![]() ![]() These were so heavy handed with the comments Esther got from ignorant people and the fact the she wasn’t able to embrace her own culture through most of book. While these are extremely important and relevant topics to have, especially given the time period, I don’t exactly think they were handled well. Race, class, and gender are very prominent and serve as the major backdrop to the story. The author introduces a lot of outside factors into their lives. Here’s where the books problems come from. The major drama for this story actually comes more from the social aspect of the story. I also really liked that the relationship side of things didn’t really have much drama to deal with. As a romance, it was incredibly sweet with just the right amount of sexy. I almost feel like I need to review this one from two completely different angles. It just made things feel a bit rushed even though the story actually does take place over the course of a number of years. I do understand that the relationship was the main focus of the story, but the social and political issues were shown to also have an impact on them so I feel they needed more presence in the narrative. ![]() A lot of stuff was touched on that seemed to have a lot of importance, but at the same time didn’t really feel like it was touched on enough. I do wish that the story expanded a bit more on what was going on around the main characters. The romance aspect was cute and steamy with very likable characters. ![]() This was an extremely sweet story that touched on a lot of social issues that are still relevant today. ![]()
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