I received She Tells All by Judah Lee Davis via CLP Blog Tours. The story follows Madison Miller and her racy life that sees an abundance of parties, sex, and lots of different men. While the scenarios can get pretty risqué, readers will understand that Madison truly is finding herself along her wild journey, and that self-discovery and redemption are big aspects of the book. The writing is fast and almost choppy, but not too choppy where I couldn’t understand one chapter from the next. The clips from Madison’s life that get highlighted tie everything together. I was entertained throughout, but a warning for readers who don’t appreciate raunchy sex scenes and a lot of explicit language: this novel is full of them, so if that turns you off, I would probably say pass on this one. If you don’t mind that type of writing, I would definitely recommend She Tells All, as I thought it was a well-written, unique story.
I realized that deep down inside, I had strong desire to tip the couch over in search of change for the rest of my life. I wanted to live off of Ramen noodles and take toilet paper from the gas station. I wanted to be that person who came back for a free refill six hours later, but yet wrote stories for a living and could maybe even be considered happy. So I became an author.
I’ve had this one on my kindle for a week or two. Can’t wait to read it! 🙂
Thank you Samantha for this review. I’m glad that you were entertained, and entertainment, along with sending a message, were too of my main motivations. The choppy writing was on purpose. I imagined trashy Madison spouting out her story to her best friend over a smoke. There’s nothing flowery or refined about her, and so while my personal writing isn’t choppy at all, as I morphed into her character, I got into this choppy rhythm where she was blurting out confessions of her dirty and painful life that were coming out almost like word vomit.
I really appreciate all your help and support to me as a new author. This blog tour has been amazing, and has opened up new avenues in my brain, a lot of food for thought about exactly what my motivations were for writing this book, and a lot of discussion ideas.
While this book, honestly, even made my own ears bleed as I edited back over it. I wanted it to ultimately be a bad-girl-bible of what NOT to DO. I hope that while it is entertaining, it could be directional for mothers in knowing that, there are so many evil influences in the world, and without the proper direction, Madison is a product of “the worst than can happen.”