Veloura is a little girl, off to a rough start in life.While her parents aren’t often there for her, the kindness of strangers, friends, and teachers helps make up for what she’s missing at home, and opens her eyes to the vast potential in the world around her and within herself.This book is the prequel to the stand-alone thriller The Woman America Loves a Latte.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue is the prequel to The Woman America Loves a Latte by Holly Tierney-Bedord. I find the authors who put books out at a different time of life for the main character and goes back to show the life before to get some knowledge to see where they started in life. Veloura, or Vee, landed her dream job in The Woman America Loves a Latte, but what was life like in the beginning. Throughout Vee’s life there has been a lot of learning on her part. She needed to make her life her own which is what we are reading about in Little Miss Eyes of Blue and the result is The Woman America Loves a Latte sums up. Warning there is an emotional roller coaster ride and I did yell at the kindle several times (but hey that makes a good book for me when I can emotionally relate to the characters.) I liked the fact I read The Woman America Loves a Latte first, but I can see where you may want to read Little Miss Eyes of Blue first.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue is the prequel to The Woman America Loves a Latte by Holly Tierney-Bedord. This book for me was a hard read Poor Veloura. I do not like her parents Paul and Marla. In Little miss eyes of blue we get to know her parents a little better it shows us how they met and got married and had kids and shows us how Veloura grew up. You get a better understanding of why Veloura is the way she is. I love Vee and became very found of her. I was really excited to read more about her and get to understand her a little better. Holly Tierney-Bedord is a wonderful Author and I really enjoyed reading these books and I look forward to reading more from this Author. Thank you for taking me and everyone through this journey with Veloura.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue by Holly Tierney-Bedord is the Prequel to The Woman America Loves a Latte. I had a hard time putting down once I started reading. We get to learn more about Veloura and her life experiences in this book.At times I was very sad for her and others I was happy. Her parents ignored her but others more than made up for it.When she realizes there is much more to life what happens? Read this book to find out what happens next. I highly recommend reading this book and The Woman America Loves a Latte. I can’t wait to see what she comes out with next.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue by Holly Tierney-Bedord
My rating 4 out of 5 stars
This book is the prequel to The Woman America Loves a Latte. This can be read as a standalone but I would recommend reading both, because there is so much story and information to get from both books. This book shared the story of Veloura’s life growing up and bless her heart she did have it rough.
Her mother is a piece of work and i have nothing good to say about her. I think her dad really did love and care for her, but I wish he would have fought a little more to see her or even have custody. I hate that she had to keep every little good thing that happened to her bottled up and somewhere safe she she would never forget those moments, because they were few and far between.
I kept hoping that Veloura’s school life would help, but the fact that her and her selfish mother moved so many times, it was hard for her to form lasting friendships. The terrible things she goes through in school at the hands of her classmates, and the fact that she still comes out as a smart, yet naive young woman, surprises me and makes me happy. This shows she can continue living the life she wants and she can find happiness no matter what crappy circumstances she was dealt.
Great book and I would definitely recommend reading both this book and The Woman America Loves A Latte.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue was a good four star read and the prequel to The Woman America Loves a Latte. We go back to Vee’s childhood to learn about where she came from and what she dealt with growing up.
My emotions were all over the place. We get a glimpse into how Vee’s parents met and fell in love. And what happened that caused things to fall apart for them. We continue to move forward as Vee grows up, seeing some heart wrenching things happen to her. All I can say is her parents were terrible and only thought about themselves.
There is so much more to this story. Overall I liked this story, it gave me a glimpse into why Vee is the way she is today. Holly does a great job of keeping you aware of what time frame and characters are in each chapter, the detail is great as well. However, the ending has left me with some questions that I hope we see in one of the next books. 1-click and get started today.
A great read about money. Paul thinks he has landed the girl of his dreams when he marries Marla. But she is only interested in his money. When he quite a job at a candle factory to become a country music star, he hopes it will bring happiness and love back to their marriage. But all it does is cause further arguments from Marla. Will this save their marriage or make them drift apart?
A great read. Well developed plot. Well developed characters like Paul trying to follow his dream while still being a good father or Veloura as a sweet little kid but also wise. The only issue I would raise is that I felt Marla was too unfeeling and complained too much to be likeable as a character. A good use of a prequel to show how Veloura grew up into the person she is in the first novel.
I loved the visual detail throughout the novel like with the candle factory and it’s sights and smells and sounds so vivid as if you were actually there. Or the park where he writes the song with the green grass and the birds and the squirrell for a sense of peace and quiet.
