valencia Writes

This book truly touched my heart. It is such a deep and well written novel, filled with love, angst, passion, pain, and redemption. I enjoyed the love story between Aja and Walker. They had amazing chemistry from the start but the path to their happy ending is long and arduous. The way they fall for one another makes so much sense in light of who they are and what they have been through. They grow to love one another based on their attraction to one another as well as the demons they face within their own souls. They are three dimensional characters that are not “perfect”, but they are perfect for one another.

More than anything, I enjoyed that the heroine was a plus size woman of color. Walker sees Aja was the most beautiful woman he’s ever known. Her weight is not seen as something he needs to look beyond. Walker sees her body as sexy and perfect. He describes her realistic body in ways that are sensual and desirable. Her weight isn’t even really discussed. She’s seen as beautiful by everyone who meets her.

As a plus size woman, this book makes me feel seen as someone worthy of love and romance; not someone’s last choice. Overweight women of all colors are often used as foils to the main female characters. They are shown as comic relief, sloppy, lazy, food obsessed, and someone to be sidelined in a love story, not a desirable participant in it. I recommend this novel for anyone who enjoys a good love story with heart and meaning.