BLOG TOUR & REVIEW - Jenny's Blue Velvet by Angela Carlie

Jenny’s stuck.

She’s tried just about every occupation she can think of and will be digging out of student debt for a very long time, but has nothing to show for it. Her everyday routine feels like a prison. And her marriage? Well, let’s just say it’s been a little one-sided lately and the money she threw down on the toys from Lover’s Erotic Store was well worth it and then some.

Jenny decides her next big step is to become a romance writer. Romance books are flying off the virtual shelves, after all. This will be her big break, her escape from the prison, and a way to freedom. Self-publishing is all the rage these days. She’ll be a best seller in no time.

When Jenny makes friends with a woman named Cassandra from the gym, she instantly decides that her new friend will make a perfect main character in her upcoming book. After the first chapter, real life begins to resemble the fiction she’s writing. Her friendship blossoms, sex with her husband turns into a daily feast, and her job gets more interesting with each chapter written.

Out of the blue, a person who is a close friend with her husband and who is dating Cassandra disappears. As the mystery behind the missing person unfolds, Jenny wonders if she might be responsible for his possible death. And if she is, what will be the consequence? What has this writing business gotten her into?

Okay, so I will give you the warning that this book should have come with. Jenny’s Blue Velvet is a major mindf***. Like seriously. After I finished the book, I sat there like what in the world just happened? I couldn’t even tell how much I liked it, but I mean I certainly couldn’t hate it. It was too unique and weird to not like it. It’s a book within a book. I mean the style of writing was genius. Angela Carlie alternates the chapters with what is happening in Jenny’s real, every day life with a chapter with Candy, the protagonist of the book that Jenny is writing. The suspense builds because as the story goes on things just get weirder and more “coincidental” for Jenny. It was hard for me to connect to Jenny or Candy but I was able to enjoy the short story nevertheless. Oh yeah, that reminds me, it was crazy that so much happened in a novella, yet the pace didn’t seem rushed at all. It just sucks you in. The first chapter was hysterical to me, and oddly reminiscent of Tara Sivec’s Chocolate Lovers series. Jenny’s inner monologue is highly entertaining even while she is going off her rocker. I had a total crush on her husband Jason. We didn’t get to see as much of him as I wanted, however, seeing him through the love-filter that Jenny describes him with makes it hard not to admire him.

Anyway, this book is seriously twisted. Very messed up. I’m not even sure where it all came from. It just hits you like a truck. Very strange, yet it’s so refreshingly different. I can’t really say much more without spoiling anything. I’ll just say that you should take the synopsis more seriously than I did when I picked up this book. But even with that, it still takes a very dark turn. There ends up being some supernatural bits? Well, I think that’s what you can call it. It was all very questionable. However, that’s the beauty of the book. You have to piece it all together. The ending happened a little too fast for me. After all that buildup, it seemed almost anti-climatic. Yet, it still oddly satisfied my craving for complete endings. Confused by my review? Well, maybe you should pick up the novella. It explains itself much better. Plus, I’m still reeling from what happened to really write a super coherent review. Read Jenny’s Blue Velvet for something new and exciting.

I’ve lived in the state of Washington my entire life. Sure, it rains a lot, but that’s what makes it so beautiful here. I’d like to say it’s the most beautiful place on the planet, but I have yet to travel the world. Someday I’ll know for sure.

I write fiction involving young people. Mainstream publishing would label my writing as YA or middle grade. Since I’m an indie author, I can skip over the labels and tell you that each one of my stories is unique, can be read and enjoyed by all ages, and almost always has a young person as the protagonist. Authors write what they know and I don’t know old yet. I may someday write about older people, but that’s so far in the future that I can’t see it yet.

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