Review: Enjoyable! Could have been a five.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2013
This book is set in the late 1930's and Celeste is a dancer and Shane is a prize fighter. Shane and Celeste meet for the first time at her fathers funeral. Her father was raver end and a horrible parent, which severed her relationship with him at a young age.At first sight they are attracted to each other and the attraction is powerful; however, they have a problem. Race, alcohol and deception taint their joining. He's white and she's black. She has a not so great past with men and she loves the sauce.They overcome their differences and try to make it work, but Shane's past threatens to destroy their future.Pros:Shane is sexy and likable.He's an alpha male.A little bit of a jealous lover is always exciting.Not hard to follow.Believable story line.Doesn't skirt away from race issues in the late 1930's.The love scenes are hot.In the beginning Celeste made excuses to drink and it showed she was vulnerable, but also a bit ridiculous with her actions. I liked that because this is the true behavior of an alcoholic.I enjoyed that she left alcohol behind and decided to take control of her life. Great story within the story.Cons:Grammar! Hire an editor. As a fan its disappointing, but the price makes you forgive the mistakes.The formatting is a bit off in some parts of the book, which probably occurred when it was uploaded by the author to Amazon.Whatever happened to her cousin. She was a major part of the book and then she disappeared.Honestly, if it wasn't for the format issues and the grammar this book could have been a solid 4 or 5. After a while the mistakes were distracting. In one section similar paragraphs were repeated. I read it three times and was confused.