Queue music from ~ IT MUST BE LOVE by Madness
“🎵… As soon as I wake up
Every night, every day
I know that it's you I need
To take the blues away
It must be love, love, love
It must be love, love, love
Nothing more Nothing less
Love is the best…“🎵
~ IT MUST BE LOVE by Madness
Who needs a “feel-good’ story?
I think we ALL do! And I can’t think of a better way to start the work week than by spreading some L❤️VE – from and for new-to-me UK author Paul Carnahan and his latest novel, End of A Century!
Taking us out of our winter doldrums, Carnahan brings us back in time to summertime in the 1990’s UK and introduces us to some genuinely loveable (and realistically flawed) characters, as well as one exquisitely tailored suit, setting the stage for the most charming of love stories I have read in a long time.
The author used such vivid descriptions, I felt like I had crossed the pond, popping right off the train to and from Glasgow’s Central Station and falling right in step with the MC Des as he sets about. I could smell the chips from the chip shop, taste the pastries, touch the café wood-paneling, feel the fabrics… Additionally, Carnahan has fleshed out his characters and their relationships so well and made them so real, not only could I feel the pull of their emotions, but I also literally got chill bumps several times throughout the story! (Seriously, I wish I could meet all of them, especially Else and Roy!)
Releasing on February 14 (yes, Valentine’s Day), End of A Century is not JUST a love story, but an adventure, a quest, a love letter to the 1960’s UK pop culture scene, to the music of our parents (and of our youth), to fashions of yesteryear, and most importantly, to the magic of story-telling.
Thank you to @paulcarnahan6 and @lovebookstours for my gifted epub copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.