Secure Your Copy Poughkeepsie (Poughkeepsie Brotherhood, #1) Crafted By Debra Anastasia Available Through EReader Version

has been a great discussion in the comments about pulled Fanfictions and whether they are morally reprehensible for their past or should be judged based on their quality and degree of separation from their source material.

Unfortunately this book fails both tests, Yes, it is a reworked fanfiction, I was willing to maybe put that aside if it was good because I remember the relationship dynamic and characters being very different from the source material and, indeed, being very different from any book I'd ever read.


That part is still true but I'm saved from having a moral dilemma over whether to give this book a high rating or not because this is not a good book.


I could rattle off the usual, The characters are two dimensional and unconvincing, the plot is a haphazard hodgepodge of nonsense and the writing is mediocre, The exboyfriend was mustachetwirling ridiculous, the three brothers lacked a realistic bond or even respectable backstory, The main female protagonist was laughably incomplete as a character and still managed to be scarily dependent on her boyfriend despite the fact that he was both homeless and mentallyill.


All of this would usually still leave you with somewhat of an okay story, Readable but nothing spectacular. Unfortunately, the novel's history caught up with it in the least expected the way,

You see, Fanfiction and novels appear on the outside to be similar mediums, Both narratives that span similar lengths from novellas to sprawling epics, Yet, it's in their conception and delivery that makes them markedly different,

A novel is written, edited and then published for public consumption, This hopefully means that the story has been smoothed out and any plotting problems sorted, The consumers receive the book whole and can read it in one sitting, The author then has the luxury of evenly spacing the story arc and gives the book balance,

Fanfictions, are written and published or updated in the fanfiction world chapter by chapter, Sometimes the author has a plot worked out but often not, Updating sometimes happens as often as weekly or can stretch out to be several months between updates, As such, readers follow many stories at once and thus the skills of a successful fanfic deviate heavily from a successful novel,

For starters relationships can not take an entire book to develop, After some general polling a couple of years ago, fanficers reported that they would abandon a story should the main characters not "unite" withinchapters considering many fanfics havechapters, this is a rather short amount of time.
Then it's a matter of dragging the story along for awhile until people start to get bored, In the last five chapters or so, fanfiction authors tend to shit out a resolution, wash their hands of it and move on,

This is exactly what happens in Poughkeepsie, The couples mostly resolve their issues and are happily together, There is a visible moment in the story when the author shits herself, realizes she needs a tidy way to resolve the plot and then sets about creating a ridiculous ending.


What I had hoped was that this novel, when pulled, would be seriously and with great consideration edited into a respectable piece.
In this I was disappointed, I can't see anything new or different from the Fanfic, I would go through my version to see if the author has done anything more than find and replace the names, but I can't be bothered.


The chance I had been willing to give this novel is now squandered, I guess now we'll never be able to know what brilliant argument I would have come up with to justify the morality in its publishing.
Which is a shame. I love arguing.

This review can be found on my blog, sitelinkCuddlebuggery Book Blog I thought this book would never end, It just didn't hold my attention, I am glad I tried it but I'm not sure I can make it through book,stars

Livia takes the train to work every day and smiles at everyone, . . even the homeless guy. One day, he is being bullied and Livia steps up to help him and her life changes from that moment on,

Wow this book is sooo much more that I thought it would be and sooo different, Yes, it is a love story with a homeless guy but you have to give it a chance, It will be worth it,

Blake is sweet and kind and romantic but he has some problems, It's a bit scary for Livia but she follows her heart even though she has a police officer Dad, She is also tempted to help him since she is studying psychology but basically she just wants to because deep down she has already fallen for him and now just has to accept it.


Like I said, there is sooo much more going on than just a love story between Blake and Livia, We have a horrible relationship with a soon to be exboyfriend, Livia's wonderful relationship with her sister, Kyle and her Dad, Blake's relationships with his brothers, Cole and Beckett, Beckett's relationship with Mouse, Beckett's relationship with Eve, Eve's relationship with Blake, and Cole's relationship with Kyle.
And that's not everything!

I loved the relationship with the brothers and their tattoos, It was so great how they were there for each other and just fit so well together, The part where Beckett had to watch and not participate killed me,

But there were a few things that bothered me, The first time in the meadow freaked me out, . . it actually made me feel a bit sick, I thought there would be no hope, It was great how Livia helped Blake but I wanted to know more and it seemed that he got "fixed" too easily, And I wanted to know exactly why he was homeless all that time, Also, Beckett was a bit too extreme, Well, he is too extreme in almost everything but I felt the killings were too much,

I liked how everything wrapped up, In fact, I was going to complain that things got wrapped up too nicely so I'm glad that she left one thing undone, I've heard that a Beckett and Eve book is in the works and that makes me very happy! Thanks Rhonda

Favorite quotes:

“Dont put off happiness you can have today.
Tomorrow is a hope, not a promise, ”

“Remember when you and Livia tried to hog the spotlight at my wedding Just when you and Livia get to the good part, Cole and I are going to have porno sex right there.
” love Kyle

And I will never, ever lose count, my favorite part is counting the smiles



Also there is a great book trailer that you shouldn't miss:

sitelink youtube. com/watchvtHdSF




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"Blake doesn't ask her for money, He doesn't know her name, All he wants to do is, . . count her smiles. "

The book was all the things I wanted to read, I can't be any happier to say that I'm glad I picked it up, I saw the trailer video first and just halfway through the video I was tearyeyed! :P
Poughkeepsie is surely one of my favorites, because:

It is a very unique novel.
There are books which follow the same old story line and just change the characters, but Poughkeepsie was something very new that I just fell in love with.


