14 January 2015

Review #124: Premiere: A Love Story by Tracy Ewens



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Tracy Ewens's new book, Premiere: A Love Story , reminded me of Stephen Chbosky's remarkable and thought-provoking words about "love":

                      “We accept the love we think we deserve.”


Tracy Ewens, the American author, spun a heart-touching love-story, called, Premiere: A Love Story that revolves around a playwright and a theater director's lives going pulling us into it as the story goes from emotional highs and lows.
PS: It's a cheesy love story but in a tender way that will make you feel sentimental!


Synopsis:
Samantha “Sam” Cathner gave up needing Peter years ago, but now her theater needs his play. She knows how fairytales end once the house lights are up, so she steadies herself to work with the brilliant playwright who once broke her heart.
Peter Everoad is back in Pasadena, the hometown he traded for the bright lights of New York as soon as he graduated. The Pasadena Playhouse, where his oldest friend and one time lover Sam works, is in financial trouble, they need him and his new play Looking In.
Sam is flustered to re-encounter this new version of Peter—as always, witty and smart, and now handsome and successful. But he’s still the jerk who crushed her happily-ever-after. She’s not going to let him waltz in and unsettle her carefully ordered life. But she’s drawn to him and intrigued by the autobiographical undertones of Looking In—is the Pasadena debutante “Sally” supposed to be her?
Can Sam ever really trust Peter again, or will the demons that drove them apart the first time, tear them apart again?



Yeah, I know sounds bit corny, that's what I felt after reading the synopsis, but while reading it, I felt different. The author tried to project young love with her intricate detailing style of writing and quite strikingly. Since I'm in my 20s, I can easily relate to it. All the emotional turmoil that she mentioned are all very real and believable. It felt more like reading the disastrous/heart-breaking drama of my life, only it has got an happy ending. And second chance love stories are always very promising, like Nicholas Sparks Safe Haven or Lucky Me. Yes, Ewens story is not at all unrealistic or imaginative, more like it's the story of every one's life. That love affair that you can't explain in words, Tracy has written about it with her exquisite and flawless words. Her narrating style is captivating, making me swoon with the rhythm of the story.

The characterization is not brilliant yet felt very poignant. Sam and Peter's attraction for each other in quite inevitable and it can be felt from the author's compassionate style of projection them. The pull from past and the push from the present in Sam and Peter's lives made the story more adorable. Moreover, there is a mystery to unlock, the play that Peter wrote has got no proper climax, whereas Sam is nervous with the play- the outcome of it! So that kept me glued as to unravel what will be the end to his spectacular play! Moreover, this story is not only very grim and sad, it has got a lot of funny moments that will make you feel entertained!

The story will entrance you, captivate you and will bring a smile on your face! So contemporary romance readers, here is another new book that will fill your heart with hope and contempt.

Verdict: A sweet, funny and light read romance book- go for it only if you enjoy mushy love stories!

Courtesy: Thanks to the author, Tracy Ewens, for giving me an opportunity to read and review her book.
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Author Info:
Tracy Ewens was born in San Francisco and enjoys traveling to far-off places—both around the globe and in her mind. 
She believes TV is highly overrated and almost anything worth saying has come from either Anna Quindlen or Robert Fulghum. 
Premiere is her second novel and the first in her four part A Love Story Series. She lives with her husband and three children in New River, Arizona.
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