Book Reviews:

"A story of inner courage, and the power of love. Not the love that conquers all trials and tribulations of old, but the love that learns and understands, type of story.

Set against the backdrop of the Australian Outback, we get a mix of city thinking and country togetherness; an interesting mix that creates its fair share of misread messages and awkward moments.

Sarah Cook delivers a well-told story filled with deep secrets and hidden desires. A great read for any lover of fine fiction."

Robert Stephenson

Radio 5UV Adelaide, Books in Review presenter.

"Although 'Against the Odds' is the first novel wriitten by Sarah Cook to be commercially published, it certainly won't be the last.

Sarah has a great feeling for telling a story in a way that endears the reader to the main characters and at the same time, creates an environment that arouses all our senses.

As the pages are turned, Sarah invites us to share the inner feelings of the women and the men as they come to life, exposing their insecurities and also their hopes for the future.

For those of us who have felt our heart thumping when we meet someone new; looked at the night sky with tears in our eyes and had those eyes sting with sweat as we struggle for survival in a sometimes savage country,, and yet always had faith in the future, then this novel will appeal to the sensitive being that we all have inside us."

Roger Stanley,

Editor.

"A very enjoyable Australian novel. Sarah Cook captures the essence of the country, the laid back attitude of people on the land, in an easy "reader-friendly style" woven with twists and turns 'til the last page. A real feel-good book."

Gina Allan, The Observer, Gladstone.

"A bubbly, romantic story set in the Australian bush, which is full of great Australianisms."

Wendy O'Hanlon, APN Newspapers.