Review: Honesty is the best policy
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2014
So to be honest here is how i rated this book.....one star because i am horribly fed up with reading so many books about all white protaganists. I wanted to read something about people who look more like me. So i gave a star for that alone.The second star was because it kept me entertained. I wanted to see what happened.Third star is because i like how in the end it was seven who had to save herself. The stronger Reagan was not the savior of the day. To many times in romance the weaker female lead ends up being carried through to a happy end and that just isn't real. Also the ending surprised me.Okay now for the negatives..I feel the author needs to work on descriptive writing. Draw us into the story. We don't see it unless you help us see it. I wanted to feel pity for seven but i couldn't. Instead i found myself waiting for something to drop. That being said it seemed the opportunity for character building during the courtship was rushed through and i was left feeling the only reason Reagan even liked seven was because they were mates.Okay small spoiler the rape was completely unbelievable. I would have believed it more if the stepfather had done it instead of a random teacher. She would have been in so much pain emotionally and physically and i just don't see how this supports sevens character development.  The fact that no one called the cops not even crissys mother and allowed seven to return to an abusive household was mind boggling.Okay finally, and i do hate to be the one to bring this up, but i found the book hard to follow in cases where the language was compromised. I grew up with the black side of the family and i know that is how people talk but you will win more readers if you consider writing more legibly. There were were some grammar errors as well but not so many that it detracted from the story. Ms giovanni i hope you keep writing and i hope you take criticism well. All the best!