Review: What a refreshingly intimate tale...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 17, 2013
I will admit that I was on the fence the first time I read this story.  I had the same concerns with the story (i.e. Jada's speech having gone to Harvard, her job situation and Aaron's reaction to the "news"), but when I read it again I understood and liked the story much more.  And since I am probably in the minority because I really didn't care for Trolling Nights (I think Bevin was the most immature and annoying heroine in any of the author's stories), but loved Being Plumville and Beauty Within, I feel like I need to defend the story.I have read all of the reviews and on some points I agree, but this is not your typical erotic IR story.  It is not erotic AT ALL!  In actuality none of the author's stories are.  This story is more about the intimacy the hero and heroine shared.For one...The story was well written.  You can really tell this author does her homework as far as research and the timelines.  The relationship between Aaron and Jada was an intimate one...not one filled with passionate sex.  Some people don't know the difference.  It was the little things that they did like the cupping of the face and the kissing on the temple and forehead.  The reverent touches they shared...those are intimate acts that the writer wrote well and they leapt off the page.  Aaron wanted to be intimate with Jada, not just have sex with her.  That was very refreshing.As far as Jada's speech, I think the reader has to remember that we speak differently according to whom we are speaking regardless of where we went to college.  And the writer shows this clearly in her conversations with her family verses the conversations she had with Mrs. McKensie and the Prescott's.****POSSIBLE SPOILER****As far as Aaron's reaction to the news of Joshua, I can understand why he didn't initially go ballistic on Jada.  I believe he was really in shock.  And eventually after talking to her, he understood why she didn't tell him.  She was a financially lower class black woman that got pregnant by a very rich older white man after a one-night stand and losing her virginity.  She knew she was in love with him, but she just assumed this was a one-time thing with him because he never told her how he felt.  And remember...she asked him was he angry and he told her he was more hurt that she felt she couldn't trust him with that information, but the anger would probably come later.  At that moment he just wanted to see his son.Overall, I really liked the story.  I think the story was written well and I loved that she focuses on intimacy rather than sex in these stories.