Release Review and Giveaway: At First Sight: Katy Regnery
At First Sight
(an Aladdin retelling)
Katy Regnery
Release Date June 1, 2020
New York Times bestselling author Katy Regnery returns to her wildly-popular modern fairytale collection with a fresh spin on Aladdin!
I fell in love with her the first moment I saw her.
That's the truth.
Does it sound corny?
Maybe.
Superficial?
Probably.
Impossible?
Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I know.
The thing is?
I don't really care what you lot think.
I know what I know.
Love at first sight is possible.
I'm positive because I've lived it.
I am Ian Ladd,
(a street rat from the back alleys of Limerick.)
She is Valentina Yasmina De'Medici,
(Her Serene Highness.)
This is our story.
AT FIRST SIGHT is a novella of 35,000 words.
This is a story about how one look, one night can change everything.
We met Valentina De'Medici in her twin brother, Nico's book Shear Heaven. This novella takes place before and after his book with a time jump.
Ian Ladd was an Irish street lad destined to live the life of all the men around Limerick with family gangs and infighting. But one summer he and the other teens were in the play of Romeo and Juliet in an effort to keep them off the streets and from fighting. One night a princess was in the audience and their eyes met across the crowded room. An innocent meeting then sets off a chain of events. One night together is the best they ever spent. But by the next day, everything had changed and two hearts would be broken.
Fifteen years later, life circumstances bring the more mature Valentina and Ian together again. They have grown and changed, and their lives are much different.
Is it fate and a chance for a new beginning or just time to get closure and heal old wounds? They both have plenty of secrets that they have been keeping, but can they trust each other enough to share them?
Is it fate and a chance for a new beginning or just time to get closure and heal old wounds? They both have plenty of secrets that they have been keeping, but can they trust each other enough to share them?
This is a short, sweet, and heartfelt story of love at first sight, soul mates, and second chances. I liked the characters and how their lives evolved over fifteen years. The author used a creative approach not to be redundant with the events of Shear Heaven but gives enough information so new readers will not be lost. It is a novella so some things are not explored that in-depth and it moved at a fast pace, but it was enjoyable and unique.
I love these modern fairytales for engaging, easy, uplifting reads even though this one did also have some tragedy built in as well. But it shows how even in the darkest times, there can be light and hope for better things.
I love these modern fairytales for engaging, easy, uplifting reads even though this one did also have some tragedy built in as well. But it shows how even in the darkest times, there can be light and hope for better things.
From rags to riches. From street rat to princess. From tragedy to happily ever after. We are given a story of star-crossed lovers tragically ripped apart.
At First Sight is one hell of an introduction to a new to me author!
I'll admit I was nervous going in. This book had two things that would normally have me running in the other direction: 1. crazy insta-love and 2. it's a novella. Novellas are so hard for me because I want all the things. I prefer full length stories, especially if I'm enjoying the ride. I don't want it to end so quickly. Hell, I'm so picky that if the book is under so many pages I won't even consider it.
Anyway, I'm glad I gave At First Sight a chance. I quickly found neither was an issue. The insta didn't bother me as much as I worried it would, maybe because I got that things had to happen pretty much immediately. Maybe because somewhere deep down inside I want to believe in the power of intuitively knowing your soul mate. Like Ian and Tina. Either way, this is one instantaneous love I didn't have any troubles sinking my teeth into.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Katy Regnery can write her ass off. Not sure what took me so long to get on the bandwagon, but now that I am, I'll be devouring all her words!
Usually, I have a favorite by the end of the book and it's usually the hero. Not this time. Ian and Valentina were everything, equally. Both were lovable characters. Both had me rooting hard for them. Both left me wanting more. More of them as a couple. More of them individually. More of them in their previous lives. More of them learning and growing as a family. Just more of every little thing. I truly hope Ms. Katy will consider giving us a full-length book featuring Ian and Tina, in the future.
I know. I know. I am greedy. LOL
It's just, I was truly moved by how their young love stood the test of time, spanning 15 years, even amidst the adversities. In such a short span of words Regnery made me feel the power of their connection. Their devotion. Their inevitability.
I hope if you decide to read this you fall in love with this gorgeous couple as much as I did.
FYI: I didn't need to read Shear Heaven in order to fully understand At First Sight. Although, I will be going back and reading it.
Bring on everything Katy Regnery!!
At First Sight is part of the ~a modern fairytale~ collection: contemporary, standalone romances inspired by beloved fairy tales.
The Vixen and the Vet (Beauty & the Beast) - available now
Never Let You Go (Hansel & Gretel) - available now
Ginger's Heart (Little Red Riding Hood) - available now
Dark Sexy Knight (Camelot) - available now
Don't Speak (The Little Mermaid) - available now
Shear Heaven (Rapunzel) - available now
Fragments of Ash (Cinderella) - available now
The stories of Shear Heaven and At First Sight are closely tied since the characters are twins and some events coincide
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Katy Regnery
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katy Regnery started her writing career by enrolling in a short story class in January 2012. One year later, she signed her first contract, and Katy’s first novel was published in September 2013.
Over forty books later, Katy claims authorship of the multititled New York Times and USA Today bestselling Blueberry Lane Series, which follows the English, Winslow, Rousseau, Story, and Ambler families of Philadelphia; the seven-book, bestselling ~a modern fairytale~ series, including Katy’s “Beauty and the Beast” story, The Vixen and the Vet, which was a 2015 RITA© nominee; and several other stand-alone novels and novellas, including the critically-acclaimed, 2018 RITA© nominated, USA Today bestselling contemporary romance, Unloved, a love story.
Katy’s books are available in English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Turkish.
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