Review: Frustrating
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 4, 2014
I was initially attracted to this story because the writing was strong and the immediate attraction between the two protagonists was effortlessly communicated and nicely deployed.But the story quickly soured on me because the heroine was too preoccupied with how people would view her interracial relationship.  Pretty much every thought seemed to be focused on race.  It was frustrating.I do have to say, the writing was very polished and the characters well conceived, but I could not simply sink in and enjoy even that  aspect because the heroine's insecurities swallowed the entire book.  Her fear of racial recrimination by everyone who even looked in their direction hung like a miasma over the story.  She sabotaged her relationship and treated the hero pretty badly because of it.  I found her unsympathetic and immature.