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A review by beverleefernandez
One in a Million by Kimberla Lawson Roby
3.0
Well...I’ll declare One In A Million to be my challenge read because I typically don’t read romance and/or Christian fiction. This novella presents characters as being either imperfectly human or flawed beyond redemption (not a Christian way to think of a person but I would need to constantly work to forgive Blake if I was Kennedi). My overall impression of the story-dramatic!
Writing style-not bad but I think some editing would improve word flow. For example, “she wasn’t sure what her next steps should be, although she guessed the first thing she needed to do was call her husband ,Blake, on his cell phone” (1).
This could be me thinking too much, but I felt Kennedi was too old to be so naive. I guess the intent was to present her as somewhat contrasting with her best friend Patrice who is assuredly more confident. Even Serena, Blake’s mistress is displayed as having more confidence, though hers is dependent on her relationship with Blake. So what’s the message in One In A Million? Consider carefully who you’re faithful to and why? Loving self is not selfish? Take a chance sometime? I think it’s all of the above.
Writing style-not bad but I think some editing would improve word flow. For example, “she wasn’t sure what her next steps should be, although she guessed the first thing she needed to do was call her husband ,Blake, on his cell phone” (1).
This could be me thinking too much, but I felt Kennedi was too old to be so naive. I guess the intent was to present her as somewhat contrasting with her best friend Patrice who is assuredly more confident. Even Serena, Blake’s mistress is displayed as having more confidence, though hers is dependent on her relationship with Blake. So what’s the message in One In A Million? Consider carefully who you’re faithful to and why? Loving self is not selfish? Take a chance sometime? I think it’s all of the above.