A review by yourbookishbff
A Delicate Affair by Lindsay Evans

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

3.0

I enjoyed this, but I needed more page time and more character development (particularly for the female main character). This premise is so interesting - Washington DC in the first decade of the 20th century (exact year not given), Southern "country boy" escapes racial violence in Georgia and tries to launch his musical career in DC, falls in lust with a "diamond" of DC's Black upper-class. This takes on classism, colorism, racism, and music. But the female main character's behavior is challenging throughout, and I needed more proof of her maturing through the storyline and more evidence of her sincere regret for her and her family's treatment of the male main character to really feel comfortable with the happily ever after.
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