August 21 - GREAT NEW REVIEW FOR CRAZY RED on Amazon today!

          Set in the 1960s, Crazy Red, author Kaley Craig’s debut novel (the first in a trilogy called The Jackson Sugar Series), is one of those rare novels that is able to interweave comedy and drama so skillfully that you might have a hard time placing it in one distinct genre. Told from the viewpoint of a young woman, the protagonist Maggie speaks so genuinely about her life that you believe for a little while that you are reading her story from a first person point of view. Craig is able to demonstrate very early on the dark comedic tone of her tale, beginning with a late baptism, ugly skirts, and a mother who is more like an authoritarian figure when it comes to having a place in Maggie’s life—which, when she isn’t trying to manage every aspect of, is tragically absent from. Craig throws you quickly into the story, opting for character strength over fluff and extensive detail. 
        The story follows Maggie through her coming of age, from childhood to her first marriage with an awful man. It will make you laugh, cringe, and cry, sometimes all within the same chapter if not the same page, and you will be hard pressed to put this book down from the moment you open it. The best part about Crazy Red is that it transcends its setting and characters—you can enjoy it whether you grew up in the 60s or if you’re growing up now, and although told from the viewpoint of an adolescent, the universal message is clear: growing up is about making choices, and these choices affect you for life; it is especially difficult if you feel you are doing it all alone. You will crave reading this novel the way Maggie craves for her love interest Will, and unlike the protagonist, it is one thing in your life that you will not easily be able to abandon. --Phoenix Donovan

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