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Chasing Love
Crowded girl bars, shady chat rooms, lesbian parties, women’s soccer. You name it and Adrian Edwards is there, prowling like the fiercest of hunters, focused on a perpetual search for that ever elusive four letter word called ‘love.’ From woman to woman she goes, relentless in her pursuit. Tamara, her best friend since high school, is always there to lend an ear or to roll her eyes as Adrian once again casts aside another woman, ticking off all the things that were ‘wrong’ about her. So used to the game, Tamara gives her gifts for the ‘hunt’ like safari hats, compasses and old fashioned looking glasses. Only problem is, they don’t seem to help.
Searching as if truly blindfolded, Adrian continues on her quest, going from a young, troubled go-go dancer, to an obsessive mail carrier, to a tweaked out tomboy, to a lusciously aggressive accountant with way more than numbers on her mind.
Until one day Adrian realizes she has to learn to be with the person she’s been resisting all along. Herself. It is while on this inner journey that a special someone truly steps into view and shakes up her world for good, proving once and for all that love is never elusive… as long as you love yourself.
Chasing Love is a heartfelt journey, one full of humor, sex, startling frankness, gripping reality and hard learned life lessons.
Searching as if truly blindfolded, Adrian continues on her quest, going from a young, troubled go-go dancer, to an obsessive mail carrier, to a tweaked out tomboy, to a lusciously aggressive accountant with way more than numbers on her mind.
Until one day Adrian realizes she has to learn to be with the person she’s been resisting all along. Herself. It is while on this inner journey that a special someone truly steps into view and shakes up her world for good, proving once and for all that love is never elusive… as long as you love yourself.
Chasing Love is a heartfelt journey, one full of humor, sex, startling frankness, gripping reality and hard learned life lessons.
264 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2010
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Ronica Black
41 books141 followersRonica Black is an award-winning author and a three-time Lambda Literary Award finalist. Her books range from romance and erotica to mystery and intrigue, and she enjoys trying her hand at all. Ronica also enjoys drawing, painting, and sculpting. She lives in Glendale, Arizona, with her partner, where she relishes a rich family life and raising a menagerie of pets.
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June 20, 2016
4 1/2 Stars. I really enjoyed this. It was way better than i thought it would be. I'm trying to classify this book. And while it had romantic elements, to me it's more a drama story. The main premise of the story is about the MC Adrian and her inability to find real love. Adrian had a tough childhood, which prevents her from really giving herself to someone. And when her best-friend and wing-woman, finds her soulmate, Adrian is even more lost. She finds herself behaving recklessly trying to chase her happily ever after.
In a weird way this books has humor, but also depresses you, reading about the crazy women Adrian dates. And as things get worse for Adrian, the more sympathetic she is and the more you feel for her. The way Black writes about Adrian's emotions is excellent. You absolutely feel you are going on the journey with Adrian.
Also want to mention, the secondary characters of Adrian's best-friend Tamara, and her new girlfriend Harriet are great secondary characters.
One warning, the book contains quite a few explicit sex scenes, if that is not to your liking you might want to pass.
I am pleasantly surprised how much i enjoyed this, and hope other will give it a read.
In a weird way this books has humor, but also depresses you, reading about the crazy women Adrian dates. And as things get worse for Adrian, the more sympathetic she is and the more you feel for her. The way Black writes about Adrian's emotions is excellent. You absolutely feel you are going on the journey with Adrian.
Also want to mention, the secondary characters of Adrian's best-friend Tamara, and her new girlfriend Harriet are great secondary characters.
One warning, the book contains quite a few explicit sex scenes, if that is not to your liking you might want to pass.
I am pleasantly surprised how much i enjoyed this, and hope other will give it a read.
July 31, 2018
This book sucked. I really want to elaborate and give constructive criticism here but I'm so upset I wasted time on trying to get through it instead of quitting at the first red flag: Sierra.
Also, racist author things: writing a white guy calling a black lesbian "colored" then, the use of chocolate and fudge to describe nipples? that's bad writing, probably. another black passing character has a description mention that her skin has a sheen, like she recently lotioned herself. idk there are just little things that scream white cis woman tries to write and comes off as a racist.
Adrian was a terrible character and very unlikeable. For starters, there is a way to portray her search of love without coming off completely like a dick. Shaming Sierra shows the author thinks negatively of sex work. Instead of feeling awful about how she handled the Sierra situation, the blame is put entirely on her despite both Adrian and Tamara being grown and Sierra being 19. Joanne seemed to have OCD and Adrian and Tamara both made her seem completely unstable.
Morressay was a manic pixie dream girl. Everything about this book sucked. Don't read it for a good lesbian story. If you do read it, make it a lesson on what NOT to do and how NOT to write.
Also, racist author things: writing a white guy calling a black lesbian "colored" then, the use of chocolate and fudge to describe nipples? that's bad writing, probably. another black passing character has a description mention that her skin has a sheen, like she recently lotioned herself. idk there are just little things that scream white cis woman tries to write and comes off as a racist.
Adrian was a terrible character and very unlikeable. For starters, there is a way to portray her search of love without coming off completely like a dick. Shaming Sierra shows the author thinks negatively of sex work. Instead of feeling awful about how she handled the Sierra situation, the blame is put entirely on her despite both Adrian and Tamara being grown and Sierra being 19. Joanne seemed to have OCD and Adrian and Tamara both made her seem completely unstable.
Morressay was a manic pixie dream girl. Everything about this book sucked. Don't read it for a good lesbian story. If you do read it, make it a lesson on what NOT to do and how NOT to write.
