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A review by daddy_gringa
Read Between the Lines by Rachel Lacey
4.0
I rather enjoyed this book. It's been a hot minute since I last read a purely romance novel as opposed to a book of another genre that happened to have some romance in it. I really enjoyed how the author broke the 4th wall, so to speak, on a number of occasions calling out those who look down on ramance novels as belonging to a lesser genre. While reading this I liked to imagine that it was semi-autobiographical or perhaps wishful thinking on the part of the author, writing her ideal romance while filling the pages with the hardships and criticisms she's received as an author who writes romance novels.
I found much of the main cast to be pretty well fleshed out and well written, however, the character Shanice felt like an afterthought, the token Black friend to a T. She is introduced partway through, has very little dialogue or any influence on the plot and is specifically called out by the author as Black whereas I don't recall any of the other character's skin colour being referenced.
I found much of the main cast to be pretty well fleshed out and well written, however, the character Shanice felt like an afterthought, the token Black friend to a T. She is introduced partway through, has very little dialogue or any influence on the plot and is specifically called out by the author as Black whereas I don't recall any of the other character's skin colour being referenced.