Alix & Valerie

By Ingrid Díaz

Alix Morris has spent the past seven years of her life nurturing an unrequited love for her soon-to-be-married best friend. The pain from this silent longing has settled within her like a faithful... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934452041
• ISBN13: 9781934452042
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing Company
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Just who is Valerie Skye?

Alix Morris lives in Ft Lauderdale Florida where she attends college. She is about to turn 21. She is also going to be in her BFF's wedding. Should she wear here hair blue? Will she have to wear a pink dress? Her BFF Jessica is fabulously wealthy, her wedding makes the cover of People magazine but her family is a no show so her butler walks her down the aisle. Into Alix's life comes Valerie, a local bartender who sports a tongue ring and blonde hair. But what is she hiding? What is it about Valerie that attracts Alix so much? Why is Valerie the first woman to turn Alix's attentions away from Jessica? Is it just that Jessica is getting married? Or is there something special about Valerie? Like nothing I have read recently this is a unique novel, kind of like reading the adventures of Baron Munchhausen and just as enjoyable!

Person's point of view

I really enjoyed the lives of Alix and Valerie. The way the author took turns with the narration of each of them from their own point of view was well done. This book has an wealthy heiress, a girl who is a transfer from England, a crazy aunt and a good couple of twists. I do not want to give away too much. Alix is going to college and studying acting and directing. She is very dark in how dresses and at the beginning her view on love and life. Valerie seems to have herself put together well and is a visual arts major. Little do they know that they are more powerful together than apart and that family is what you make for yourselves. Good book I recommend it and it sort qualifies as an Uber

Good from cover to cover

One of the best things about this book is how it held my interest from page one all the way to the end. It had been a while since I'd picked up a book and was unable to put it down until it was done. I'm not generally a fan of the romantic genre, but this story has enough intrigue in it to keep my interest. From the start, you get the feeling that something else is going on that Alix doesn't know about. And that suspicion only builds and builds until something is finally revealed at just the right moment. The twists and turns are very well paced and the resolution satisfies expectations. The characters are fresh and above all, they feel real. There's enough humour, angst, and action throughout, and the story never drags.

Definitely Fun Read

I liked this book for a number of reasons. It isn't a sappy romance where the two leads find each other and live happily ever after. That's way to boring. No. This book is phenomenal because while there is a love story going on, there is a great deal of humor and angst and intrigue going on too. There is never a dull moment and none of it feels forced. Just when you think you have it all figured out, Ingrid takes you in a completely new direction that challenges all of your earlier presumptions. I found myself unable to put this book down and reading into the wee hours of the morning because I just had to find out what happened next. I laughed out loud frequently as the witty humor adds a lot to the story line. Diaz is very good at capturing realistic emotions and thought processes and putting that on the page so the reader really feels like these characters are real. This is a great fun book and I highly encourage you to pick up a copy. It's well worth the price.

Your search for great lesbian fiction starts here.

To be quite honest, I have never been able to identify with lesbian characters in books as much as I have with the ones in this book. It is a romantic story packed with funny and exciting situations as well as familiar experiences. This is the book that convinced me to stop hating reading and that I should read more books -- and that was before it was even published. I love it.