Review: Falling......
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
We usually see paranormal IR from this author so it was refreshing to see the author branch out into new territory. What I liked about this story is that this is different from most books in the IR genre I only wish the author could have expanded on a few issues. For instance Bobby Jack (the male lead; that name Lord!) He is just being released from prison for robbing a store he has hopes of returning back home to his baby mama Jessi.Now is when the story takes a turn Jessi is a hot mess of a character she has a son Issac which she cant take care of and enlists the help of her friend Whitney. Now Whitney a child of the system has a heart of gold and is willing to help all in need. This is a good thing and a bad thing. Bobby Jack comes from a very racist family (Klans men) of course he himself shares some of those same stereotypes about non-white people. Bobby Jack meets Whitney under less than ideal circumstances and there is an attraction. Now this is where I feel the author should have expanded on a lot.Much of the story was surrounded around Bobby Jack's family. I wish as a reader I would have gotten more on the relationship between the two characters. It was as if the relationship was semi-glossed over. Bobby Jack is trying to convert his ways or as it says in the story but he sees Whitney as a different kind of black. Except she is just as black as the people he called out of there names. I would have liked to see some redemption on his characters behalf.Whitney had a backbone at times and other times I wish she stood up for herself more. She mentions in the story that Bobby Jack has a problem with minorities but he is working on that. Ummm....How?! * there is this one scene but too me more of character building was needed*This story despite the subject matter had some very light and funny areas. Maurice, Edward and Mama Mays are all characters who were not only Whitney's support system but kept it real with her. There were very few typos at one point Jessi was spelled Jessie and a character who name was Richard was named Robert in the next paragraph. This book had plenty of Jerry Springer moments his family was backwoods...... All in all this was a very good story. I think it could have been better with more interactions and development between the two characters.