Reality Bytes

by Jane Frances and Ana Huang

Follow the lives of four friends - Emma, Toni, Cathy and Lisa - in a romantic tale that spans the globe and proves that one can cross the whole of cyberspace only to find love a few suburbs away. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594930791
• ISBN13: 9781594930799
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Bella Books
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Romance set in lovely Perth Australia

Highly enjoyable story. I hadn't read the author's earlier novel 'Reunion' that features Cathy, Lisa and Toni and was able to thoroughly enjoy this novel. The side story with Cathy and Lisa and their travels around Italy for a month were a wonderful travelogue with only a slight bump in the road when the vacation chat turns to children. The main event is Toni and her relationship with her cat and computer and how both the cat and computer bring her a romance with Emma. I really liked both Emma and Toni and readily see how Lisa and Cathy thought they might have a chance together. Especially interesting for me was Emma's profession as a veterinarian.

Fast-paced and sexy. A great read!

I always tend to think twice before buying a book from an author that is unknown to me, but in this case I'm glad I took the plunge. What a GREAT book! Reality Bytes got me in within the first few pages, and by the end of the first chapter I was hooked. The intertwined stories of the main characters-Emma, Toni, Cathy and Lisa-jog along at a pleasant pace, and little plot twists and turns defied me to put the book aside. In fact, I read it in its entirety within one sitting. There are a few different stories happening at the one time: that of Toni who's stuck at home with chicken pox with only her cat, her chat-room buddies and a visiting colleague to keep her company; of Emma, who's just quit her job and turns to her computer to make some online employment applications and in the process discovers chat-rooms...and Pookie (aka Toni). And of Toni's boss Cathy, who is in Italy with her partner Lisa. They are celebrating their first year together, but at the same time are struggling with the issues surrounding having a child as a lesbian couple. The characters are thoroughly likeable, with enough personal quirks and failings to make them believable, and the circumstances Frances uses to thread the story together are lively and very often humorous. In fact I laughed out loud on more than one occasion. Throw in some very, very nice sex scenes and you've got all the elements for a great read. I loved Reality Bytes and recommend it to anyone who loves a cleverly written romantic tale.