Review: Brava!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2014
So when I read Mistress, the novella that really should be read before you read Wife, I was convinced, begrudgingly, that Keisha was a decent person; that she'd realized the error of her ways and was really trying to change.  Well reading the beginning of Wife, I had to think again because, dayuum, she got on my last nerve yet again.  Her tendency to slip into some rather "hood rat" behavior made me roll my eyes.  But... Ms. Forrester showed me the light!  By 3/4 in I began to see that Keisha's back story really informed her behavior.  She had to gradually change and make a conscious effort not to revert back to that person she was.  And Jayson - I'd completely forgot his issues in Mistress but he had to come to his "come to Jesus" moment about his direction in life.  And how was that done - by the incredible writing from this author.  The very subtle nuanced writing; the deft way of writing these characters so that you experience their changes along with them.  You are so drawn into the story that you have your own aha moment when you see - so that's why they are the way they are.  I love books where both characters are multi dimensional and broken.  The author takes you on that journey with them as they stumble and fall but get up again to purposefully move ahead and make substantive changes in their respective lives.  The author's writing is fantastic!  No other word for it.  This book was so well done.  The action is well paced, the intimate times are hawt, the dialogue is stellar.  So, do Jayson and Keisha get their HEA - you have to read to find out.  There is a 3rd book in this trilogy which I will definitely one-click it but my only question is - have we seen the last of Fiona?