Review: The Best Book I’ve Read All Year
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 24, 2013
Desire and Prejudice is about the healing powers of true love and the damning powers of cultural prejudice. It is one of the most moving romance stories I've ever read. When two people are drawn so passionately to each other from first sight, entirely from the heart, nothing else in the world seems to matter.PTSD comes in many shapes and forms. It can come from the shock of physical violence or from emotional violence. People with PTSD often hide their condition with people they are around all of the time, and while holding in their insecurities, they shy away from the real life that awaits them. Trying to trust again is difficult, especially when hurt by a loved one. There is always the thought of the same thing happening all over again.When Jasmine and Adam first meet, they are both totally caught by surprise; their inner feelings are the magnetic force that draws them to each other. Their burning desires toward one another are unstoppable, but they are doomed by their separate lives - he is a French official and she is a Muslim.They find ways to be with each other when they couldn't. The poetic letter writing is brilliantly written and it takes the reader into the minds of two lovers desperately wanting one another, but each holding back because of their cultural backgrounds and the fear of getting caught in their dangerous game.This is one of the best books I've read this year. The hope that Jasmine and Adam will find a life together throughout the book kept me excitingly wanting more until the end.