The switch of perspectives worked well to display both sides of the story and was easy to follow with names as chapter titles. I also liked the use of dates and times to show how time progressed and things changed between the characters. I also liked the use of letters in the novel excellent way of showing characters thoughts and feelings and also the feeling of miscommunication. Also loved the sense of foreboding throughout the novel that things may not work out well for the family, given what we know from the first novel which was wonderfully written Overall, a great read and I would give it four stars.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue by Holly Tierney-Bedord was an okay read that ket my attention, but was a little hard to get in though, not the story, just some of the elements.
This book is a prequel to “The Woman America Loves a Latte”, and it tells the tale of the life Veloura was subjected to as a child, and what her parents were like before and after they married and had her. I can say, some people shouldn’t have kids. Veloura parents are not worth the air they breath. This book broke my heart for Veloura, and what mades it all the more depressing is that her little girls like her, are, and have, lived the life she has.
Overall this book will pull to your heart strings, and will keep you reading. So please take my high recommendation and my stamp of approval, that you will feel many things, and become a fan of this unique author.
Happy Reading
-E.A. Walsh
Little Miss Eyes of Blue is the prequel to The Woman America Loves a Latte and it does a great job of diving it on Vee’s past. It paints a vivid picture that tweaks the heart and answers some questions about why she is how she is. At times this story is both heartbreaking and bold, which is exactly how I feel about Vee as well. This author has a talent of making the characters feel so real so easily and I love that. If you want a good book that is basically a character study then this is for you. Just be warned that it may change how you see the world around you.
This is the prequel to The Woman America Loves A Latte.
This is the story of Vee’s life from birth up to her meeting Thunder.
This story focuses mainly on her parents, her father struggling to make it as a famous star, her mother problems and attitude as she was gripped by drugs and the impact it had on Vee’s childhood.
I was a bit unsure about how this would work as some of her childhood is referred to the standalone novel The Woman America Loves A Latte, however i was pleasently surprised and i enjoyed reading about her journey which lead her to the life and the friends she has.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue
by Holly Tierney-Bedord
I enjoyed reading The Woman America Loves a Latte so I was looking forward to reading this prequel to that story and I’m glad I did. There are a lot of sad moments in this book but there are also some really sweet moments with wonderful characters. There are a myriad of characters in this story which made it that much more entertaining. I’m glad I got to know Vee better and where she came from. I highly recommend this book. I also really enjoy this author’s writing style.
This is a must read it was really engaging and beautifully written story, even how it goes back and forwards in time it’s still easy to keep on track what’s happening. It had amazing character’s who you really grow to love as you read on. I was lost in the storyline completely caught up in the page’s but i find there’s nothing better then picking a novel up which you can just lose yourself in the words it takes you away from reality even if it’s just for abit. I loved every second and i can’t wait to read more from this author.
Little Miss eyes of blue is the prequel to The Woman America loves a Latte. It is another great book by Holly Tierney Bedord.
I really enjoyed this book. It made me laugh and it made me cry. It could be read as a standalone, but it is good to read after The Woman America Loves…to help us understand the character of Veloura and how she came to be the way she was. I was really fond of her, and found myself willing her to get herself out of the situations she was in. While the pace was great throughout, I thought the final part of the book wrapped up a little too quickly. I would have liked to know how she got from the end of High School to finding herself in a soup kitchen and meeting Thunder. Overall, a fab addition to Veloura’s story.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue by Holly Tierney-Bedord
4 out of 5 stars
This book was emotionally hard to read. At several points in time I had to point the book down to collect myself and come back to it.
I broke down for Veloura. This story of her’s, makes me want to cry. What starts off as a sweet love story where her parent’s fall in love just spirals downhill and never comes back up. Eventually she is in a broken home with two parents who are barely together enough to be able to care for themselves, let alone a young child. Veloura’s care and wellbeing is often neglected and/or overlooked. There is a revolving door of terrible men in and out of her mother’s apartment and then to cap off one partially terrible week, they go hunting for her father, and that ends horribly.
In the end, Veloura is left alone. You will have to read the book for the specifics of what happens, but my heart broke for this girl and I wept for her.
