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Jan 19, 2015 Kate rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

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10/27/15: Finished the full first draft of the screenplay!

8/25/15: I'm re-reading my novel because I'm adapting it into a screenplay. Wish me luck! :)

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Okay, I know my rating's not fair since I wrote this book. But I wrote it out of love for these characters, so I can't give them anything less. If you like edgy, fun-to-read, coming of age type stories, you'll probably dig this.

And I'm thrilled with the new edition's beautiful cover--especially since some rev ...more

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Sep 12, 2008 Kate added it · (Review from the author)

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Okay, I know my rating's not fair since I wrote this book. But I wrote it out of love for these characters, so I can't give them anything less. If you like edgy, fun-to-read, coming of age type stories, you'll probably dig this. Norma's kind of like Holden Caufield with a sex change.

You can read the first chapter here:
http://forthemayqueen.blogspot.com/

For book club questions go here:
http://forthemayqueen.blogspot.com/20...
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Sep 18, 2008 Collin Kelley rated it it was amazing

I had the pleasure of reading "For The May Queen" while Kate was still sending it around to publishers. I loved it...so much so that I agreed to write a blurb for it:

"The 80s were all about drugs, alcohol and casual sex, and Kate Evans deftly conveys the uncertainty of the era as her feisty Norma Rogers leaves a sheltered home life and dives headfirst into a series of hedonistic adventures at college, including falling in love with Chuck, who just doesn't seem to be that in to her. The clever di ...more

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Sep 25, 2008 Chelle Cordero rated it it was amazing

Having commuted to college while living in my parents' Bronx apartment, I never got to experience dorm life although I didn't miss out on many parties. But I did send both of my kids off to dorms some 30 years later.

Reading Kate Evan's vivid descriptions, i have to admit I cringed several times wondering - and then deciding maybe I'm better off not knowing (for sure).

Kate's writing is so real, you can get totally absorbed in the story. You can experience the carefree freedoms and the heartrendin ...more

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May 29, 2009 Lisa Allender rated it really liked it

If you survived high-school and college in the 1970's or the 1980's, then you'll get all the references in Kate Evans' sexy romp of a novel.
"For The May Queen"--the title is a line from a famous rock anthem--will surprise you with twists you'll never see coming.
It's a thrill ride with all your ex-boyfriends(or girlfriends), and just when you think you've gotten away with something wicked and fun, you're forced into being accountable. Ms. Evans never telegraphs how you should feel about a charact ...more

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