Roth’s engaging world requires minimal suspension of disbelief. She does a wonderful job of conveying visceral, touch-by-touch sensory details of a young woman’s infatuation, budding sexual appetite, and romance. Her male lead is unrealistic in his ability to back himself graciously away from a steamy encounter, yet damaged enough by parental abuse to, in the second book, attack his own father in a cowardly and bullying way in front of supportive witnesses. Young women should avoid men who display such combinations of traits and history. They may make good movie fodder, but the sword will never leave their households.
Entertaining and encouraging through the written and spoken word.
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