White Chocolate

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Summary: I stayed up all night reading this book.
Review: I'm interested in books about multiracial folks because I myself have a black mother and a white father. I don't normally read thrillers, but I felt the social relevance of Taylor's journalistic endeavours made the book read like a movie. I visualized everything I read; Bowman has a real talent for making her words leap off the page. The images still flash through my mind. Her portrayl of biracial angst is accurate and I recommend this novel to everyone, both biracial and not.

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Summary: great story!!
Review: it took me a while to read this book. i thought it was going to be boring and i found out that it was like the pringle commercial...once you start, you cant stop and that is exactly what happened to me. taylor james kept you guessing and wondering what is she up to now. im happy that she had let bygones be bygones because sometimes we hurt by someone and want to hold a grudge against them no matter how much they apologize or tell their story. i felt that this story is an understanding point of how people treat ppl who are biracial and also how others look at the color of our skin and judge us by that instead of our talents and intelligence..so hats off to ms bowman for writing a wonderful informative novel *S*

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Summary: Fast Read
Review: Members thought this book was a great read. They really like how the author brought out the issues on being muticultural. The sparks between Taylor and Julian was dynamite. This book makes a good bookclub read.

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Summary: Different
Review: Taylor James is a biracal TV journalist who goes under cover to set up some KKK members. Taylor has aways felt that she didn't fit in, especially when one of her coworkers dosen't think she dosen't deserve awards that's goes to black workers. Julian, Taylor's first love is also back in the picture, even though he broke her heart. She has to deal with the KKK members getting out of jail, and plannin to get revenge. I throught the book was good, but the ending was kinda of rushed.

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Summary: Different
Review: Taylor James is a biracal TV journalist who goes under cover to set up some KKK members. Taylor has aways felt that she didn't fit in, especially when one of her coworkers dosen't think she dosen't deserve awards that's goes to black workers. Julian, Taylor's first love is also back in the picture, even though he broke her heart. She has to deal with the KKK members getting out of jail, and plannin to get revenge. I throught the book was good, but the ending was kinda of rushed.

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Summary: Colorless Love
Review: Taylor James, a biracial beauty, was tortured and harassed due to her mixed heritage. Having a black father and white mother didn't make life easy for Taylor especially growing up in the heart of Detroit. Julian DuPont, who was also biracial, was Taylor's closest friend and protector. If anyone even thought of trying to bully Taylor, they had to go through Julian. Not only were Taylor and Julian close childhood friends they also became each other's first love. They were inseparable and just knew they would spend the rest of their lives together. However, their relationship ended unexpectedly, and Taylor was devastated.

After the relationship ended, Taylor threw herself into her work and became a very successful news reporter. She made herself known by going undercover and exposing a violent white supremacist group. Not only did she become well-known, but she also initiated a death threat on her life, the supremacists got out of jail and wanted revenge. They were dead set on getting back at Taylor since she was the one who exposed them and assisted in having them incarcerated.

Stress is high in Taylor's life as there is not only a death threat on her life, but work is becoming a burden and she is having second thoughts about her engagement to her boss, the owner of Wolf Television Network. And the final blow is the return of her first love Julian DuPont. Will Julian's reappearance cause added turmoil with Taylor and her fiance'? Will Julian be able to act as Taylor's protector against the white supremacist group as he did in the past?

WHITE CHOCOLATE is a well-written pageturner that will keep you wanting more. The writing was so intense I felt as if I was right there with Taylor during her trials. I feared for her life as if she were a close friend. Julian and Taylor's love was so deep and strong it seems trivial why they broke up in the first place. What I enjoyed most was the realism of the storyline. Racism is alive and well even today and Bowman portrayed it pretty much true to form. The only thing I didn't like about the story was Taylor's fiance', he was a character you love to hate. That just goes to show you how well-written this book was, when you find yourself having a strong dislike for a character or two and still enjoying the story. Bowman is a talented author who has a knack for writing suspenseful thrillers.

Reviewed by Eraina B. Tinnin
of The RAWSISTAZ™Reviewers


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Summary: To predictable to actually thrill me.
Review: The best part of the story had to do with the difficulties Taylor encountered as a half black woman who was able to pass for white. Being able to pass no doubt has it's upside and it's downside. I think the book did a decent job of illustrating how no one person can eliminate the racial tension here in the USA. However, a person can surround themselves with those who accept them as they are and can quit worrying about those who won't accept them no matter what.

The idea of a biracial person going undercover in a KKK type organization was a cool idea. The book, in my opinion, just drifted on for too long. It could have been about 100 pages lighter. In the end all the main characters get the ending we all suspected they would. The ending was so pat that I felt the author sold out. All the obvious villans got their just rewards. All the supporting characters ended up okay and no one suffered any real losses.

All in all this book had an interesting concept for a story but as for a thriller I found the story to predictible to actually thrill me.

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Summary: Non-stop adventure!
Review: The book is full of adventure that keeps you on your toes. Just when you think the story starts to slow down you're hit with a thrilling twist! I kept reading the book until my eyes couldn't stay open any longer and as soon as I would awake in the morning my nose would be back in the book. As much as I didn't want the story to end, it definately ended with a BANG! I loved it!

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Summary: Non-stop adventure!
Review: The book is full of adventure that keeps you on your toes. Just when you think the story starts to slow down you're hit with a thrilling twist! I kept reading the book until my eyes couldn't stay open any longer and as soon as I would awake in the morning my nose would be back in the book. As much as I didn't want the story to end, it definately ended with a BANG! I loved it!

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Summary: The book wants to be suspenseful, but ends up unrealistic.
Review: The characters in this book were shallow and unrealistic. I found myself having no sympathy for Taylor as she struggled with personal and professional issues. How realistic is it to think that a black woman is going to risk her life for a job? It also didn't seem realistic that Phillip chose a black woman as his fiance, given the issues he was having with his father. Finally, the ending wrapped up to neatly. It seemed more like a fairy tale, than real life.