Mo's Reviews > Sweet Thing

Good looking guy - Check
Cute girl - Check
Kelly and Ryan - good Irish surnames - Check
Lovable Dog - Check
New York City - Check
References to Music - Check
No Bondage - Check
No Millionaires/Billionaires/Trillionaires -CHECK, CHECK, TRIPLE CHECK!!

What a lovely find this was. Had been going through a bit of a slump in the book department there for a while and this one caught my eye on Goodreads. I must say we readers are very lucky with all the new talented authors emerging at the moment. This is a debut novel by this author but you would not think it. The Prologue piqued my interest straight away and the whole book flowed along very nicely for me…. and the Epilogue was good too.

I absolutely loved all the musical references throughout the book. I am a big music fan and all these songs were great.


WILL RYAN
MIA KELLY



FRIENDSHIP
"You have to teach your heart and mind how to sing together… the you'll hear the sound of your soul."


Awwwwww!



"You've ruined me…."

"Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the house of separation ...."


I know some reviewers were not too happy with Mia and her wishy/washy couldn’t make up her mind. But, let’s remember, she had just lost her Pops, had moved to a new city, was trying to run a business, was confused about what career path to take … it is a lot to take on and then to have a certain gorgeous guy kinda fall into your lap – it would have made my head spin too.

“Remember me to one who lives there
For she was once a true love of mine….” – Check out the Johnny Cash/Joni Mitchell version of this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1QO0j...


Will was the hero who never gave up (well deep down he never gave up) – she needed her space, he gave it to her. It was painful, it was sad but sometimes Love Hurts…

One negative thing…. and it probably lost half a star for this. It is 4.5 but could have been 5. If I read another book where the Hero shouts “You’re Mine … Come for Me.” again, I will seriously throw my Kindle out the friggin window…. Let’s be a little bit original here. Ya Hear Me??

... and don't make the Irish guys out to be Paddys from the back arse of nowhere with their "tree tirty" instead of "three thirty" ... well it was some phrase like that - Deliver us Lord from those who think the Irish sound like Tom Cruise sounds like in "Far and Away"!
I am Irish and think I am qualified to make a comment like this. I was born in the "ould sod", I am not a Green Beer on Patty's Day (God I hate that phrase, Patty's Day) Oirish person... I am the Real Deal!

Other than that, it was a fairly perfect read for me.

I remember seeing Van the Man in concert many years ago and when this song was mentioned in the book, I immediately put it on to listen to. It is definitely one of my favourites of his. What a classic!
So crank up the stereo and let the sublime tones of Mr Morrison take you to a Higher Ground…..


And I will stroll the merry way
And jump the hedges first
And I will drink the clear
Clean water for to quench my thirst
And I shall watch the ferry-boats
And they'll get high
On a bluer ocean

gainst tomorrow's sky
And I will never grow so old again
And I will walk and talk
In gardens all wet with rain

Oh sweet thing, sweet thing

My, my, my, my, my sweet thing
And I shall drive my chariot
Down your streets and cry
'Hey, it's me, I'm dynamite
And I don't know why'
And you shall take me strongly
In your arms again
And I will not remember
That I even felt the pain.
We shall walk and talk
In gardens all misty and wet with rain
And I will never, never, never
Grow so old again.

Oh sweet thing, sweet thing
My, my, my, my, my sweet thing
And I will raise my hand up
Into the night time sky
And count the stars
That's shining in your eye
Just to dig it all an' not to wonder
That's just fine
And I'll be satisfied
Not to read in between the lines
And I will walk and talk
In gardens all wet with rain
And I will never, ever, ever, ever
Grow so old again.
Oh sweet thing, sweet thing
Sugar-baby with your champagne eyes
And your saint-like smile....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QzDWI...




Share your music
Share your words
Share your love
Your passion
You fears
Your hopes
And your Dreams
Share your precious heart
Share your wild mind
Share your special soul with me
And I promise to
Give you all of mine


Yes, it was a roller-coaster ride to find ....…. cosmic, soul-shattering, air in your lungs kind of love.

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With my eyes wide open
I see the secrets in the rain
I see the loss, see the pain
I see you've lost your way again
No lines drawn
No boundaries made
Dance with me tonight, pretty baby
And let me pray
Don't let me hear you cry
Save your dream
Feed your fear
I'll hold you forever here
I need the rain to cleanse my soul
It tortures me, it makes me whole
I need the rain, I need it all
No lines drawn
No boundaries made
Just stay with me tonight, pretty baby
And let me pray….