Taleen Voskuni

An interesting story...but it feels very juvenile, but not? Alludes to sexy times but fades to black. Gives an adult profession.... but it was rather background plot filler than a serious hurdle. Its honestly hard to believe that an Editor wouldn't be ALL over anything that gets published, online or not.... Its also a little frustrating that someone thats basically a newbie report doesn't think her stuff could use an edit or a critique. Nar was obnoxious and I didn't really like her or her own decisions... but I did like Erebuni and could have had a book all about her and been perfectly happy.… (mehr)

Nareh Bedrossian is totally done with her WASP-y, Germany-loving tech-bro boyfriend. She lets her mom try to find her an Armenian man during the Bay Area’s Armenian festival, and if she can simultaneously report on some of the events for work, even better. But instead Nareh falls in love with someone else… an Armenian woman.

A perfectly fine debut Romance. I found the main character and some of the other characters very frustrating (she needs some real friends!!!) and she makes some very obviously bad decisions (kissing your secret girlfriend in a photobooth at a family event, what could possibly go wrong??) but as usual I was won over in the end. I absolutely loved Nareh’s journey to learn more about and learn to appreciate her Armenian heritage and her relationship with her America-obsessed late father. I would recommend it for that alone (and it doesn’t have any explicit sex scenes, so I do feel more comfortable recommending it widely.)… (mehr)