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 by Holly Tierney-Bedord is the prequel to The Woman America Loves a Latte. It takes us back to the very beginning of Veloura (Vee) who is the main character in The Woman America Loves a Latte. It is a great story and is very different to the second book but it gives us the birdseye view of how and what Vee went through to make her the woman she is today. Veloura’s parents were terrible and very selfish and made me sad for her but she turned out ok. I am glad to see her beginnings.
The author thankfully has given us a glimpse into the backstory of a beloved character from a previous work in these pages. Veloura (Vee) takes on a journey of her childhood and past and provides us with context for the adult we love from “The Woman America Loves a Latte”. The author kept me guessing which sometimes can be difficult when a prequel is given to the reader following a book. I really enjoyed these pages and found myself reading it in one sitting without realizing it. Very well written and very enjoyable.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue is the prequel to The Woman America Loves a Latte written by Holly Tierney-Bedord, but with that being said, I think you could read them in any order.
I already loved reading about Veloura’s journey in the previous book, but to go back to the beginning and see what she goes through gives you a mixture of emotions. You can understand more now the reasons why she is how she is, but after reading this you want to go back and re-read the previous book just so you can let that one sink in even more and get to love Veloura all over again!
I was drawn in with this story and found myself not wanting to put it down. It was captivating and was written brilliant by Holly Tierney-Bedord, she never fails to write an epic book, that’s entertaining, flows from chapter to chapter and creates brilliant characters.
I totally recommend this read, you won’t be disappointed by it. Don’t Miss it!
Little Miss Eyes of Blue by Holly Tierney-Bedord. This is the prequel to The Woman American Loves a Latte. This is such a true portrayal of a dysfunctional family. Veloura’s parents are not the best parents her dad is a songwriter and her mom is a drug addict. This story digs in to Vee’s beginning and her parents love story. They met in 1977 when Paul walks into the diner Marla works at. He finally wears her down and she goes out with him. He falls head over heels and she is half way into it at best. Paul quits his job after they marry to write music and finally has a song released he wrote about Veloura called Little Miss Eyes Of Blue. Marla becomes more strung out over the years and mean to Veloura. They are so preoccupied with their own problems they totally forget about Veloura but fortunately she has friends, neighbors willing to help her. I loved this book and and Holly Tierney-Bedord has become one of my favorite authors.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue by Holly Tierney-Bedord is a prequel to the stand alone book called The Woman America Loves a Latte. Veloura’s parents are Paul and Marla and the story starts out with how they met and married. Paul’s family was not fond of her and never showed to the wedding. Paul wants to make it in the country music scene and fails until he writes a song about his daughter called “Little Miss Eyes of Blue” The family goes on vacation to celebrate and this is where Marla finds drugs and starts the downfall of this little family. Paul finds and falls in love with a younger woman, and disappears. Marla doesn’t raise her daughter well and has a trail of loser men around Veloura. She learns her father died and finally her mother gets help for her addiction but Veloura still finds herself judged for the mistakes of her parents. As her life can’t seem to get worse she learns that her mother died from an overdose. As the book comes to an end we see that Veloura also will make the same mistakes as he mother when it comes to her love life.
The book was hard to read as the life that Veloura was handed was a rough one for a child. She was not given a life that would show her to be a decent person and didn’t bring anyone into her life to show her the right path. My heart broke for her and I wanted to get inside this book and smack her parents. I read the book The Woman who America loves Latte and I am glad that is how I read it. I enjoyed reading this book and highly recommend it!
This is the “prequel” to THE WOMAN AMERICA LOVES A LATTE and it was written after. I’m not sure I would have appreciated it as much if I read it first. It’s super quirky and gives an amazing glimpse into an interesting dynamic.
I cracked open the binding on this to read “a few chapters” before work. Well the chapters are 2-5 pages long so I kept thinking “one more chapter” and suddenly I am at 50% and 10 minutes late. Whoopsie. It was a book worth being late for…
I really like the way this author writes and am a huge fan of both books in this series.
Little Miss Eyes of Blue
By Holly Tierney-Bedord
5 stars
I really do love reading books by this author – she never fails to entertain me with her unique and engaging writing style. I really enjoyed The Woman America Loves a Latte so I was really looking forward to reading Little Miss Eyes of Blue as it is the prequel to it. I think that it definitely opened up the character of Vee for me; I feel like I found out so much about her in this book that I could read the second book now and have a better understanding of her as a person. It was really nice to see more of Vee and what she has been through in her life. I don’t think it really matters which order you read the books in I would just definitely recommend that you read them! They are both excellent reads and you won’t regret it!
Little Miss Eyes of Blue
By: Holly Tierney-Bedord
5 out of 5 stars
The story Little Miss Eyes of Blue by Holly Tierney-Bedord is a book that I enjoyed reading. It is the prequel to The Woman America Loves a Latte. I loved reading more about Veloura and her life experiences. She is an interesting and intriguing character who I found myself caring about with each chapter that I read. As you read her story she interacts with many additional characters. They all have their part to play and I found them interesting to read about and how they have an effect on her life. There are both times that I had a smile on my face and others when I felt sad or empathetic for Veloura. She is someone whose life experiences have her at times keeping up her guard. This is a story that draws you in and I found myself not wanting to put it down until I had read the final page. It is a book I would recommend reading.
I loved this book! This is a well written, engaging story that flips back and forth in time. I loved that I didn’t get lost and was able to keep up. This is about a little girl, Veloura. She is ignored by her parents but other people make up for what she is missing in her life. What will happen when she realizes there is so much more to life? Will she discover a whole new world and herself in the process? She is my favorite and made the story come to life for me. Her story is a must read!
4 Stars
Little Miss Eyes of Blue is the prequel to The Woman America Loves a Latte by Holly Tierney-Bedord. We met Veloura (Vee) in The Woman America Loves a Latte when she finally had a little luck, landing her dream job- as the “face” for Caprice Cappuccino chain and the ‘adventure’ that ensues. Well in this book, we go back to her childhood to see where it all started. A little girl who hasn’t had it easy learns a lot about human nature, kindness, and much about herself. This is a great story, although it definitely has a different ‘feel’ to it than The Woman America Loves a Latte- I am glad Ms. Tierney-Bedord decide to give us more of Vee’s journey.
Thank-you, Ms. Tierney-Bedord.