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This was mediocre. I felt the hero was far more in love with the heroine. She was quite weak and indecisive. The beginning is hard to believe. My background is in law, and the scenario expressed in the first chapter is pretty wild even if this took place in a small southern town full of bigots.
This book could have been about 100 pages shorter. This book has The Big Misunderstanding as the plot device. The hero and heroine could have resolved their issues with a really deep heart to heart conversation. So many years didn't have to go by if they had sat down and really hashed out all the misunderstanding between them. By the time the heroine gets a backbone and realizes what she wants, I had lost all sympathy for her. He was far more likable and seemed more genuinely in love. It was strange that she was supposed to be very smart and strong, but she didn't stand up to her parents' prejudice.
The one good thing I can say about the book is this. I don't know firsthand the realities of being in an interracial relationship, but the author did a good job of bringing to the forefront the intolerance experienced by those in such relationships.
This book could have been about 100 pages shorter. This book has The Big Misunderstanding as the plot device. The hero and heroine could have resolved their issues with a really deep heart to heart conversation. So many years didn't have to go by if they had sat down and really hashed out all the misunderstanding between them. By the time the heroine gets a backbone and realizes what she wants, I had lost all sympathy for her. He was far more likable and seemed more genuinely in love. It was strange that she was supposed to be very smart and strong, but she didn't stand up to her parents' prejudice.
The one good thing I can say about the book is this. I don't know firsthand the realities of being in an interracial relationship, but the author did a good job of bringing to the forefront the intolerance experienced by those in such relationships.
