Review
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase DOUBLE IDENTITY is a one-sitting book, or at least you'll try to read it in one sitting (it is 318 pages long!). You won't want to put this one down. From page one, I was captivated!
Two twin girls, Julianne and Gillian, are separated at age three and eventually inherit a family fortune, along with a host of family secrets. Though twins, they have grown up differently and thus apply themselves differently to the world, and to the fortunes, and misfortunes, which await each.
Jaye C. Blakemore captures the times brilliantly--the 1970s. Her verse pulled me into the page and kept me there. Characterization is tremendous. I've read a lot of books lately, and this plot is truly unique. It's one of the best books I've read in recent years. Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase This book deserves a 5 stars. All I could say is WOW! Jayce C. Blakemore is a magnificent and a talented woman who come up with this story. This book gives me a sleepless night indeed. And there are heart jumping scene that stayed in my brain until now,t he wine cellar especially. This book offered the reader an all in one entertainment, the suspense and the comedy and the sense of humor of the author adds the spice. I wish I can watch this story on live screen where it deserves. I LOVE THIS BOOK.I will read this again sometime to entertain me especially when boredom strikes.... Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase Exceptional.
I read a lot and widely. I also review some - maybe one in ten books I read. This one is a joy!
In the past year I've given a lot of two and three star reviews to new authors who should better honor their trade and my reading time. It is an honor to give Double Identity a FIVE STAR review.
Start with the writing. It is clean, crisp, and well-paced. Overall it is highly professional. It reads like an author who has been honing her skills for years. I went back to check to see if I had somehow misunderstood that this was a debut novel. Double Identity is a shockingly good debut. In the face of so many poorly first attempts flooding the market it stands out as a shining example of what readers hope to find when looking for a new author. I'll definitely look for her next book.
Characterization: Huge plus. Personally, I lean toward books that have strong characterization over plot. The characters are well developed, full body, three dimensional people I was able to know and enjoy liking or disliking (feel sorry for, be disgusted by, etc.)
Plot: Yes, I do enjoy a good plot as well - especially if it is embedded with great characters (think Shogun or Clan of the Cave Bear). Nothing here was expected or predicted. Like the characterization, the plot is a solid A. The plot alone makes it worth your reading time. Just when you think you know where it is going, it doesn't. The dual voice of the twin sisters is a clever and effective way to bring the plot to life. You'll thoroughly enjoy it.
From the Author
Double Identity I cannot say enough about. This was the first novel I had ever written, but Double Identity was such a big turning point in my life.
I had a heart attack while working. I was in Colorado and called a friend ( I will call him G) ) I was pretty certain I was experiencing a heart attack. G wanted me to go to the hospital, I wanted to go home to California, which I did.
I left the airport at home and drove to the hospital. I took my purse and put it under my front seat of my car only taking my insurance ID and drivers license into the E.R.
Doctor confirmed I had had a heart attack. I did all the necessary things one does with a heart attack, called my boss, cancelled all my reservations I had prescheduled for the next week.
I was placed in ICU and once I knew everything on my schedule had been taken care of I slept for the next three days.
Visions of Double Identity started playing out in my mind, first time while I was in VA. but I kept putting off writing. however after my heart attack, every time I would wake up over the next few months while recovering Double Identity was staring me in the face/mind. Until one night I got up and wrote until Double Identity was complete.
The twins Gillian and Julianne are named after my own, Jillian. Some say the names were tricky but most people loved their names.
The twins are loving, caring and the bond they hold is unbreakable. They are both smart, witty and very business savvy.
Gillian and Julianne don't have a normal life they had an incredible adventure. Life for them started after the loss of both parents.
They had to take so many twists and turns in order prevail. Discovering all of their family secrets, before getting through one adventure yet another would appear.
Robert is married to Gillian, and it is so obvious he married for money, that was his first mistake......
Double Identity for me was like giving birth to the first born.
I truly hope you love connecting with Gillian and Julianne.
For now I have a candle to light
Regards,
Jaye C
About the Author
Having grown up in a small California town, Jaye C. Blakemore's imagination was always alive and creative. Though she never wrote fiction growing up, she's always been interested in people and the past. Traveling across the United States, she's been to every state capital, visited many Civil War battlefields, Arlington National Cemetery where JFK's grave struck a deep chord within her heart, her love of museums, including The Getty, a favorite because one of Monet's Rouen Cathedral, a very special painting to Jaye C., which resides within.
DOUBLE IDENTITY almost came as an accident, as Jaye C. began to write at night in hotel rooms as she traveled the country. Before she knew it, a book had been written. While more novels on the way, Jaye C. is continuing this new passion and vocation with the same fervor and excitement that art and history fills in her life. In her spare time, Jaye C. enjoys the theatre, salmon fishing, star gazing, and even a little adventure like glacier climbing in Alaska. A people person, Jaye C. has never met a stranger and hopes to connect with her lovely readers in the near future.
