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Title: Beautiful Wreck Binding: Paperback Author: LarissaBrown Publisher: CooperativePress

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February 7, 2014
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cooperative Press (February 7, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 476 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1937513319
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1937513313
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.18 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.19 x 8.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #435,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #681 in Norse & Viking Myth & Legend
- #1,626 in Time Travel Romances
- #1,663 in Time Travel Fiction

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Larissa Brown writes romantic speculative fiction, as well as books and essays about creativity and knitting.

Her first novel, Beautiful Wreck, was named one of the best books of 2014 by All About Romance. The companion novel, also set in her fictional 10th century Iceland, is a two-book series called So Wild A Dream. Part one is available now under that title, with part two coming in July 2017.

Larissa gathers gorgeous and inspiring images and research links on pinterest (larissabrown), and she regularly posts photos of her #writingspot on instagram (larissabrown5855) to share the adventure of writing.

Larissa is an avid reader of scifi, gothic romance, time travel literature and knitting stitch dictionaries. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband Martin (also a writer), and her 11-year-old son, adorable loser-of-handmade-hats.

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LM_80

Beautiful writing but a few things felt off...

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018

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I am so torn about how to feel about this book. Its probably more of a 3.5 stars. First, it made me FEEL intensely. The writing was just gorgeous, at times it was so beautiful I was breathless. The historical accuracy was WONDERFUL and I feel like I've finally read a book set in Viking times but not about raiders. I love this time period but am less interested in pillaging and more interested in home life. If you also want a peek into this world, this is the book for you. It's also why I'll probably read book 2 even though this book rubbed me wrong a bit.

Okay, my biggest gripe is that the angst to payoff was really off balance for me. *Spoilers ahead* I feel like I spent a half day after finishing just reminding myself that everything turned out okay. I still don't really believe it bc they resolution, their marriage, etc was so rushed and fraught right up to end scene. I would have loved more actual LOVE scenes and less pining. The heroine was a bit over the top obsessed with him imho. A few loose threads also nagged me - What were those two men going to do with her? What was up with landing in early 1900s at first? The whole beginning was very confusing trying to even understand what the future world was like, was the environment totally uninhabitable?

Just a few thoughts. Overall, I enjoyed the experience of reading it but felt bugged by the fact it kind of left me in an irritated mood for several hours after reading.

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Elizabeth Wish

Good first book with some caveats

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2020

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I liked this book but didn't love it. I'd give 3.5 stars for originality and the beautiful descriptions of nature in 10th century Iceland. I felt completely transported to the time and thought the author was so talented for created such a vivid landscape in my mind.

That said, like other reviewers, I was annoyed by how obsessed the heroine was for the hero. There was a stretch in the middle of the book that was a slog and I got annoyed by her. I was also totally confused about the scene in the beginning that took her briefly to Atlantic City. Umm, what did that add to the story?

Bottom line: points for originality, amazing world-building of the past, and lust/sexual tension between the main characters. But some confusing bits and a LOT of angst and drama.

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Animal Lover

The Best Time Travel Ever

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2017

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I rarely give any book 5 stars but I have never read a time travel book so great. The author has done her homework and it shows. The book is historically accurate and well written. The story unfolds slowly, like a flower blossoming; despite this I did not find the pace too slow. The timing made the story seem all that more realistic and possible. This story is no heroine meets hero and immediately falls in bed with him. The slow approach makes the love seem all the more realistic, There are no disturbing 20th or 21st century anachronisms. I read a lot of history and historical fiction, but have gotten more selective over time because I can't stand 20th century cultural thinking in another time period. Even the time travel device was so well thought out that it seems scientifically possible. Usually I prefer third person narrators but first person here made was perfect because we see through the yes of a modern person. Larissa Brown has become one of my favorite authors. I agree with the other 5 star reviews. I disagree with the reviewer who favorably compared the book to Diana Gabaldon's Highlander series; I couldn't finish her first book. There was too much gratuitous sex that seemed like a poor plot device.

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Lynne B. Tagawa

glad to find this author

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2016

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I almost passed this up. I couldn't imagine medieval Iceland as interesting. Smoky close houses of sod, sheep, and interminable winters? But I'm glad the reviews caught my attention. It's true. The writing is sweet and clear as a summer morning.

Jen/Ginn is the main character, and we get to know her slowly. Her own time, the 22nd century, is a bit sketchy, because it isn't really the focus of the book. The author gives us just enough to know when Jen is coming from and how the past will be different. And this is where the glory of this writer's prose will shine: because in coming from a clean, controlled, flat-screen world into the rough-hewn, smelly past, we experience, through Ginn, the wonder of it all. Sunsets and flowery slopes. And the awakening of her heart.

The love interest is like all good heroes should be: flawed and complex, but strong. At one point in the story I truly did not know how they could end up together. That is refreshing for a "romance"--a genre dulled by its predictability. This is a very human story, full of sweat and grubby fingernails, earthy and sensual. It is for mature readers, yet the love scenes are not graphic. It's not a bodice-ripper.

It've seen it compared to Outlander by others. It has the same strength of prose, and the same kind of research effort behind it. But I find it gentler. Outlander is raw and graphic at times, with psychopathic villains. I think I prefer Ms. Brown.

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sandree

If you are missing some Jamie and Claire

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2020

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A slow, sensuous start to this story builds and builds to a satisfying climax. Hmm. That sentence sounded very suggestive which is not surprising. This time travel story is at heart a romance, but a romance built on solid, beautiful prose. The heroine of the story travels from a future so bored with itself that people live in permanent re-enactments of the past. She washes up on the shores of her favorite re-enactment only to find that this world is solid and real. The author paints this ancient Icelandic, Viking world with loving and accurate detail. She captures a world that is gentle and drenched in love and homely detail while at the same time violent and harsh. At times, I felt the story was too slow but I found it hard to put it down and it gathers speed as it goes on. If you are missing some Jamie and Claire from Outlander, you have found your next read!

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Mkko

A wonderful read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2016

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This story really breathed life into its characters, the story telling was vivid and beautiful. I pushed through the first chapter but afterwards it was just a totally wonderful story of love, family, old traditions and even a bit of futuristic sci-fi at the beginning. I wouldn't let the first chapter put you off, this is honestly needed to the story and once you start reading this book you'll just eat it up. It was gorgeous.

Rosemary e Walters

Beautiful wreck

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2017

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This time travel book is well worth the read, it is a great love story between a women from the future, and a Viking in the tenth Century. Her writing skill is such that you can picture yourself, living amount the Viking culture . It is a powerful and emotional story line.
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Kwatling

Wow, beautiful, simply beautiful.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 11, 2016

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I fell in love with this book, it has stayed with me days after I closed the last page. I found it a little difficult to get into at first but it is so worth it. Amazing author, amazing characters, beautifully written.

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Serious shopper

Well crafted story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2016

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I thought that I had possibly made a mistake when I read the first chapter, however, I persevered and I am so glad that I did. This book is a little gem and I highly recommend it.

I look forward to reading more by this author, I'm sure it will be a well crafted story, another possible hard to put down tale.

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Huge

Magical

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2015

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I bought this because it was about Vikings and even though its essentially a love story, not my usual reading, I found it fascinating and truly magical. The characters are excellent and the story intriguing, although most likely aimed at femail readers as a sentimental old (fart) family man I loved it. Well done Larissa Brown for me this was as good Robin Hobb.

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