The Writing Retreat

 Fiction by Julia Bartz

https://www.barnesandnoble.com

Alex is a writer who hasn't been able to write since she and her best friend Wren broke up. Friend breakups are brutal, and in this one Wren took all of their mutual friends with her, leaving Alex high and dry. It's been a year, and Alex still isn't over it. But then she gets a chance to go on a month-long writing retreat with her favorite author as a mentor! Maybe this will un-clog her writer's block.

Unfortunately, Wren is also going. But that won't turn out to be Alex's biggest problem on this writing retreat! There are a lot of plot twists coming...

I thought it was pretty good. Although some elements were WAY over the top, it was entertaining. This book is not for everyone, though. See below for another reviewer's poetic take that I found hilarious. It's posted at https://www.barnesandnoble.com.

Train Wreck

Angry black woman? Got it

Token other brown person? Got it

Four woke lesbians? Got it

Gratuitous lesbian sex scenes? Well yeah

Irrelevant sex with a demon scene? Sounds good

Maybe I’ll take this psychological thriller and turn it into horror halfway through? Done

Implausible forced writing during significant trauma? Why not.

Oh hey let’s try to kill everyone off! Of course!

Happy ending? Well yeah!

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