Reviews

Indigo by Beverly Jenkins

tiptoebytulips's review against another edition

5.0

Wow! This is officially one of my favorite romance novels and I don’t read romance, or at least historical romance, too often. This was my first time reading a book by Beverly Jenkins and it did not disappoint. I loved the romance between Hester and Galen. Their scenes together had me swooning. I wasn’t sure how a romance with the theme of slavery set in the background would work but it did in this novel. Although the trope of rich, womanizing man and poor, virginal woman is very fairytale-ish and not as realistic, I did enjoy the escapism of it all because Hester definitely deserved to be swept off her feet and fall in love. Hester was such a caring and strong character and I loved her for that and especially her role in helping former slaves get to freedom. I also loved Galen and his “Black Daniel” alter ego to help former slaves escape. I felt that their heroism and dedication to help others helped to make Hester and Galen a perfect match. Their chemistry was amazing and I loved how much Galen was devoted and loving towards Hester. This novel also had some great side characters and side plots. The novel did seem to take a turn in another direction about halfway through towards the ending with a little rush of events and a few paragraphs dropped in about some history that took place during the time period but overall I was happy that Hester and Galen got their happy ending. I’ll definitely be checking out more of the author’s work. 5 stars!

halfpintreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring tense

5.0

tsukibayani's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

satrayreads's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

THIS WAS EVERYTHING!! I loved this one so much 

elomaraaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

felicitydisco's review

emotional informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Reread for book club. The hero is a bit too alpha for me, but otherwise this was very good and wove in lots of important history.

booalie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

2.75

mjreadings's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

booksrockcal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I read this book for the Book Cougars read a long and I’m glad it did. It’s a romance set in the years before the Civil War, focusing on Hester who escaped from slavery and is now living in Michigan and working in the Underground Railroad, in the years when being found with an escaped slave was a crime that could send a free black person back to slavery. One night Hester is asked to hide and treat the injuries of an Underground Railroad conductor, Black Daniel. Hester did not imagine that this Black Daniel, whose real name is Galen Vachon, would upend her world as she suddenly finds herself attracted to him and working to uncover who in the group of Underground Railroad supporters has betrayed them. 

thisboricuareader's review against another edition

5.0

This was something, in a good way. I am in fact a black historical romance stan. 

I don't even have words, and this was in fact a long audiobook, but the romance/plot had me not wanting to miss a minute. I wanted to protect and love Hester.