This book was very hard for me to read and I stopped and started it many times. While not my normal genre of books, I did enjoy it. I was pushed outside of my comfort zone and I do not regret it.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue by Holly Tierney-Bedord
Four Stars
Wow! I couldn’t imagine living a life so chaotic. To always be on the move. Marla is a terrible parent she didn’t do her best to care for her child. Veloura had so much stacked against her. I was really sad reading this story and couldn’t stop thinking that this could actually be someone’s life right now. It’s scary and truly sad that parents can’t chose their children over others. The author played us by writing this story this way. I wasn’t expecting hearts and flowers. But I definitely wasn’t expecting so much pain, confusion and betrayal. Being a teen is hard enough. I really couldn’t put the story away because the author wrote it to keep you wanting to know what would happen next. You needed to know how these characters lives would turn out.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue by Holly Tierney-Bedord
5 Stars
So this is kind of confusing but I read The Woman America Loves A Latte before this one as the author obviously intended. It’s confusing because that book was not one of my favorites by this author, who has actually written a few books that sit proudly on my favorites list..After reading this one I can see why she chose to write this one after but in other ways I wish I had read this one first. So Like I said it’s confusing but it is what it is. LOL
I believe I would have enjoyed the other much more had I had this one already read because I simply loved this one and this falls into what I am used to feeling after reading anything by this author.
I’m not going to get into the storyline at all I’m just going to say that I highly recommend these books and anything by this author. I love that she doesn’t follow any patterns and you really never know what your going to get when reading one of her books.
Im truly going to reread the first one again now that I have this one under my belt and I can’t wait, and also can’t wait to see what else she comes up with next!!
Awesome!!
Little Miss Eyes of Blue by Holly Tierney-Bedord is the prequel to The Woman America Loves a Latte. Veloura’s story is riveting. I did read The Woman America Loves a Latte first, but felt as if this prequel flowed well even after reading after the other story. The story was engaging, thorough and well developed. Veloura’s character certainly has grown through this story and adds additional depth to the character I came to enjoy.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue is the prequel to The Woman America Loves a Latte by author Holly Tierney-Bedord. I can honestly say that I read “The Woman…Latte” first and I am glad I did because Little Miss Eyes of Blue filled in a lot of the backstory of Veloura’s early life. This was a little tough to read, I felt so bad for Veloura throughout this. You know the saying that some people should not have kids, well Paul and Marla are two fictional characters that should not have had kids.
Even though it was a little hard at times I am glad that I read this book. It truly shows how some people struggle to live their best lives, as Veloura did. While other people take the selfish route and only think of themselves, as Paul and Marla do throughout. Nobody really cared about the child in this book and she’s pretty much on her own from the age of four. That being said I do recommend this story, either before or after reading The Woman America Loves a Latte.
I can’t even begin to properly explain how excited I was to find out that there woul be more of Vee from The Woman America Loves a Latte from Holly Tierney-Bedord. Being that that was my favorite of hers to date, I about squealed when I discovered that this would be a prequel. I will say however that in The Woman America Loves a Latte the bar was set exceptionally high by TIerney-Bedord and so I entered just a tad skeptical that I could possible love this one just as much. Now, just as I enjoyed the first I enjoyed this one. Maybe not to the extent, the first holds a special place in my reader heart, but it actually reached all of my hopes for this being the great novel that I had so hoped that it would be! This novel gives us a more in depth view into what made Vee who she is in The Woman America Loves a Latte. It was sweet and endearing, and covered an array of emotions that I enjoyed from beginning to end. I absolutely can’t wait to see what we will find next from the mind and pen of Holly Tierney-Bedord!
Little Miss eyes Of Blue (The Prequel To The Woman America Loves A Latte) by Holly Tierney-Bedord
5-stars
Little Miss Eyes Of Blue provide the back story for The Woman America Loves A Latte. It focuses on Veloura’s parents Marla and Paul. I was amazed at how much Marla’s character changed but it shouldn’t have been such a surprise because of her drug use. I kept wishing that Paul would do something and take Veloura away from her but he didn’t. I felt that her parents were very selfish and hated that Veloura had to deal with that type of life growing up. It broke my heart but I could not stop reading. The author really pulled me in with this prequel. Even though Veloura had a terrible home life, I felt she really turned out okay.
This story is the prequel to The Woman America Loves a Latte but can really be read after wards as well. This story is more about Veloura’s parents which in turn gives us more insight into how she becomes the way she is. I would have preferred to read this one first.
The character of Veloura is a very young child throughout most of this story. She faces terrible neglect from her parents due to their lack of communication with each other and their own selfishness. Their actions make understanding Vee so much easier. I can see why at age 20 in the next book she still seemed a little dippy.
Vee’s parents, Marla and Paul are an interesting set of people. Marla’s “problems” could easily be labeled as drug addiction, but that is only the beginning of her problems. While the dad, Paul seems to want a perfect family with no effort from himself.
Tierney-Bedord creates these characters that we can relate to, even hate a little, but ones we can understand. We may even know people like this in real life.
Reading Tierney-Bedord’s books always makes me want to read the next one so there’s no doubt that I will be looking forward to the next one!