Review: Will be returned! Stupid statements about race. And the same old story! More of a complaint than review.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2013
I've read two other books by this author's and I was able to overcome the grammar and racial epithets because the stories within the story of those books was somewhat appealing. The heroine makes reference to liking George Michael and Michael Jackson in this book and not knowing MJ was black. The heroine is in shock and seems appalled that he is.  I see the joke in not knowing he is black; however, when the heroine says she can't marry MJ because he's black it's just ignorant. The heroine states that her family was big on color.  Well the heroine is Indian. If the heroine was not a person of color I might be able to overlook the absurd statement by the heroine.  She is the person we're supposed to identify with the most, but it was hard.  To make matters worse the author repeats the same statement later on.  I'm a minority and most people from India have the same complexion I do if not darker.Also, the other two books I read had the same story line. The heroine is teased and picked on by others.  She cowers from her authority.  Secondly, she's a fighter. And I mean a person who really knows how to fight because she grew up in the slums. Third, she must remain in a palace or in a place isolated from family. Read that in the last two books.I always finish books, but after the second reference to MJ I didn't even bother.  It's a shame I chastised another reviewer about this same author. It appears that reviewer was dead on.I rarely return books, but this will be returned!