Review: Emotional depth
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2013
The truth? I loved the read.It balanced action with relationships. I was drawn into the characters - their emotions, their flaws, their honesty. The guilt and the unremmitting shame. The bald truth of what slavery did to a young girl's life, her mind, and her spirit - depicted in how Luna saw herself, her offspring and her mother and most importantly her hero. It was a given she would mishandled relationships. How did any woman grow up sane under those conditions? I so wanted her to just go ahead and tell him! As to her journal...it was clear that she did not write the journal during the month she spent away from the plantation. Nor perhaps did she write it during her earthly lifetime, which accounts for the changes another review mentions. Another who wrote well after being a slave is depicted in the autobiography of Harriet Ann Jacobs, herself a slave and author.(Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Amazon.) And if you want 50 shades, go read something gratuitous. Instead, this author managed to give the right balance to a love story, all in the right context. Wish I could write as well as you.I will buy your next books. Considering the hours and hours of drafting and redrafting that goes into writing a book,the recompense here is nil - a true labour of love. So I will say: "Well done!" And encourage others to buy this book and read without picking, but enjoying it for what it is. A great read, full of drama, sadness, failure, love, and patience and an interesting twist on the paranormal.