Review: Soul Raptured Love
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2014
There is something to be said about a 'certain' kind of maturity, and looking at life through realistic lenses.  That was the case with Abasha Celine.She was your everyday woman with a beyond royal being and aura.  She didn't have to dress a certain way, smell a certain way or call attention to herself a certain way.  Those type of things simply happened just because she was comfortable in her skin. Being the daughter to her Mother who decided to have a baby again when she was almost grown, big sister to her younger spoiled tale brother who thinks he's grown and knows everything, and a guidance counselor to her students she actually saw as her babies.She was simply afraid of being hurt, not to the point that she felt sorry for or stagnated herself, she didn't build up unnecesary bitter walls, nor did she think everybody was out for something.  She just chose random encounters of the opposite sex to fulfill her needs when needed, nothing more, nothing less.That is until she met the ever so fine, talented, reclusive Shaka Fortune! And instead of introducing herself when he introduced himself to her, she hits him 'Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place'.WHOA!That was powerful and yes I love me some Zora! But she chose those words right then and you could tell 'fate was sealed'.Shaka on the other hand is smitten right away, got to love a man who knows what he wants and goes for it without being thirsty, demanding, trying to buy someone, and is comfortable with his humble masculine sexiness!Reading those two made you appreciate straight forward maturity, simple things made simple instead of simple things made hard by overthinking, not talking, not communicating and things getting blown out of proportion. Didn't happen here.Add to this, the family dynamic with Abasha's brother and Mother, other characters in their lives or that want to be in their lives and you have a well rounded story that rolls like a movie in your head as you are reading the words.Be forwarned it is a Novella. That's my only issue.Mrs. Menchan does a FANTASTIC job of compacting a book leaving no stone unturned and making sure you have gotten a full story without all the extra details and filler.  I can appreciate that, but sometimes, I just want to continue to enjoy the story a little bit more, stay with the characters a little bit longer, so my imagination and attention can continue to play and watch the movie of their life.  Because when I get to the end and my kindle can't turn a new page, suddenly my vision clears, reality hits and I start to hear this again:'MAMA ONE OF THEM KIDS DONE MADE SUGAR SAMMICHES, CAN I GET TWENTY DOLLARS?''GUESS WHAT MAMA, WE HAD SOME MUD FOLLOW US HOME AND TRACK UP THE KITCHEN!''UH BABY WHERE IS THE HOLY WATER I THINK THEM SUGAR EATIN KIDS IS SPINNING! SO WHAT YOU COOKIN?!'So yeahhh, just a little bit longer.