the clothed?
Mortal Musings brought to mind the movie, Splash, where even the simplest thing is new – how to plug a bathtub, take a shower, dry off with a towel. Her wet hair stuck against her back, instead of being instantly dry in the faerie world, clothes on, clothes off at a snap or quicker. Because of watching Splash, Mortal Musings was easy to follow and picture the scenes when she is learning something new and I loved that.
It is so hard to describe the details without spoiling it for you and I want you to have the enjoyment of discovering it for yourself.
I received an ARC of Mortal Musings by Aria Glazki in return for an honest and unbiased review.
4 Stars
ABOUT THE BOOK
Muse Alexandra has had it with the arrogant, ungrateful humans she is obligated to inspire. When the internal ranting of her latest charge pushes her past reason, she disregards the rules and forces her own words through his fingers, and is instantly entrapped in mortal form. With no magic, no identity, and no resources, Allie has no alternative but to navigate the mortal realm, depending entirely on her reluctant host while discerning what exactly caused her transformation — and how to reverse it.
Brett doesn’t have a chance to consider the words that mysteriously showed up on his screen; he’s too distracted by the stunning woman who appeared in his office out of nowhere. Before his brain can catch up, Brett’s uninvited guest becomes enmeshed in his everyday life. Her artless innocence gradually lessens his suspicions. Most importantly, the writer’s block that’s been plaguing him dissolves under the fantasies the naively beguiling Alexandra inspires.
All too soon, the forced proximity sparks a confounding awareness neither writer nor muse are able to resist.
ABOUT ARIA GLAZKI
Aria’s writing story started when her seventh-grade English teacher encouraged her to submit a class assignment for publication. That piece was printed, and let’s just say, she was hooked!
Since then, Aria has run a literary magazine, earned her degree in Creative Writing (as well as in French and Russian literatures), and been published in a few collections. Though her first kiss technically came from a bear cub, and no fairytale transformation followed, Aria still believes magic can happen when the right people come together – if they don’t get in their own way, that is.
Other than all things literary, Aria loves spending time with her family, including her two unbearably adorable nieces. She also dabbles in painting, dancing, playing violin, and, given the opportunity, Epicureanism.
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That cover is awesome! I love how it’s divided to create two different images that go together so well.
I really like the concept of a muse coming to life for a writer. I wish that could happen to me! 😉 The idea of a romance between the two is also intriguing.
Great review! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Chrys. I love the cover too and I have not read a lot of books about muses, so this was a great surprise and very enjoyable.
Thanks so much for taking the time to review and for all of your support, Sherry! 🙂
It is my pleasure! I loved this book and as I read it, even though Splash is about a mermaid, it made it easy for me to fall for Alexandra and want everything to be AOK. 🙂
Someone else also compared MM to Splash haha, but I haven’t seen it (though clearly I should).
I’m glad to have gotten you away from twisted murders even for a little while! 😉
I think you would like it. I know I loved it.
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I’ve been seeing this around lately. It’s outside your normal reading genre. So glad you enjoyed it!
Kind of, but I was ready for a fantasy love story after all the murder and death. lol
This sounds like an interesting read Sherry. I like that he created Andie through his writing! Great review.
Naomi @ Naomi’s Reading Palace
Thanks Naomi. Sounds like one you may want to read?
Cute cover and the romance does sound sweet 🙂
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