Review: Great Story, Excellent Writer
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 29, 2012
This quickie is a story about an independent African American woman who lives in Las Vegas. She is young and from what I can tell she is beautiful. I did like the story. The author writes very well, and I read through without much of a problem. I could picture everything as it happened. I wasn't confused, by any means. Great flow, great use of wording, one of the best I've seen.Hardly any errors, no more than a handful...[if that]. Formatting was perfect for the kindle, exactly the way I prefer. No spaces between paragraphs and no crazy huge indents.The only reason why I gave it four stars is because of the protagonist. I will admit, I didn't like her very much. She was a showoff, materialistic, and as the neighbor or neighbor's friend [I forget which one] so notably added 'bougie'. It's great that she's successful and she had the Jimmy Choos, the Rover, and the big mansion; but I think it made her extremely shallow. Another problem I had with her is that she shows off the inside of her house to two unknown men at night that she just met no more than a couple of hours ago, maybe a little more. Not a very smart move, but that's how this young woman was. She was naive just as much as she was smart.Now, I will say, this author did a smart thing with this lead character, too. She showed a personality trait that is not favorable, at least to me. It's cool to like every lead character I read about in books, but it is also refreshing to read about a protagonist that you don't like, too. Why feel rosy inside all the time when you read? I want to feel the low side of the emotional roller coaster, too. So, this was a great read.Oh, and the adult activities were excellent, too.Great job, Ms. Downlow.