A review by amandadevoursbooks
Rebellious Desire by Julie Garwood

emotional mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

This one is particularly painful. I loved this book as a teen in the 1990s, but it does not hold up.

  1. Not like other girls main
  2. Jealous, emotionally detached love interest who only the main character can bring joy too
  3. Toxic emotionally abusive relationship.
  4. Not like other Black people, Black best friend who is happy to be a servant and  grateful to his actual white savior

It did make me chuckle still. It didn't end in pregnancy. The relationships with her dad and uncle were still sweet.

But no. 

It was written in 1986, and while the author was trying to be inclusive, it feel flat. 




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