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Summary: AGAINST THE WIND
Review: THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY INTERACIAL BOOK THAT I HAVE COME ACROSS, BUT THIS ONE WAS THE BEST. MS. FOSTER DID NOT LET HER READERS DOWN ONE BIT. SHE PRODUCES A PIECE THAT IS SIMPLY OUTSTANDING.
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Summary: Lovely story
Review: This a very well written book. I enjoyed both Leslie and Jordon's characters. Ms. Forster wrote a book giving the main characters dignity and intelligence. I loved the positivity of Leslie's approach to her education and Ozzie's self-respect as a black man fallen on hard times and his unwillingnes to give up. (I'd loved to read a story about him), and also Jordan's color-blind outlook on life. All in all, this was a really really good book.
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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: This book was full of interesting characters and fast pace. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.
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Summary: I've read better but it's ok
Review: This book was ok but I wish the characters and story were a bit better. I thought Leslie was a little too insecure and hung up on the fact that Jordan was her employer and he was white. Jordan just seemed too alpha male and the fact he called Leslie "woman" kind of drove me nuts. It had it's good parts and you could see the love they have for each other, I just wish it could've been better, especially the ending. It's a pretty good book, I just wish that it was more developed.
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Summary: I've read better but it's ok
Review: This book was ok but I wish the characters and story were a bit better. I thought Leslie was a little too insecure and hung up on the fact that Jordan was her employer and he was white. Jordan just seemed too alpha male and the fact he called Leslie "woman" kind of drove me nuts. It had it's good parts and you could see the love they have for each other, I just wish it could've been better, especially the ending. It's a pretty good book, I just wish that it was more developed.
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Summary: Needs to be edited
Review: This story had promise but was let down by a poor (if any) editing of grammar and sentence structure. I found myself re-reading sentences wondering what the writer meant and I rarely have to do this when reading a book. There were also some glaring contradictory errors starting from page one. For example we read that Leslie the heroine was driving a Taurus and was being followed by a Brown Chevy. Then in the next paragraph she accelerates putting more cars between "hers and the Taurus."The plot started off well but by about halfway through the book I tired of Leslie's dithering over whether to pursue the relationship with Jordan. Sometimes the couple appeared to make progress and then returned right back to square one. There was no in depth analysis or description of her feelings that led to her reluctance in the area and the on-off cycle was frustrating. There seemed to be little progression in the growth of trust between Leslie and Jordan until the very end which seems unreasonable. By then I was relieved that the story had ended.
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Summary: better luck next time...
Review: What is with the current trend of heroines lacking a brain? In this story, Leslie is a college-educated woman, intent on furthering her education with a Masters Degree. I find that aspect of her commendable; however, the choices she makes left me wondering how a person who had book sense lacked so much common sense. A stalking victim, she refuses to confide this information to anyone, choosing instead to suffer in fear. Her decision does not make any sense. Okay, the stalker warned her that he would kill her if she told anyone. Common sense should have told her that he'd do that either way. Why help him? Also, by staying at Jordan's estate, she put everyone there in danger by keeping her mouth shut. On one hand, she acts as if she cares about Jordan, his housekeeper and her husband and then later Jordan's nephew. But her actions convey a different story. If she cared about them AT ALL, she would have warned them and put their safety before her "pride." Jordan was perfect, almost too perfect and had the patience of a saint. Leslie treated their pseudo-relationship like a rollercoaster, going through ups and downs without a moment's notice. Yet, he accepted her lame explanations and still wanted to pursue a relationship with her. Okay. Sure. The conflict that drove them apart did not gel with the time period in which the story was set. Leslie blew their racial differences into epic proportions, constantly reminding the reader that Leslie is black and Jordan is white. The difference in their skin tones had already been established and using race as the biggest conflict between them would have been better suited for a story set in the 50s or 60s. With high profile couples such as Iman and David Bowie, Diana Ross and her ex and the numerous black professional basketball players and their white wives, the differences in Jordan and Leslie's race wouldn't be that much out of the ordinary. Of course, the racial difference would impact on their relationship (the US isn't the melting pot it proposes to be), BUT it should not have been the huge issue that it was in this story. Finally, this book would have benefited from having an editor or proofreader looking over it. The punctuation and grammatical errors were distracting, not to mention the inconsistencies with one character's name. Was he Uncle Franklin or Uncle Frederick? When it comes to romance novels, I prefer interracial romances. If Ms. Forster decides to write another one, I will read it with the hopes that the heroine is fleshed out better and the conflict is something more than the difference in skin color.
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