Review: Mainstream worthy
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2013
The IRR genre is a bit of a niche one, partly because the calibre of some of the writers has kept it firmly in this category. I appreciate many writers these days are self-published which has both positive and negative implications. On the plus side we are enriched and entertained by some truly talented authors whose work we may never have had access to.Conversely, the relative ease of simply uploading your work unto Amazon or similar websites means that there are quite a few 'authors' whose efforts would never have passed muster, now masquerading as 'published writers' on the strength of being allowed to unleash incredibly poor, badly edited material on an unsuspecting public. These people clearly lack talent but even more importantly, lack honest insight AND honest friends.Thankfully those who are willing to sift through the chaff to get to the good stuff are rewarded with worthy material from a very small stable of real talent such as Sienna Mynx, Savannah J Frierson, Pepper Pace & one or two others. I believe we can safely add Ms Diamond to this list.I realise that some work I personally consider to be sub-par may be rated highly by others however I stand by my assertions as I am pretty sure that such sub-par books are unlikely to acquire widespread/lasting/mainstream appeal. I can only imagine that some are so happy to see books in this genre that they are willing to overlook the glaring problems within. Certainly I have and will ignore editing issues if a story has merit.Renaldo and Sabrina's love story was wonderfully written and had me enthralled from start to finish. The character development was well crafted, their struggles and experiences realistic without descending into campy, OTT drama.Once again my only gripe is the length as I did not want their story to end however I feel the author did flesh out the book nicely, going into detail were necessary and tying up loose ends.I'm glad I ignored the few negative reviews, this book is funny, sexy, heartwrenching and NOT to be missed!However I am still waiting on Ms Diamond for that tome of a book I can really sink my teeth into!