Black Ivory [Paperback]

Saliee O'Brien (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Bantam Books (April 1, 1980)
• ISBN-10: 0553130218
• ISBN-13: 978-0553130218
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,494,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars An Oldie From 1980, June 4, 2011

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Alphalover (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Ivory (Paperback)

FROM BACK COVER:

Ravished by her jailor...sold naked at the slave market...forced to flee for her life and her honor...the radiant, pale-skinned Hester was destined to suffer heartbreak and outrage because her parents were slaves. From the splendid vastness of Thornton Plantation to the dangers of escape and the horrors of captivity to the unexpected romance aboard a glittering showboat, she sought the one power great enough to reverse destiny's cruel course - the magic of one man's all-conquering true love.
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Review: I really liked this story. A couple of things weren't too plausible but I can overlook that since I found the rest to be entertaining. I thought the part where Hester ran away and became an actress was very boring and uninteresting. I don't care a thing about the world of acting. Also, knowing that Saliee O'Brien is really a man (read more about him here) made me cringe a bit at times, those times being when Edward and Beau has sex with her. They were old enough to be her father.

The character Proteus, the slave who unofficially married Hester, came out of nowhere. I don't like, or understand, why he was made to be so violent. He didn't have much of a part in the story. I thought the whole marriage was pointless and unnecessary to the story. It should have been left out.

Without giving away the ending, I'll say that even though part of it was farfetched it was still a bit suspenseful. I'd already guessed it.

Other books by Saliee:
*Farewell the Stranger (1956)
*Too Swift the Tide (1960)
*The Bride of Gaylord Hall (1971)
*Beelfontaine (1974)
*Night Of The Scorpion (1976)
*Blackgable Inn (1977)
*Shadow of Caravan (1978)
*Bayou (1979)
*So Wild The Dream (1979)
*Captain's Woman (1979)
*Black Ivory (1980)
*Blood West (1980)
*Cajun (1982)
*Blood Slave (1983)
*Cayo (1983)
*Creole (1983)

* Saliee's real name is Frankie-Lee Janus.