{"id":3726,"date":"2016-10-05T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T22:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelesbianreview.com\/?p=3726"},"modified":"2023-06-14T15:29:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:29:30","slug":"megan-robbi-mccoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelesbianreview.com\/megan-robbi-mccoy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Other Megan by Robbi McCoy: Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>The Other Megan by Robbi McCoy<\/strong> is a lesbian romance novel with a touch of comedy and suspense.\u00a0 Jaye is a nurse who is runs away with her broken heart to the Caribbean island of Isla Santuario to work in a health clinic run by dentist Megan (Willie) Willet. Willie is at odds with her wealthy family and insists on not accepting any help from them.\u00a0 Jaye wants to live in the land of predictability and that is exactly how Willie has structured her life on island. Their illusion of safety is shattered when Willie is kidnapped at gunpoint.<\/p>\n

The local island news team finds a photo of a Megan Willet on facebook and broadcasts the story and photo on local television. Social media picks up the story too. But there\u2019s a problem. The facebook photo is of another Megan Willet who just happens to be vacationing on the island with college friends.<\/p>\n

The Characters<\/b><\/h3>\n

At first my favorite character was Jaye, the older nurse with the broken heart who thought she had shielded herself from the pain of heartbreak and loss by running away from it. But that other Megan took my hand and led me into her world. She is young and fearless and knows what she wants. She reminded me that I need to let that self out to play more often. I\u2019m glad Robbi McCoy let her out to play. She surprised me, like she surprised Jaye. Willie was also controlled by her fears in many ways. She was distant emotionally and physically (she was \u201coff stage\u201d in much of the book), but this wasn\u2019t her story, it was Jaye\u2019s and the other Megan\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

Each character in this story was dealing with fear and withholding a large part of themselves from the world. The story allows each of them to grow beyond her fear.<\/p>\n

The Writing Style<\/b><\/h3>\n

I liked the way the author used the kidnapping story to build suspense, then let the story flow back to the growing relationship between the other Megan and Jaye. The transitions from the Willie story to the Jaye and other Megan story were sometimes a little bit rough and would take me a few seconds to get my bearings in the story.<\/p>\n

The Pros<\/b><\/h3>\n

Now, I could be reading way more into this story, but after I read the story and it sat with me a while, I saw these three characters as parts of one person, each with a fear, each with a capacity to grow, each with a story to tell. Willie was all intellect, Jaye all heart, and the other Megan was sexual energy and youth. They represent who we all are in relationships at one time or another or simultaneously.\u00a0 Or the story is a frothy romance with a touch of suspense. Either way, I\u2019m glad I read it.<\/p>\n

The Cons<\/b><\/h3>\n

It took me a little while to get into the story. The premise seemed a little far fetched for me at first, but when I just sat back and enjoyed this bit of escapism, I had a fun ride that was a bit more interesting than my first glance.<\/p>\n

The Conclusion <\/b><\/h3>\n

I enjoyed reading it, and I like it more now that the story has had a chance to sit with me. <\/b>Stick with this one. It might take a little while to get used to the scenery, but once you do it\u2019s a summer escape for the heart.<\/p>\n

Excerpt from The Other Megan by Robbi McCoy<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u201cI know who you are,\u201d Jaye cut her off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew we knew each other!\u201d Megan said triumphantly. \u201cI thought you looked familiar, but I couldn\u2019t remember where I knew you from.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t know me from anywhere. I know who you are because of the news reports, the kidnapping.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh that!\u201d Megan shook her head. \u201cThat\u2019s not me. I mean obviously that\u2019s not me because here I am. Like not <\/i>kidnapped. Duh! They\u2019re just using my photo. Dumbasses, right? It\u2019s just a mix-up. That\u2019s some other Megan Willet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSucks for her, right? But that doesn\u2019t explain where I\u2019ve seen you before this morning in the elevator. Because that\u2019s when it hit me. I\u2019m like, I know this chick. You know how sometimes people look familiar and you don\u2019t know why? And you\u2019re like, God, it\u2019s just on the tip of my brain. It\u2019s like that. I know you from somewhere, but I just can\u2019t pin it down.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe from last night?\u201d Jaye suggested derisively.<\/p>\n

\u201cMegan shook her head. \u201cNo, I don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t remember,\u201d Jaye stated. \u201cFigures.\u201d She had been through this routine a hundred times before with Lexie. Whatever had happened the night before – a fight, an insult, sex – Lexie didn\u2019t remember the next day.\u00a0 For her, it had never happened, which meant it wasn\u2019t supposed to matter to Jaye, no matter how hurtful.\u00a0 She didn\u2019t want to think about how many times they\u2019d had that particular morning fight. Until Jaye didn\u2019t care anymore, until she had given up.<\/p>\n

\u201cWere you at the Blue Parrot?\u201d Megan asked.<\/p>\n

Jaye sighed heavily. \u201cI don\u2019t have time for this.\u201d She took a step around Megan, intent on getting away.<\/p>\n

\u201cWait,\u201d Megan said. \u201cLook, you seem kind of pissed off. I\u2019m sorry if I did something to upset you. I don\u2019t remember much from last night, I was kind of out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh really, I had no idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, I know you\u2019re being sarcastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDing, ding, ding, score one for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Megan burst out laughing. \u201cI really hope we did know one another in a past life. You\u2019re funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPast life? What\u2019re you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n

Get This Book On Amazon<\/b><\/h3>\n

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[tweetthis]The Other Megan by Robbi McCoy looks great – I just read this review [\/tweetthis]<\/b><\/p>\n

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