I’ve just finished a book. I received it on Tuesday morning in the post, read it right through my first class on Animation, throughout my walk home after my class, on my way to my netball game, on the way home from my netball game, after dinner and then finished it in bed that night.

One of those books you just can’t put down.

It was special for so many reasons. A page turner for sure, but also so real. Written in the first person it tells the story of a man and his slow return to life after a devastating break-up splinters his world. Already on the edge, he hovers painfully between destroyed and hopeful – bravely voicing what it is we see when our insides have been turned inside out.

Jamie Boud can write. His talent is evident on his website where his prose and pictures keep his readers entertained and hanging on to every word. But here, in his first novel ‘Envy the Rain’ – he absolutely shines.

In blogland where the walls of friendship and knowing are very fine, I am proud to be a regular lurker at The Known Universe. Although I can’t say I know him personally nor well, through Drew, I can recognise his spirit and marvel at his honesty and I would be especially proud to recommend his novel for you to read.

Go on. Support him now. I wish him a bright and genuinely happy future in writing, and I’ll be eagerly awaiting his next book…