Book Review: The Life and Dysfunction of Nadine Daniels by Hadena James

Welcome to our stop on The Life and Dysfunction of Nadine Daniels

book blog tour!

Synopsis: Nadine Daniels’ life is a disaster.  The security company that she owns is being sued, her mother is coming to visit for a week, and some unpleasant realities about her “charity” work are about to surface.  She thought this was as bad as it could get, but she was wrong—dead wrong.

Someone believes she knows a secret – a secret worth killing for.  With assassins tracking her every move, Nadine wishes the only thing she had to worry about was her mother pestering her to settle down with her suspected live-in boyfriend, Zeke, but she can’t think about the future when the present might end with her death.

Review: Ever have one of those books where you start reading it and want to know the ENTIRE back story of the character before you finish chapter one? Warning- this is one of those books! The book in fact reminds me very much of Lisa Lutz' Spellman books- you are plopped down into the middle of the character's life and it is ongoing, and you get pieces here and there, but like a real person you meet, you don't get their entire life doled out at one time. Such work in a novel gets the reader wanting more and willing to read a series of books, and very connected to the character.

I ran to Amazon by the end of Chapter 3, looking to make sure I wasn't wrong and there was a prequel to this book- NOPE- I did however snag the novella that picks up the story after this one ends (you'll get that review tomorrow AFTER you run over and snag this ebook today! LOL). Hadena needs to keep writing about Nadine and her crazy, wacky and wonderful family, including her SIX Great Danes!  Anyone who has not been able to say NO to their mother and had smothering brothers will relate to Nadine perfectly!

Oh yeah, and there is a mystery or two that gets solved! But trust me, you'll be so enrapt with the family and Nadine's love life issues that you almost forget there is one! Hadena gives us an excellent modern story and one that will leaving you smiling and laughing.

RUN over and pick up your ebook (it's really inexpensive!) today and get this book read, so I can give you the scoop on the followup tomorrow!


About the Author:

Hadena James began writing at the age of eight. As a teenager, she had several short stories

published in literary magazines. She completed writing her first novel at the age of 17.She graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in European History with minors in German and Russian studies. She isthe author of two book series, . “The Brenna Strachan Series” a fantasy thriller series, and the “Dreams & Reality Series”, a murder thriller series.

When she isn’t busy writing or running her business, Hadena enjoys playing in a steel-tip dart league. She also loves to travel throughout North America and Europe. Her favorite cities are Chicago, Illinois and Berlin, Germany. She writes all of her books while listening to music and the bands tend to get “honorable mentions” within the pages.

Check out the rest of the Book Blog Tour for guest posts from Hadena and more review!:

February 25 -  - Reading Addiction Blog Tours - Meet and Greet

February 26 - Waiting on Sunday to Drown - Review/Guest Post

February 27 - Books and Needlepoint - Review

February 28 - Book Reviews and More - Guest Post/PROMO

March 1 - Andi's Book Reviews - Interview/PROMO

March 2 - My Reading Addiction - PROMO

March 3 - Must Read Faster - Review/Guest Post

March 6 - Queen of All She Reads - Review/Guest Post

March 7 - Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews - Interview/PROMO

March 8 - Gimme the Scoop - Guest Post/PROMO

March 8 - Uttley's Take - Guest Post/PROMO

March 9 -Cozie Corner - Review

March 10 -  The Self Taught Cook - Review

Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this ebook, free of charge, from Reading Addiction, for review purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it