Reviews of Following My Toes

Reviewed by Maura http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/BookReviews/ followingmytoes.html June 2006

Faith is a high school English teacher in Minnesota. She is going through a bad patch; her boyfriend of two years has just dumped her for her oldest friend, and everyone keeps telling her that she is self-absorbed. Thinking that they may be right, she takes another friend’s advice and moves to Minneapolis to start over.

Ethan has had his share of bad relationships and is just ending one when he meets Faith. She is constantly misunderstanding him and his intentions, but he is drawn to her just the same.

A young woman tries to start her life over in a different city, but all of her old problems follow her, and she develops some new ones along the way. A crazy roommate and a stalker are among them.

I really enjoyed Faith’s story and I was firmly on her side by the end of the book. I found that the most self-centered bunch of people surrounded her, from her family to her friends. The characters were very real, even if they were not all that likable. Her phone sex operator/stripper roommate Missy is very colorful, as is Faith’s sister Margaret. Ethan is appropriately moody and sexy, the former boyfriend is sleazy and pathetic, and her friends are more interested in themselves than anyone else. The stalker is a great addition to the story. Faith’s realization of her faults and that she is more than everyone thinks she is, makes a very good story.

Reviewed by Vanessa Lee http://www.armchairinterviews.com/reviews/categorie s/romance/following_my_toes.php August 2006 © 2006 CASI Publishing, All Rights Reserved.
Faith is psychic, but she's not surprised that most people don't believe her. After all, her powers didn't let her know about bruising her tailbone, being abducted, or, well, any of the things that plague her life after she moves to Minneapolis.
Faith needs a fresh start after her boyfriend dumps her for her best friend, so she follows the advice of her friend Carolyn and moves to Minneapolis. Only things don't work out quite as planned. Carolyn is having issues with her own boyfriend, jobs are difficult to find, and when Faith finds an apartment, it turns out her roommate is a phone sex operator. And then there are the men who come into her life...
There's the sexy mechanic, the friendly neighbor, and the cute coffee-shop patron. At first they all seem wonderful, but they all have issues of their own, and one of them is stalking Faith. She has to try to figure out who she can trust before she can really find a new start.
Following My Toes is a funny, believable story about learning to live and love and let go. Faith's problems are ones that the reader can relate to, things that happen to everyone at some point in their life, and that makes her a character that's very easy to connect to. The first-person narrative really drew me into the story, and made me feel as though Faith were talking to me.
I really enjoyed reading Following My Toes. It is well done and light-hearted without being overly humorous or fake. I look forward to seeing more from this author.
Armchair Interviews says: It is a delightful, quick read.