Ben Nadler is a masterful storyteller--he weaves words together in a way that makes me believe I am right there in the story, in real life. Nadler's latest book, The Sea Beach Line (Fig Tree Books, 2015) took me by surprise--I wasn't expecting to fall in love, but I did--I fell in love on the first page. I suppose we are never expecting to truly fall in love when we do, but once you do, there's no going back. Sometimes, I believed I was the main character in the story, feeling all of the turmoil and emotions Izzy felt, as if Izzy was stealing my body for the time that I read the book.