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What a touching and wonderful story! The characters are well developed and the story line is a tear jerker but superbly written…The suspense was so palpable my knuckles were white from gripping my reader so tightly. This is the first of Ms. Okati’s books I’ve read. I didn’t know what I was missing. I’ve also avoided reading about same sex relationships. I just didn’t think I’d enjoy them, but this book proved me wrong…I highly recommend A Year and a Day. It’s a book for lovers of romance, whatever the genre.

...an awesome book. Ms. Okati worked magic in developing her characters…I read this book in one satisfying gulp. I lived life along with the characters, experiencing their joy and their sadness. Amazing, beautiful and intense, A Year and A Day was all of these. As I think through my feelings while reading A Year and A Day, my primary emotion is joy…I knew that no matter what happened, Ash and Slate and their story, would stay in my heart and need to be re-read often. I simply could not let go permanently of this book. In my opinion, it is deserving of a Gold Star Award.

The relationship between Ash and Slate is beautiful to behold…I loved how Ash and Slate seemed made for each other and lived to fill each other’s needs. This reader hopes that Ms. Okati will continue to write books in the genre.

Willa Okati has done yet another masterful job in A Year and a Day. The love between Ash and Slate is readily apparent and the huge sense of loss Slate felt when Ash died made me sad as well. The sex was hot and I enjoyed being taken into that aspect of their relationship. I wondered if I would get a satisfying ending from A Year and a Day and I definitely did.

I have loved all of Ms. Okati’s books, but to date, I do consider this one the finest. A Year and a Day made me first smile, then laugh with joy, and next cry; but deep down I could feel it burrowing its way into my heart. This is one of those stories that is going to stay with me forever, even when I’m not consciously thinking about it. This is how talented Willa Okati is.

...one of the best love stories I have had the pleasure of reading. Slate and Ash have a love all couples can only hope to attain. A love so strong, that even death and separation is not enough to see it end. I found myself enthralled with this story, and had to read it from beginning to end. Ms. Okati has penned a love of a lifetime, and it has not only made its way into my heart, but among my list of recommended reads for 2006.