ipl-logo

Review: One Way Or Another, By Mary J. Williams

434 Words2 Pages

One Way or Another, a contemporary romance by Mary J. Williams, is the first in the Sisters Quartet series. This series starts with Calder Benedict. She is one of four sisters born to an extremely wealthy, but flighty, socialite mother. Even though these four sisters are wealthy with trust funds, they are hardworking down-to-earth women. In this book, unspoiled blueblood Calder seems to run into an intriguing and charismatic Adam everywhere she goes. In true romance fashion, opposites attract. The attraction sizzles from their first meeting.

There is an ongoing story running alongside the main one that involves all the sisters, their four different fathers, their mother and her current lover, among others. The book ends with a bit of a cliffhanger regarding their family fortune. These sisters are …show more content…

It has a realistic story line, humor, a touch of suspense, strong independent women, oh-so-sexy men, and of course steamy romance. What is not to love. I absolutely cannot wait to read to next books, so I can see what is going to happen with the other sisters. I would have loved a little more information about the sisters though. We are introduced to them, but information was withheld too. It adds to the intrigue and makes you want to read the other book, but it frustrated me, because I wanted just a little more. This is definitely a must read.

I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars simply because of the errors in it. In chapter 12, Adam’s last name is printed as ‘Steele’ instead of ‘Stone.’ Throughout the book there are errors in punctuation. There are commas missing. Periods are missing and in a couple places, there are two periods at the end of sentences. I noticed missing words. In the Epilogue, Mary has part of the title of the omelet in italics. In fiction, there is more leniency for incomplete sentences and fragments. There seems to be an excessive amount of one and two-word sentences that made it a little more difficult to

Show More
Related
681 Words | 3 Pages

I thought that these were good reasons why the book is so different from the

Read More
813 Words | 4 Pages

Parts of the book were confusing to read and it would have been easier if it had been told chronologically instead in flashbacks.

Read More
648 Words | 3 Pages

For instance, in page seven, “very hard” was written as “very had,” and “my ex-partner, Davy” was written as “my ex-partner Davy.” In addition, I observed a discrepancy. For example, in the beginning of the book, when a scene that revealed Mary Jane writing her own obituary was exhibited, it was indicated that Mary Jane was thirty-eight years old, but later when the same scene was shown in its right place in the sequence of events, it was indicated that she was thirty-five years old. I suggest the author should make available the book to a professional editor and proofreader. A bit of romance was included in the story with no explicit sexual scenes, and that makes the novel more appealing.

Read More
423 Words | 2 Pages

It was fascinating because it was filled with umpteen of details and I was able to paint pictures of the stories. All in all, though, the plot really amused me and I couldn 't wait to see what would happen at the end. I liked the way the stories kept me tied up and that it wasn 't just a predictable fairy tale. I loved the ending of the stories because it didn 't just lay everything out flat. But it left me imagining what would go on to happen between the two couples.

Read More
1367 Words | 6 Pages

At the beginning of the book, there is also a chronology of events to be used as reference when reading. At the end of the book is an index with all of the sources Stockley used throughout his writing. When reading the introduction and the beginning chapters, there are multiple spelling and word usage errors. This lessens the scholarly merit of the book, because, one would think that a scholarly accepted book would not have simple spelling, grammar, and word usage mistakes; however, this lies in fault with the editor, as it is their job to correct the mistakes in the

Read More
508 Words | 3 Pages

One of the things that makes this book so great are the characters, the characters are bizarre and interesting while still seeming real and relatable. The characters are also really interesting because of their backstories in particular Liz’s backstory which we know almost nothing

Read More
678 Words | 3 Pages

In both novels, the female's hair was covered to hide their true beauty as women. Another similarity was that both women chose lives in which they did everything to live off of their men’s reputations. Although both women gained independence, they both gained it in different ways.

Read More
1262 Words | 6 Pages

It follows a brave girl who survives in the most unsurvivable situations, and it’s very inspiring. One of the reasons I love this book is that it’s set in the middle of World War 2. My favorite genre of books is historical fiction, so this book was a good fit for me. It was also very interesting because in most WW2 fiction I’ve read, it takes the perspective of the Jewish people against Hitler, but this takes the perspective of the Lithuanian people against the Soviets. It showed me a different side of the story in WW2 that I didn’t know existed before I read Ashes In The Snow.

Read More
1152 Words | 5 Pages

In the short story “Both Sides of the Fence,” by Teresa Bateman, the main character, Alberto, conveys the theme that you must look on both sides of a fence in order to making decisions through his thoughts, actions, and speech. In this story, Alberto attempts to prevent people in his pueblo from benefiting from his tree that was left for him by his family. As the story progresses, he suspects his neighbor from purloining his apples, but then realizes his wrongdoings and his foolishness. Through his character transitions, Alberto helps reveal the them that he has to consider both sides of the argument in order to put up a proper argument.

Read More
663 Words | 3 Pages

This is all very unrighteous, very vain.” He also skips a few key encounters and discusses them later in the book. I prefer it if everything is written in the order that it happens, even if the events fit better with different ones down the line. These are just small issues that do not really affect the quality of the book, but I noticed

Read More
1564 Words | 7 Pages

The lead characters share a fundamental similarity: they are both women navigating their men-dominated patriarchal society. Despite their disparate

Read More
650 Words | 3 Pages

Anthem is an anti-dystopian fictional novella by author Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published during 1938 in England and later published in America during 1946. Set in the distant future in a collectivist society; where words like I, me, and mine have been eradicated from their vocabulary and instead use “we”, “our”, and “they” to refer to themselves as a whole. Councils dictate all life in the society through the Council of the Home, Council of Scholars, etc. A young man named Equality 7-2521 had dreamed of becoming a Scholar, but was instead assigned to be a street sweeper by the Council of Vocations, where he will continue to search for knowledge. The definition of dystopian literature is a state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad.

Read More
509 Words | 3 Pages

I love how the characters are always on edge. They are never laid back nd comfortable. Because if the character's are comfortable than I think the reader will be comfortable and I don't think the book is good when people are not on edge. For me this is one of my favorite books and defiantly would read it

Read More
184 Words | 1 Pages

my reasoning is that the writings in this book are extremely deranged and constantly leaving the reader bewildered  and empty not feeling that he put his heart and soul into his words, In other parts he seems to

Read More
932 Words | 4 Pages

It is a great love story only enhanced by the outlandish characters and constant mockery. The pacing of the novel is slow at first until half way through the first volume. The plot then accelerates and by the third volume it is hard to put down. Characters such as Mr. Collins, Mrs. Bennet, and Lady De Bourgh were all hysterical caricatures meant that livened up the novel during times when the plot was thin. The novel would not have been as cohesive or interesting without characters to add comic relief.

Read More

More about Review: One Way Or Another, By Mary J. Williams

Related Topics

Open Document