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Kiernan Kelly, an author whose books I enjoy a lot, gave 'Spoken from the Heart' a great review to get the week off to a nice start.
When Julian Melville, actor extraordinaire, first meets country boy Alex Martin, it's under shockingly scandalous circumstances. Moved to an enjoyable act of chivalry, Julian takes Alex under his wing and roof, offering his sponsorship to Alex until other arrangements can be made.
Those arrangements never come to pass. Instead, Alex remains living in Julian's house, and is drawn into the world of the theater, finding work as a stagehand. But life in the city, regardless of the comforts, is never easy, not when living under the eye of the court, where politics and betrayals abound.
In Spoken from the Heart, Davitt creates a rich and vivid world, and characters so well developed and layered they fairly leap off the pages. Julian has just the right measure of an actor's pomp and arrogance mixed with gallantry and sensitivity, while Alex is imbued with strong country values, honesty, and endearing innocence tempered with a quick mind. The quick-paced plot draws the reader in, and keeps the reader rooting for Julian and Alex to find their way through court intrigues and past emotional barriers, into each other's arms.
When Julian Melville, actor extraordinaire, first meets country boy Alex Martin, it's under shockingly scandalous circumstances. Moved to an enjoyable act of chivalry, Julian takes Alex under his wing and roof, offering his sponsorship to Alex until other arrangements can be made.
Those arrangements never come to pass. Instead, Alex remains living in Julian's house, and is drawn into the world of the theater, finding work as a stagehand. But life in the city, regardless of the comforts, is never easy, not when living under the eye of the court, where politics and betrayals abound.
In Spoken from the Heart, Davitt creates a rich and vivid world, and characters so well developed and layered they fairly leap off the pages. Julian has just the right measure of an actor's pomp and arrogance mixed with gallantry and sensitivity, while Alex is imbued with strong country values, honesty, and endearing innocence tempered with a quick mind. The quick-paced plot draws the reader in, and keeps the reader rooting for Julian and Alex to find their way through court intrigues and past emotional barriers, into each other's arms.
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