Customer Reviews

Shades of Brown (Love Spectrum Romance)

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Cautionary Book Review: Misleading Cover

Official "Ro" Reasoning:

I thought the heroines in Indigo Love Spectrum books were supposed to be black. The cover shows an interracial couple bw/wm. But the book is about a white woman and a black man, if a person doesn't read carefully they would have ended up buying something that they were not expected. That is not cool.

Redo the cover, it's horrible to blatantly mislead people.

Official "Ro" Rating: N/A (Cautionary Book Review)

Ok so the person from ARC bookclub or whatever. My guess is that you're book-retarded because quite honestly, how can the characters be shallow when many satisfied customers, myself included, found a depth in the character that really allowed us to experience what the character was experiencing. Plus, how could you figure out how they would handle situations and how the story would end if they are so allegedly shallow?

This book has all the aspects of every good novel compiled into one: comedy, romance, mystery, murder, mystery, etc.

It's a book that will really keep you on the edge of your seats with its constantly moving plot and laughing with the character's witty remarks.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who has been through a tragedy so they know how to stay strong, to anyone who has ever been in love, to anyone who has a crazy family, to any teacher, and to anyone who's just trying to find that place where they belong. This is an excellent book.

Shades of Brown
Denise Becker 5 stars

Meg is a schoolteacher with a violent husband until she kills him during a fight to save her own life. Wanting to leave the past behind Meg moves back home to be with her adopted family the Harrington's.

Meg went to live with her best friend Tory in high school after her parents died. The Harrington's are black Meg is white. Meg was always treated like family in the Harrington household, the oldest son Michael always treated her like a sister but he was secretly in love with Meg for many years.

As Meg and Michael build a loving relationship her past comes back to haunt her. The faculty at school doesn't like Meg's way of teaching and want her out. Meg finds racial hate notes on her car. When they dig into her past they find out about her husband Bill and try to fire her. But Tory comes to her rescue.

However Michael never knew what happened and he pulls away from Meg. No one in the family knew about Meg's abuse. Michael and Tory's brother Luther loves Meg but he doesn't want his brother with a white woman.
This was an outstanding story of love and family in a society full of racism.
I enjoyed this story. I especially liked that Meg was portrayed as a strong woman with a big heart. In most interracial love stories it seems the white woman is always naive or she somehow causes the black man's down fall.
Shades of Brown didn't do that. This was a true account of interracial love today and all that comes along with it.

Reviewed by:
Dawn
Mahogany Book Club
Albany, N.Y.

This is a very good book that I read just for a break from my usual kind. It was about a teacher though, so that interested me. There's really a lot of things in this book--murder, romance, tension, suspense, justice, interracial relationships, teaching and great characters. I was very surprised how much I liked this book and recommended it to others. The main character stabbed her abusive husband to death, moved back home and got a teaching job. Had a romantic relationship with black guy who she grew up with as a brother when her parents died. School found out about her secret and suspended her for not telling them up front. I found myself pulling for her throughout the book and when she addressed racism in her class, it was a lesson I'll never forget myself. It actually gave me something to think about and helped me be more acceptant of interracial marriages.

Karen Arlettaz Zemek, author of "My Funny Dad, Harry"

I found it a very interesting story with many interesting characters. It was a very warm romance and so enjoyable that it was hard to put the book down. I enjoyed it very much. Nice to read about places in Delaware.

This was a book club selection so I had to read it. I knew the outcome of the story before I was even half way through. The characters are completely shallow, and the whole color thing did not make sense to me being that Meg grew up in their black household! I could point out quite a few things but overall....I feel this would have made an o.k. Lifetime movie. But it was a waste of time to read. I would not reccomend this to anyone...period.

Meg Robbins is a widow with a big secret. She was married to an abusive man who wanted to kill her but she got him first. After his death, Meg drives back to her hometown and gets a job as a school teacher in the high school where she graduated. Her family never approved of her husband so they don't ask her many questions about how he died. The man who interviewed her for the job knew her for years doesn't ask either. Meg does not volunteer details.

Meg is an innovative teacher who loves her students and since she uses new technology to teach them, students begin asking to transfer to her classes. She becomes involved in an interracial relationship that some of the jealous teachers don't approve of and that's when the trouble starts. Her secret is unearthed and her life falls apart. Her job is in jeopardy and her lover loses interest in a murderess. Can she keep her job and get the love of her life back?

SHADES OF BROWN is an engaging story that keeps the reader's attention. While I do question the reality of life long friends refusing to speak to her without knowing the details of the murder, it provides plenty of tension.

Reviewed by alice Holman
of the RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

I was pleasantly surprised by this book, which far exceeded my expectations!!!!...Good read, the author did a great job developing the characters to the point where I feel as if I know them! The author wove a story of intrigue, suspense, and passion coupled with a down home, moral perspective...Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down! Highly recommend it to any reader. I hope there is a follow on, because, it left me wanting to know more, and see what happens to the characters!

WHAT A BOOK!!! I started reading it and next thing I knew, I was on the last page! It kept my interest all the way through! It was refreshing to read things about Delaware. Can't wait to see if there is a sequel.

An AWESOME read. Couldn't put the book down once I got into the characters lifes! The depiction of each character was super, so much so you felt like you knew the characters personally. The only downside of the book was that the story ends. I want to know what happens next. I want to know what happens with each character. Do they live happily ever after? Does Tory have a boy or girl? Does Luther have a relationship with his daughter? Would highly suggest this book to anyone who wants to escape into the lives of others, and cheer when justice is served. Five stars!!!