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The Color Line
Written in the first person, Lizette Carter's "The Color Line" begins for all intents and purposes when the heroine, Lacie Adams breaks up with one man, then swiftly meet two men, within days of each other. One, Joe Taylor, is the "Perfect Black Man." Rich, Successful, Handsome and would drink her bathwater, he loves her that much. The other, is her new boss, Anthony Douglas. His entering the room just "sets her off" even when she doesn't think anyone else notices.
373 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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March 31, 2010
You know, most of the time when I sit to do a book review, I look to the net to kind of "get the review juices flowing." I go to the publisher's site to get a quick blurb (they usually have an extended version of the back cover blurb on their site). The author's site for a better picture of the cover and to glean any inside information that I can from them. Then...just to round my adventures in wonderland out, I check Amazon for information and customer reviews.
Well guess what?
None of the above were helpful in anyway...or in the case of the Author's website,...doesn't exist.
But, none of the above affected my opinion of this book.
And guess what ladies and gentlemen...I have a GREAT opinion of this book.
The back cover blurb reads as thus:
Dating a white man was never an option for Lacie Adams ~ until she meets her new boss, Anthony (Tony) Douglas. Determined to ignore her attraction to him, she starts to date Joseph Taylor, who is a potential client and ironically a good friend of Tony's. Is she dating Joe because of his color or because of her fear of being in an interracial relationship with Tony?
There has always been that invisible line that blacks and whites have been reluctant to cross because of fear and the reaction from family, friends and society. The question is: Will Lacie have the courage to cross "The Color Line?"
Written in the first person, Lizette Carter's "The Color Line" begins for all intents and purposes when the heroine, Lacie Adams breaks up with one man, then swiftly meet two men, within days of each other. One, Joe Taylor, is the "Perfect Black Man." Rich, Successful, Handsome and would drink her bathwater, he loves her that much. The other, is her new boss, Anthony Douglas. His entering the room just "sets her off" even when she doesn't think anyone else notices.
While the vast majority of romance books are written from the third person point of view and many allow the reader to view the story from the viewpoint of both the hero and the heroine, in "The Color Line" the reader is given exclusive rights into the mind of the heroine and the heroine alone.
Now, while I'll admit, that at first I was a bit put off by this...I always want to know what's on the hero's mind...the particular point of view allowed me as the reader to really get to know Lacie as an individual and how she sees the world that she lives in.
Lacie, is like most of us, always trying to please others. She's constantly aware of what's expected of her and not necessarily what she wants or what's best for her. She plain and simply wants to keep everyone happy and avoid an argument with her Mother. Constantly dealing with the past and present pain of not only her own life, but the lives of those around her, we see how Lacie could in an effort to please someone other than herself and keep the peace, deny herself the one thing that she wants the most, the ability and right to love who she wants without getting the approval of those she cares for the most. Her desire to please others rather than herself causes her to hurt some of those same people unintentionally. It's only in finally admitting that she's cross that invisible color line and fallen in love with "Mr. Charlie" that she and those people that she unintentionally hurt by her "pleasing others" can find happiness.
While many readers may be disappointed with the amount of space the relationship between her and Tony is given, the real story isn't in them getting together. It's a romance. We KNOW there's a Happily Ever After in their future. The real story's in HOW she reaches the point where she finally says "I love you" and finds her own freedom in those three words. How she finds the courage to say to her family and friends, "I've tried your way, and it didn't work. It's about what makes ME happy" and sets about to undo the damage that pleasing others has caused.
A well-written story, I enjoyed "The Color Line" immensely and for the first time in a very long time, found myself reading a book and not wanting to put it down until I was finished. I look forward to reading more from the pen of Lizette Carter and so should you.
Well guess what?
None of the above were helpful in anyway...or in the case of the Author's website,...doesn't exist.
But, none of the above affected my opinion of this book.
And guess what ladies and gentlemen...I have a GREAT opinion of this book.
The back cover blurb reads as thus:
Dating a white man was never an option for Lacie Adams ~ until she meets her new boss, Anthony (Tony) Douglas. Determined to ignore her attraction to him, she starts to date Joseph Taylor, who is a potential client and ironically a good friend of Tony's. Is she dating Joe because of his color or because of her fear of being in an interracial relationship with Tony?
