Title: Honest and for True
Author: Jane Lebak
Publisher: Philangelus Press
Market: Women’s Fiction
Genre: Romance
Series: Adventures
of Lee and Bucky (Book 1)
Length: 312 pages
Pub. Date: May 5, 2015
Description (from Amazon):
29-year-old
Lee has a Park Slope apartment with easy access to Manhattan, loves her job as
an auto mechanic, and can see her guardian angel (a wisecracker with a
fascination for the Rumours album.) That's kind of a full life for a kid in the
world's biggest playground. Despite what everyone thinks, she doesn't need, or
want, a romantic relationship.
Far more
comfortable in blue jeans and flannel than in heels and satin, Lee finds
herself lying to every man she dates. To the physical trainer, she's a
preschool teacher; to the guy at the bowling alley, she's a secretary. The lies
keep romance at arm's length even as they drive the angel to distraction until
the day she realizes she's fallen for a straight-laced accountant who's
exploring his dark side through bizarre foods (please note: sea cucumber is not
a vegetable). But now he thinks she's someone she's not.
Now she's
got to turn those mechanic skills on herself to diagnose and repair the most
important relationships in her life. And just think, she used to find it tough
repairing a transmission!
Long-time
comedy writer and novelist Jane Lebak serves up a hilarious comedy with angels
and spare tires and a recipe for the best omelets you've ever tasted. Also what
may be the most romantic toilet-fixing scene in the English language. But there
really isn't an award for that, so we’ll never know.
My Review:
This is the
first book I’ve read by Jane Lebak, but it won’t be the last. What drew me to the book was the cover (Yes,
I do judge books by their covers.) and the element of humor. I was in the mood for something funny, and
this book delivered.
I really
liked Lee’s carefree and spunky personality.
Over the course of the book, I really felt like I knew her because the
book is so well written. It’s not just
Lee that the reader gets to know. We
have pretty good insight to Beth, Avery, and Hal as well. There were parts of the book that had me chuckling
and parts that had me in tears.
I’ve never
read a book with a character like Bucky.
Reading about angels really made me stop and think about guardian
angels. The only problem I would have
with being able to speak with our guardian angels is that we probably wouldn’t
have a close relationship with God. Bucky was a cool part of Lee’s life, and it
seemed like it could be real, too. It
wasn’t written like a far-out fantasy novel.
Reading about Bucky was biblical without being religious, dogmatic, or
pushy. Instead, it was thought-provoking,
inventive and fresh.
There is
some conflict between Lee and other characters.
With the variety of conflicts, we see other sides of Lee, and I wanted
to know what happened next with each of the relationships. The book was pretty fast paced, and I didn’t
want to put it down. Yes, I lost sleep
reading this book.
Anyone who
likes angels, non-traditional female characters, and humor mixed with serious
issues will enjoy this book. It’s not a
comedy, but the characters are funny at times.
There is one four lettered f-word (Hint:
The word is not “free.”) that might offend some readers, but it’s only
once, and it’s toward the end. Other
than that, this book is appropriate for conservative readers.
Thanks to Jane
Lebak, Goodreads First Reads, and Philangelus Press for providing a copy of the book in exchange
for my honest review.
Pros: Funny,
thought-provoking, and fun
Cons: One
four lettered word
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