Blake is the perfect example for a gentleman, and I don't know but I'm a little biased when it comes to gentlemen.
Not my fault, there just aren't enough chivalrous men anymore! :D

Beckett, oh Beckett! God where do I start He is the perfect bastard! The best.
And I'd be lying if I said I didn't just fall in love with him, faints
He was like a mother trying to protect her children from all the harms that could come to them, Like a protective father, he could kick anyone's ass who ever dreamed of harming his brothers, The way he loved Livia and Kyle, and how selflessly he left Eve just so she could spread her wings, takes me on a crying spree again and again.
I have utmost respect for this fucker!
He fucking ruled the book!

Livia is the bravest woman I've ever seen : I loved her character and personality more than any of the other female protagonists I've ever loved.


John. He is the best father I could imagine, Not those fake ones we see in our books these days, but a very real one! Maybe because even my father is a single parent to me I can understand and relate to him better, but either way, he gained my respect in every fatherly aspect.


Kyle I can most relate to, I guess, When I read about her, it was like I was reading about myself, Not the parts where she goes on fucking guys and all, but except that all those other parts, I mean it: each and every scene, Even her story superimposes mine so perfectly that I cry every time I think about it, I just hope my story also ends just as beautifully as hers did,

Mouse was one character who made me laugh a lot, All the squeaky voice and bodybuilder physique, :D But after I read his story, it sucks so bad that Debra did what she did to him! :' I'm putting all the blame on you, Debra.
Because you know that it wasn't fair! :'

Chris, was the worst motherfucker I've ever seen! God, I'm so proud of Debra and Beckett that they killed him! GO BECKETT! GO DEBRA! Wohooo! D

Eve rocked big time! I'd love to learn all those things she can do.
Someday. :P

Thanks to Becektt I now know like a dozen new swear words! God, Debra I love you and your creativity! salutes

And lastly, this book introduced me to Ron Pope!!! Wow.
I'm a fan now. I simply fell in love with his music, :'

Don't get me wrong, it was everything astarer should be, BUT my boy didn't get his Happily Ever After, and so I have all the rights to deduct halfastar for that.
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Note to author: We want a novella! A Beckett and Eve's happily ever after, Please Otherwise I'll cry. Seriously. :' :'
After everything that he did, he sure as fucking hell doesn't deserve a hanging/unknown ending, This is not done.

POUGHKEEPSIE TOOK MY BREATH AWAY! IT IS SURELY ONE OF MY BEST READS FOR! I know its kinda early to say that, but try all that you can but you can't make me say that its not one of my favorites! I bet ya! :D

Go go go! Wait no more, because you're missing out on such a BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL, UNIQUE, HEARTTOUCHING, AROUSING and lord everything else! book! : Wow.
. . not at all what I was expecting, I mean this in a bad way, obviously, Not a thing in this book seemed realistic to me, The characters weren't complex, instead they were predictable, silly, unlikeable and everything about them screamed "stereotype me", It's a pity, because I really wanted to like this book, I heard so many wonderful things about it, Now the only thing that's crossing my mind is how can people find this beautiful, romantic and wellwritten It's cheesy, creepy and lacks depth, complexity and passion.
Anyway, awesome that you liked, really, Not criticizing anyone here, just sharing my opinion,

Back to my review, . . I didn't really felt any love between them, it all seemed so sudden and the chemistry between the two was nonexistant, They were so boring together and maybe I missed something, but Livia seemed to all of a sudden realize she was in love with Blake.
And she kissed him. While she still dated Chris, Where are your morals now, huh Not so perfect anymore now are you Why the heck did Livia date Chris for years, in the first place, if she didn't felt annything towards him In fact, it seemed she truly despised him.
He used to talk to his friends about her, in her presence, saying 'her face is nothing special but the ass is rockin' or something like this.
LOL. You need more selfrespect, Livia!

I'm pretty pissed off that she's a psychology major btw, . . being one myself, I never would've dealt with Blake the way she did, Maybe she's just too stupid, Let's start with the fact that he's a complete stranger and she still hands him her car keys, I mean, who lets a homeless stranger man lead them to their car, at night, and actually hands him the keys I know I wouldn't.
She doesn't know him and he's homeless, As hot as the guy is, he's homeless and a stranger, She doesn't know a thing about him,


Blake was as annoying as Livia, really, if not more, Oay, I didn't read the whole book I tried, hoping that it would get better, but when it only got worse,

I decided to stop but the guy was a total jerk and extremly proud.
Let's be honest here, what homeless superhungry guy wouldn't accept food because he thought he didn't 'earn' it Seriously Someone is kindly offering him food and he rejects, saying that he would only eat the damn sandwich if Livia offered one to the other people around them, waiting for the train more thanpeople.
And you know what She does that the next day! LOL, She gives a sandwich to more thanpeople so Blake accepts one too, This happens a little after they talk for the first time, and as I read this stupidity I got the feeling that maybe this book wasn't for me, but I decided to give it a chance, anyway.


Kyle has mommy issues cliche and her first meeting with Cole was so, . . I don't even have a word for it, LOL. WTH.

So, so disappointed with this book, I really thought I'd like it after the inumerous people who recc'd it to me while it still was a twilight fanfiction, : It's full of clichés and cheesy/lame phrases that made me throw up a little in my mouth, And it lack one very important thing in romance books: passions, intensity, chemistry, I felt like they were two boring people who claimed to be in love but didn't know a thing about what that means, The author should've edited and improved her work, it seems underworked and full of faults to me,
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