There has always been that invisible line that blacks and whites have been reluctant to cross because of fear and the reaction from family, friends and society. The question is: Will Lacie have the courage to cross "The Color Line?"
Written in the first person, Lizette Carter's "The Color Line" begins for all intents and purposes when the heroine, Lacie Adams breaks up with one man, then swiftly meet two men, within days of each other. One, Joe Taylor, is the "Perfect Black Man." Rich, Successful, Handsome and would drink her bathwater, he loves her that much. The other, is her new boss, Anthony Douglas. His entering the room just "sets her off" even when she doesn't think anyone else notices.
While the vast majority of romance books are written from the third person point of view and many allow the reader to view the story from the viewpoint of both the hero and the heroine, in "The Color Line" the reader is given exclusive rights into the mind of the heroine and the heroine alone.
Now, while I'll admit, that at first I was a bit put off by this...I always want to know what's on the hero's mind...the particular point of view allowed me as the reader to really get to know Lacie as an individual and how she sees the world that she lives in.
Lacie, is like most of us, always trying to please others. She's constantly aware of what's expected of her and not necessarily what she wants or what's best for her. She plain and simply wants to keep everyone happy and avoid an argument with her Mother. Constantly dealing with the past and present pain of not only her own life, but the lives of those around her, we see how Lacie could in an effort to please someone other than herself and keep the peace, deny herself the one thing that she wants the most, the ability and right to love who she wants without getting the approval of those she cares for the most. Her desire to please others rather than herself causes her to hurt some of those same people unintentionally. It's only in finally admitting that she's cross that invisible color line and fallen in love with "Mr. Charlie" that she and those people that she unintentionally hurt by her "pleasing others" can find happiness.
While many readers may be disappointed with the amount of space the relationship between her and Tony is given, the real story isn't in them getting together. It's a romance. We KNOW there's a Happily Ever After in their future. The real story's in HOW she reaches the point where she finally says "I love you" and finds her own freedom in those three words. How she finds the courage to say to her family and friends, "I've tried your way, and it didn't work. It's about what makes ME happy" and sets about to undo the damage that pleasing others has caused.
A well-written story, I enjoyed "The Color Line" immensely and for the first time in a very long time, found myself reading a book and not wanting to put it down until I was finished. I look forward to reading more from the pen of Lizette Carter and so should you.
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March 20, 2009This is a book about a really good topic to think about in relationships. Color. even though she is african american,she doesn't deicriminate against whites she just doesn't think having a relationship with them is the right thing for her. She thought that way every since her mother brought her up(partially. So when her boss starts to show her mutual feelings all the while her and her boyfriend are getting serious,what will she do. Then she come to find out that the adult couples aren't the only one heating up, and her sister hids a secret from her mom and sister.
June 12, 2016
WELL... This was not a terribly bad read but it was not a terribly good one either. There was a lot of mess and drama in the book, a lot of people not being held accountable for their idiotic actions too much forgiving LOL and just not enough relationship substance for the "True love interests" in the story. I found myself being disappointed with how things turned out mostly due to the fact that one of the relationships seemed non-existent. Other than physical attraction there was no relationship at all. Individually I like the characters in the story well enough; I am just not sure if I liked most of them together maybe only one are two of them even seemed mature. I gave this three stars mostly because on occasion it had some redeeming qualities about it. So that is basically my take on this.
April 21, 2009
3 stars for effort. The story seemed to be more about Lacie & everyone else rather than Tony and Lacie. It took my a while to read it because I expected perhaps a bit much or a different story line. I think over all what the author tried to convey is that family, friends, and not being honest with yourself can distract one from true love.
January 23, 2009
This was my very first interracial romance book I read. *****EXCELLENT******
May 5, 2010
It was a good read
November 27, 2013
Not bad, but too much like reading a soap opera
December 30, 2014
I read this book a looooonngggg time ago, but from what I remember it was really good! Must have left some sort of impact if I still remember.
January 24, 2011
Poor, clunky writing. Never got past the first chapter.
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