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Return to Emerald City
by Allyson
Lindt & Sofia Grey
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Return to Emerald City
A Collection of Sci-fi Romance Novellas Inspired by The Wizard of
Oz
Dorothy’s Red Shoes
There’s no place like home… Dorothy is already feeling homesick
for Emerald City, and wonders if taking a job halfway around the world was a
mistake. When her love life crumbles–again–will she run for home?
His Replay Girl
If he only had the nerve… Ten years ago, Quinn made the best
choice of his life, and the biggest mistake. It’s true, his band, Lionheart, is
one of the biggest in the world, but how much does it mean if he can’t tell the
woman he loves how he feels?
His Reboot Girl
If only he had a brain… Scott woke up with his head spinning and
not much else going on up there. Now he’s a suspect in a terrorist plot, and on
the run. One woman insists she's the key to his past and his freedom. Too bad
he doesn't remember her.
His Rewind Girl
If he only had a heart.... Cam is as much machine as man. There
are days he loathes the CyGes implants that saved his life but couldn't do the
same for his family. They replaced his limbs, but now he needs someone to mend
his heart.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I craned my neck to see the driver,
but he was obscured behind a partition. I looked instead at Adele. Really
looked at her. My girlfriend? Why didn’t I know her? Her blonde hair was tied
back in a loose ponytail. Long strands drifted onto her face, and I reached up
to touch them. The softness of the cut reminded me of something—or someone. A
different girl with blonde hair falling onto her forehead. Like a kaleidoscope,
the image in my head shattered and faded to black.
“What’s going on?” Feeling helpless
and out of control was alien to me; I knew that instinctively. I was used to
being in charge.
She sighed, and then took my hand.
“The police were coming to arrest you.” Her gaze skittered away and focused on
her shoes.
“Why?”
“They think you’re a terrorist.”
“What?” I’d never heard anything so
ludicrous. Or had I? My head thumped again, when the Mag-Car took a corner at
speed, and I struggled to speak clearly. “Why would they think that?”
“You were seen setting a bomb on the
Mag-Line.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I thought the stories ranged from very good (4*) to great (5*). Thus in total, I’m giving this collection a 4.5 rounding up to 5.
Two authors
join forces to bring the Wizard of Oz tales into the future. Four stories, two
from each author. There are certain features, such as the mag-line and Emerald
City that remain consistent within all stories. Some characters show up in the
other stories.
Also, if you
look carefully, there is a Dorothy, a modern lion, a scarecrow, and a tin man.
Otherwise, it’s just four well written futuristic romance stories about people
with issues that need to be solved and are, but not always in the manner you
expect.
While the
stories are cohesive there are differences in the writing styles, which, for me,
made it hard to jump from one author to the other back to the first. I would
have preferred to read both of Sofia Grey’s, then Allyson Lyndt’s or the
reverse.
I thought the stories ranged from very good (4*) to great (5*). Thus in total, I’m giving this collection a 4.5 rounding up to 5.
About
Sofia Grey:
Romance
author Sofia Grey spends her days managing projects in the corporate world and
her nights hanging out with wolf shifters and alpha males. She devours pretty
much anything in the fiction line, but she prefers her romances to be hot, and
her heroes to have hidden depths. When writing, she enjoys peeling back the
layers to expose her characters’ flaws and always makes them work hard for
their happy endings.
About
Allyson Lindt:
Allyson
Lindt is a full-time geek and a fuller-time contemporary romance author. She
prefers that her geeky heroes come with the alpha expansion pack and adores a
heroine who can hold her own in a boardroom. She loves a sexy
happily-ever-after and helping deserving cubicle dwellers find their futures
together.
Find
Sofia Grey Online:
www.SofiaGrey.com
Pinterest:
http://www.pinterest.com/sofiagrey1/
Twitter:
@SofiaGreyAuthor https://twitter.com/SofiaGreyAuthor
Amazon
author profile page: https://www.amazon.com/author/sofiagrey
Tumblr:
sofiagreynz@tumblr.com
Find
Allyson Lindt Online
Website:
http://allysonlindt.com
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/AllysonLindt
Amazon
author page: https://www.amazon.com/author/allysonlindt
Catch
Sofia & Allyson blogging at www.GeminiGirls.com
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An interesting blurb.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting us today, and for the wonderful review! I'm glad you enjoyed the stories :D
ReplyDeleteThis wizard of oz is a huge inspiration for many people still today. What aspects of Oz captured your imagination and played key roles in your story??
ReplyDeleteGreat excerpt, thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the great review :-)
ReplyDeleteAndra Lyn - both Allyson and I were fascinated by the concept of the characters each missing something. The lion missing courage, the tin man a heart, and the scarecrow his brain. And Dorothy, of course, with her longing to go home. They are eternal themes but we wanted to give them a fresh new look :-)
The book sounds good, nice excerpt too.
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