Review: The Making of Nebraska Brown by Louise Caiola

Synopsis:

The last thing eighteen-year-old Ann Leigh remembers is running from her boyfriend in a thick Nebraska cornfield. This morning she’s staring down a cool Italian sunrise, an entire continent from the life she once knew. The events of the eighteen months in between have inexplicably gone missing from her memory.

All at once she’s living with Tommy, an attractive, young foreigner asking for her continued love. Though he’s vaguely familiar, she recalls a boy named Shane in America who she reluctantly agreed to marry. Juggling a new world while her old one is still M.I.A is difficult enough without the terrifying movie scenes spinning a dizzy loop in her mind: glimpses of a devastating house fire, a romance gone wrong, an unplanned pregnancy, and a fractured family – each claiming to be part of who she once was – a girl and a past somehow discarded.

Ann Leigh must collect the pieces of herself to become whole again, but she doesn’t know who to trust especially when Tommy’s lies become too obvious to ignore. And above all, her heart aches to discover what became of the child she may or may not have given birth to.

The Making of Nebraska Brown tells the story of one girl’s coming apart from the inside and the great lengths she’ll go to reclaim herself and find her way home.

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My Review:

5 stars

I received an ecopy from the author in exchange for an honest review.

I have not read many New Adult mysteries due to the fact that I am more of a fantasy/fairytale girl. That being said, I was very surprised by the fact that this book was  able to capture my attention so easily. All in all, I really enjoyed reading The Making of Nebraska Brown. The main character AnnLeigh is trying to remember who she is after waking up in a garden in Italy. I got teary eyed at parts and even cried a little (what can I say? I'm an emotional person) and if it had not been for my college classes and family matters, I would have finished this book much sooner. Like I stated before I am not big into mysteries and a part of that is because I can normally guess what is happening. That was not the case with The Making of Nebraska Brown. The little pieces of information and flashbacks given to us throughout the story kept me guessing. I am very happy to have been able to read such a wonderful, beautiful book and look forward to more by the author.


Author:

Louise Caiola, former administrative assistant and small business owner, has authored several works of genre fiction, including WISHLESS, released in 2011, and THE MAKING OF NEBRASKA BROWN, an Amazon bestseller released in 2014. Her two-book short story collection PETIT FLEURS and VIGNETTES will be released in September 2014. 

Louise has just wrapped up work on the first installment of a romantic fiction series, LITTLE MAY BIRDS. She has also begun crafting another contemporary mystery entitled COUNTING SNOW DOVES. WHAT TRULY KNOWS is her first paranormal novella debuting on August 5, 2014.

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