I really enjoyed this book, in fact I ended up reading it in one sitting. Some of the other reviewers comments are valid especially in regards to the unbelievable beginning and the misunderstandings. None of that took away from the book for me, in fact, the things that would seem unrealistic etc. where more like a bad car wreck I couldnt turn my head away from.There were some real book clencher moments as well! The author really captured some very real true concerns that I as a black woman married to a white man have had. Really, really stupid things that I know my husband has never really thought of but things that cross my mind, like the whole children thing. Ill start thinking of something that would seem so insignificant but is very culturally nuanced and common like my first trials and tribulations with a hot comb as a child and everything that go along with it. I will smile in remembrance to a good or bad experience then I stop and think, I may never have those same trials and tribulations with my own daughter because she will be different from me. Something seemingly so dumb can really hit home. The book was very good at capturing some of those unseemly feelings and emotions that you may not even be able to put words to, but she did!
This was mediocre. I felt the hero was far more in love with the heroine. She was quite weak and indecisive. The beginning is hard to believe. My background is in law, and the scenario expressed in the first chapter is pretty wild even if this took place in a small southern town full of bigots.
This book could have been about 100 pages shorter. This book has The Big Misunderstanding as the plot device. The hero and heroine could have resolved their issues with a really deep heart to heart conversation. So many years didn't have to go by if they had sat down and really hashed out all the misunderstanding between them. By the time the heroine gets a backbone and realizes what she wants, I had lost all sympathy for her. He was far more likable and seemed more genuinely in love. It was strange that she was supposed to be very smart and strong, but she didn't stand up to her parents' prejudice.
The one good thing I can say about the book is this. I don't know firsthand the realities of being in an interracial relationship, but the author did a good job of bringing to the forefront the intolerance experienced by those in such relationships.
This book could have been about 100 pages shorter. This book has The Big Misunderstanding as the plot device. The hero and heroine could have resolved their issues with a really deep heart to heart conversation. So many years didn't have to go by if they had sat down and really hashed out all the misunderstanding between them. By the time the heroine gets a backbone and realizes what she wants, I had lost all sympathy for her. He was far more likable and seemed more genuinely in love. It was strange that she was supposed to be very smart and strong, but she didn't stand up to her parents' prejudice.
The one good thing I can say about the book is this. I don't know firsthand the realities of being in an interracial relationship, but the author did a good job of bringing to the forefront the intolerance experienced by those in such relationships.
