Review: Like A Tattoo
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2014
Yes, Sade's lyrics could be Julian Savant's soundtrack.  I will be revising my review as I'm sure most here will.  However, my first scandalous read was Tattooed Moon by Tiana Laveen.  If you know of her work, you know that it was a lesson within a lesson wrapped in all consuming love.  I can never say enough about how she transports you to the scene and sits you at the table to watch, feel, smell and taste the story as it unfolds.  Like you are an invisible being eavesdropping into people's lives unknowingly.  Magnificent.  Her books are not easy reads. They are cerebral, thought provoking and often mind bending.  It may take a page or two to develop the backstory, the backdrop, complete the scene but you are not thumping your fingers and skipping pages, twisting your mouth or sucking your teeth to get there, you just get there and it is always worth it.  It's about the ride, the journey into self awareness.  I always come away thinking, man where is he?  You get a vision of what it feels to be wooed, captivated, ensnared and drowned in love and to a man that deserves to be called head of the house and ruler of your heart.  Do I trust him to know what is best for me?  Do I trust him to tell me what I need to hear to make me a better me?  Do I trust him to let me be his side kick but build me up enough as a woman to stand on my own, alone.  Tiana writes about the kind of men your father walks you up the aisle to and prays with all he has within him that this person facing him will take care of his daughter as only he thought he could.  Julian was unconventional but rare.  He was sweet and tart all at once.  His tattoos had a life and his life he decided had meaning and he knew the target at first glance.  This book deals a lot in grief and grief management, how to purge and reconcile fate.  If you ever find yourself or someone you care about struggling with the process, hand them this book, it is a manual of soul healing.  I promise you.  Don't forget to keep the tissue until much later, the tears need to wash, you need to cleanse.  Tiana Laveen is a beast when it comes to the heart.