I read Remix a while back when Lexi was still working on it.  I loved it then and can't wait for the book to be published so that I can get my copy.  I enjoyed the very sexy hero, the feisty heroine and the intriguing plot!  I'm looking forward to reading it again by the pool or the beach one lazy weekend in the not-too-distant future!  It's well written, well told and nicely paced!  Definitely one of my favourites!

Maria McMahon

I had the sense of being in sure hands while reading this. The plot unfolds nicely, there's just the right amount of description and there are a lot of diverse characters. I also enjoyed the English setting, complete with the London gherkin in the distance. I found I cared a lot about Caz and wanted her to end up with the right guy. Then I started just wanting her to make it out alive!

I like this.  As a rock chick myself I like the subject and the title drew me to it.  I will carry on reading as you manage to hook the reader at the end of each chapter.  I have just read chapter 3 and I can't wait to read more.

 

Anna x

Lexi, I guess it's all been said. The writing is beautifully crafted and the hook at the ends of the 3 chapters I have read thus far are excellent. more than merely words strung together to form sentences here, this is a tapestry of colour, scents, sounds,all woven intricately to give us a place to be in our heads as we read.

Characterisations are good, with enough backstory on Caz to make her actions and reactions to finding Joe believable.

He is charismatic as he should be, with an edge of distrust which intrigues the reader.

The dialogue is excellent. Each character has a clear and definable voice...speech tags are vitually unecessary.

A marvelous read, I will be back for more chapters.

Well done.

Hi Lexi,

I think this opening is brilliant, and the first sentence--a surprise--caught me. As much as I felt the morning sun, I also experienced the bafflement of finding the man and dog there. Caz is a character I feel I know, and Joe, who is more mysterious provides the perfect complement and intrigue to the story. Your style is sublime and I want to continue to read the story. This will be published. I'm sure.

Lizzi

Very well described and evocative characters and places. I like the description of Joe's voice. As all the advice says: use all the senses in your writing! I also liked Caz guessing what Joe's background is- I am always guessing wildly about people- a funny and usual habit of people.

One thing grated: 'a view I never tire of'. I wanted to shout 'No!' It is a cliche, is there any way you could say it in a different way? Such as 'the view never failed to refresh my senses' or something. Feel free to criticise my suggestion ;-)

Very well described and evocative characters and places. I like the description of Joe's voice. As all the advice says: use all the senses in your writing! I also liked Caz guessing what Joe's background is- I am always guessing wildly about people- a funny and usual habit of people.

One thing grated: 'a view I would never tire of'. I wanted to shout 'No!' It is a cliche, is there any way you could say it in a different way? Such as 'the view never failed to refresh my senses' or something. Feel free to criticise my suggestion ;-)

Pete was right, and I've tweaked the start. Will any readers tell me if they think it's okay now? Thanks.

I read the first chapter and have only one criticism.  the first 50-100 lines put me off.  It's as if you faltered before getting into your stride.  After that it flowed nicely.

What I like is the originality of the ideas.  Caz in the business of selling rocking horses rather than second-hand computers or books.  Joe changing the subject by remarking upon sawdust on the end of her nose rather than by alluding to the weather or asking for something else to eat.  I feels as if you're there as you're writing, noticing the details and giving them to the reader when useful.

You also seem able to write the characters with two different voices.  The vagrant's words are a little more staccato I felt.  Such differentiation is useful and a trick I'm sorry to say I can never quite master though I hit it from time to time.

Finally, quite a trick you pulled off there in retrospect that a young woman alone would invite a vagrant into her home just minutes after first meeting him.  Retrospectively unbelievable put in such simplistic terms, but carried off with such aplomb in the text itself as to work very well indeed.  So well in fact that I think you can safely lose the reference to the black belt while remaining wholly believable.

Nicely done; I like your writing style: easy, rhythmic and 'personable'.  Caz is an attractive character and her work an interesting change from the norm.  I don't generally choose to read romances but this is certainly not written with the usual romantic sentimentality and the love interest is intriquing - as well as suitably attractive!