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Sto caricando le informazioni... Baby, You're the Best (The Crystal Series)di Mary B. Morrison
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Fiction.
African American Fiction.
Literature.
HTML: "Nuclear hot action in and out of the bedroom along with lots of juicy backstabbing . . . Steamy-hot passion" from the New York Timesbestselling author (Library Journal). Blake Crystal is at the top of her game, professionally, financially, and personally. At fifty, she has four wonderful, grown daughtersnot to mention a new younger lover who takes her in breathtaking directionsin and out of the bedroom . . . On the surface, Alexis Crystal is an ideal daughter. Confident and beautiful, she can have any man or woman she wants, so she has both. But she's left unsatisfied by one thing: her father is listed as unknown on her birth certificate. Their mother has kept him a secret for twenty-six years, and the same is true for Alexis's three sisters. But Alexis is determined to discover the truth. And as all the Crystal women celebrate Blake's big birthday, they realize that to get what they want, they'll have to lie, seduceand if necessary, betray each other . . . Praise for the writing of Mary B. Morrison "Mary B.'s quick pacing and penchant for sexy bedroom scenesher fortehave always kept the pages turning." Juicy Magazine "Morrison piles on extra helpings of soap opera-esque drama in this final entry of her If I Can't Have You trilogy." Library Journal "If you're looking for some serious drama this latest novel from Morrison will fit the bill nicely." RT Book Reviews.Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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The only reason that I kept reading this book is because I wanted to know who Alexis’s dad was. I made no connection to the characters as they were so cliché. Here’s a description of the sexy, gun toting, feisty, bi sexual Atlantian, Alexis: “I was eye candy. Five – five, a size six, had hazel eyes that sometimes turned green. [..] long, thick, wavy, black, natural hair, full lips, and dark, radiant complexion.”
I also felt that the author did a lot of telling and not enough showing, when it came to larger issues. “ My father, whoever the f**k he was, was the first male disappointment in my life. […] Before I had a first boyfriend, my heart was already shattered into pieces by my dad. […]My way of coping with my daddy issues was to not allow any man to penetrate my heart or disrespect me.” This issue was constantly brought up and became rather repetitive and redundant. Although this novel skimmed a lot of issues (molestation, promiscuity), their purpose in the novel was stagnant and underdeveloped.
Overall, I really wanted to like this book but I just couldn’t get past the stock characters and distractions in the plot and dialogue. I would like to see the author move beyond the explicit sex scenes and cookie cutter dialogue in order to engage the reader. She touched on several sensitive issues that could have been explored more realistically and more in depth.
Thank you NetGalley and Kensington for the opportunity to review this book. ( )