[26] BLOG TOUR: Familiar Ties by Naya Nikki review and interview

Familiar Ties by Naya Nikki
Max West is a widower raising Phoebe, his four-year-old daughter. Phoebe has to live with the fact that the day she was born is also the day of her mother’s death. As her fifth year without her mother approaches, Phoebe finds solace in her godmother, Amy Riley, and her daughter, Grace Crawford, another single parent family.
Amy Riley is a successful fashion designer who spends most of her days raising her four-year-old daughter, Grace, while her wayward boyfriend is travelling the world making the next best film. As the fifth year without her best friend looms she finds comfort in her ex-boyfriend, Max, and his daughter, Phoebe.
These two “broken” families have a tough week to face as the dreaded day approaches.However through their past, present and debatable future will their choices affect the outcome both parents clearly want and are simply denying? Or will Phoebe and Grace lose the only “whole” family they have ever known?
Published May 21st 2012 by InkSpell Publishing
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MY REVIEW

Rating: 4/5

 I received a copy of the book from the author in exchange for my honest review and participation in a virtual book tour event.

I could desribe this book so easy In one word – heartwarming. It’s the only thing I felt during reading it. I don’t care how weird or lame it sounds.

I’m not a big fan of romances…. I don’t like them, but Familiar Ties catched my attention.  At first with amazing cover of course – you just have to love it!

It’s just seven days, maybe not so ordinary but mostly normal. How much can change in just a week?


The story is about two friends, ex lovers - Amy and Max. They aren't together, but they act like a family. Amy officially is not alone, but she is a single parent - it's more complicated. Why don't they just be together?


I loved little flashbacks to the past in this book which explained the story - at first I was a little confused with the situation but it was being explained part by part which kept me wanting to read more and more!


I think this book gave me some clues about love and family. What is a real family? When do you know that you love someone? Does love destroy friendship? 
Also, there was a lot of kids' thought about it. Phoebe and Grace were so lovely and smart that I couldn't help but smile while reading.


In sum, it's a wonderful story about love, family, friendship and more!

 INTERVIEW

Hello and thank you for being my guest on Disincentive reviews! 

Why did you choose to write contemporary genre?

I was always told to write what you read, and because I generally read contemporary romance it was the easiest thing to write. I wasn’t going to write something I didn’t enjoy writing either because then if I didn’t enjoy writing it why would my readers enjoy reading it?

I know you also wrote some short stories. Are they published?

I have the one short story, which is a free read on InkSpell, but otherwise for the moment no. My writing is generally private so everything I write is kept in various folders on my laptop for me to read and then send out when I am ready.

You’re still a student, right? How do you find time for writing?

To be honest I have no clue, sometimes I do survive on very little sleep but I am lucky that I am doing creative writing as part of my degree and so that means I get to write various short stories every week; however I do make sure that I get a few hours of my own writing in every week, because it keeps me sane.

What kind of student are you?

I have just finished my first year of university doing a degree in English with Creative Writing .

Are you happy with your life?

Yes, I have learnt a lot in life but it had helped me to become who I am today so I have no regrets.

And last question is Do you plan to write more?

For the moment I am working on being a student and working on various things around university because I want to get the most out of being a student. I will be writing things as part of my degree and for fun but nothing serious at the moment

Thank you for answering!  Anything you’d like to add?

I would like to thank everyone for their support and love for my debut book. Below I have included ways you can get in contact with me because I would love to hear from all of you :)

*Blog: www.nayanikki.co.uk

*Facebook: www.facebook.com/nayanikki

*Twitter: @nikkinaya

*Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5601440.Naya_Nikki 

xoxo, 

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