May 14, 2019
The way Sierra was portrayed stopped me from loving this story. Other than that, it was damn near perfect read for me.
The entire finding yourself, and realising your self worth doesn't come from how many babes you can pull.
What bothered me won't even make a blip on another's radar unless they have knowledge of a certain disorder
The entire finding yourself, and realising your self worth doesn't come from how many babes you can pull.
What bothered me won't even make a blip on another's radar unless they have knowledge of a certain disorder
November 11, 2013
This book is quirky with a touch of pathos, wild sexual interludes, and two very different love stories. The main gal takes an epic journey from and through some pretty bleak depths along some very strange byways that were simply brilliant. Fantastic!
Adrian Edwards is and needs to be one tough cookie to have battled through a bleak childhood, a rather ho hum job, and a revolving-door sex life that rarely seemed to provide more than a one-night stand. In contrast, her bestest pal, Tamara, believes—and it seems to be true—that she has found ‘her one’. I believe so, too, but this situation only makes Adrian even more glum and alone, until Tamara wrangles Adrian into taking an art class. That turns out to be the foundation for a positive turning point on many levels. This is clearly Adrian’s story and a heartfelt one at that!
Morresay Morgan is the art instructor for the class that Adrian and Tamara attend. She is a stunning woman with talent and compassion. The early interactions between Adrian and Morresay are intriguing, evocative, and filled with missed opportunities and misconceptions. Actually, Adrian corners the market on the misconceptions. As Morresay really helps Adrian find her inner artist, she also finally convinces Adrian to continue her art education. There is a fantastic and totally unexpected scene where a chastened Adrian gets to truly see Morresay so that her misbelief is swept away.
The more obvious, up front love story involving Tamara and her girlfriend Harriet provides a stunning counterpoint to Adrian’s chasing for love before it finally crashes into her. Adrian goes through an astounding number of really weird, short relationships and hard fought revelations. Her chasing and questing were at times mind blowing and quite often exhausting. Nevertheless, I would not have missed Adrian’s journey for anything!
NOTE: This book was provided by Bold Strokes Books for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.
Adrian Edwards is and needs to be one tough cookie to have battled through a bleak childhood, a rather ho hum job, and a revolving-door sex life that rarely seemed to provide more than a one-night stand. In contrast, her bestest pal, Tamara, believes—and it seems to be true—that she has found ‘her one’. I believe so, too, but this situation only makes Adrian even more glum and alone, until Tamara wrangles Adrian into taking an art class. That turns out to be the foundation for a positive turning point on many levels. This is clearly Adrian’s story and a heartfelt one at that!
Morresay Morgan is the art instructor for the class that Adrian and Tamara attend. She is a stunning woman with talent and compassion. The early interactions between Adrian and Morresay are intriguing, evocative, and filled with missed opportunities and misconceptions. Actually, Adrian corners the market on the misconceptions. As Morresay really helps Adrian find her inner artist, she also finally convinces Adrian to continue her art education. There is a fantastic and totally unexpected scene where a chastened Adrian gets to truly see Morresay so that her misbelief is swept away.
The more obvious, up front love story involving Tamara and her girlfriend Harriet provides a stunning counterpoint to Adrian’s chasing for love before it finally crashes into her. Adrian goes through an astounding number of really weird, short relationships and hard fought revelations. Her chasing and questing were at times mind blowing and quite often exhausting. Nevertheless, I would not have missed Adrian’s journey for anything!
NOTE: This book was provided by Bold Strokes Books for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.
January 3, 2020
Wasn't sure about this book at first, the lead character was an unfeeling lesbian who was aimlessly sleeping with any woman she could and therefore ending up with some women who behaved strangely. Then her best friend takes her to an art class and she has hidden talents, the way she was compelled to make art really helped keep me interested. The art class leads to a collapse and then an epiphany in which she turns her life around quite quickly, before the happy ending. A bit disjointed and not one of this author's best.
January 18, 2022
When you search for love you can just screw up love
“The vines keep growing because she can’t speak. So they keep growing and twisting around her. Same with the trees. There’s all this mess and growth and she can’t do anything about it because she can’t speak.”
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When you're desperately searching for love, sometimes you're only screwing up love. Because, as this book reminds, so entertainingly & captivatingly, you'll never find peace with anyone if you can't be at peace with yourself.
“The vines keep growing because she can’t speak. So they keep growing and twisting around her. Same with the trees. There’s all this mess and growth and she can’t do anything about it because she can’t speak.”
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When you're desperately searching for love, sometimes you're only screwing up love. Because, as this book reminds, so entertainingly & captivatingly, you'll never find peace with anyone if you can't be at peace with yourself.
April 15, 2018
First I must admit I believe love is beautiful and Ronica Black describes well the tortuous path one may take to discovering it and the sweetness by its discovery.
I love Adrien's disturbed character it gave the process and the moment of meeting love for her a wonderful bitter-sweet read. There is also the suttle lesson that we aren't alone and we need not be alone because there are people who genuinely care if we allow ourselves to receive care.
The writing style was a mixture of erotica and romance, with believable writing that is keeping me hungry for more from Black.
I love Adrien's disturbed character it gave the process and the moment of meeting love for her a wonderful bitter-sweet read. There is also the suttle lesson that we aren't alone and we need not be alone because there are people who genuinely care if we allow ourselves to receive care.
The writing style was a mixture of erotica and romance, with believable writing that is keeping me hungry for more from Black.
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