Fans of Interracial Romance discussion

I just had to put this out there because I wanted to see if it was just me, or if others are seeing this same thing. I am currently reading IR book from a series (I think this is the only IR in the series) where the heroine (black woman) is portrayed as a black, “big-mouthed”, rude, crazy best friend of a white character of a previous book in the series. The name of this book is called Go Fetch by Shelly Laurenston, book 2 of the Magnus Pack series.

I am wondering if this is how the author sees all black women????

Is anyone coming across similar situations when reading white authors and how they portray black women in their books?

I love her books and she has a few books with black female leads in them. All seem different to me. One female lead is nerdy CEO of computer company another is a plumber that is ..., well it’s hard to describe Blaine cause she is all over the place and another is a list making ex marine.

Whilst I've heard of some questionable black FMC's written by white writers, I don't consider this to be one of those.

Most of Shelly Laurenston's females, even many of the secondary ones, are loud, rude, crazy or all of the above no matter their race, and she writes white, black, asian and biracial females across the board in her books as well as in her GA Aiken books. The absurdity of them is part of her 'brand' and personally, a big part of why I love her books with Miki from Go Fetch actually being one of my favourites of her that I've read so far because she is certified genius.

Also, her BFF from the first book is an indigenous woman and the one in the third book in that trilogy is a latina. I have actually at some points wondered if Shelly is a WOC, and possibly even a black woman because of how inclusive she has been writing her females since much longer ago than it was 'trendy' to do so. She has also written a few POC MMCs too, but no black man yet that I'm aware of.

I’m a huge fan of her books. I don’t find her black heroines “loud, uncouth or out of control”. She has several white characters that are obnoxious, loud and ignorant! She hasn’t singled her black characters.

Shandee wrote: "I just had to put this out there because I wanted to see if it was just me, or if others are seeing this same thing. I am currently reading IR book from a series (I think this is the only IR in the..."

I read that book and I would not describe the black heroine as you have done. She has genius level intelligence, with a few socially awkward skills due to her insatiable curiosity and high IQ. She transacts on a level people can't because of her IQ. I found her entertaining and did not come off loud, nor obnoxious or any of the adjectives that you used.

Yeah, you must be new to Shelly because ALL her heroines are over the top. Like, ALL of them. I mean, turned up to 10000. LOL.

You should read more of her books. You'd meet other black heroines like:
Jessie - The cool leader of a multinational computer/security conglomerate who fiercely protects her found family
Blayne - The quirky, ditzy, lovable, plumber who just wants to be everyone's friend
Charlie - the steely eyed assassin who can kill you in a blink of an eye and bakes when she's angry and all she wants to do is keep her family safe
Jaimie - The head of a witch coven who is badass and controls her town
Neecy - An avenging Crow warrior for a Goddess. Fierce and protective of her goddess.

and more...

Thank you so much for the feedback. I have a habit of starting books in the middle of a series, not necessarily in order. The current book that I am reading is actually turning out to be rather good. I will be giving this author a fair shot.

Tina wrote: "Yeah, you must be new to Shelly because ALL her heroines are over the top. Like, ALL of them. I mean, turned up to 10000. LOL.

You should read more of her books. You'd meet other black heroines li..."

I have read book with Jessie

Can you tell us please the title of the other books. I have looked and I cannot figure out the other titles

Blayne - The quirky, ditzy, lovable, plumber who just wants to be everyone's friend
Charlie - the steely eyed assassin who can kill you in a blink of an eye and bakes when she's angry and all she wants to do is keep her family safe.

This trilogy is my favourite of all three of the series and is really just one long story in three parts - and each of these half-sisters (they all have the same good for nothing white dad with Charlie from book 1 having a black mom, Max from book 3 an asian mom and Stevie from book 2 is the only fully white one) appear equally in each book although the focus is not always on them as such.

These first two, like Miki and Jessie's books, are part of the three series that make up SL's entire shifter world and is worth reading in its entirety and in order as listed here to get more out of it. It's chaotic, and many of the characters and (especially my girl Blayne who is the butt of many jokes throughout the numerous books) appear in more books after they have been introduced in their own, so it can get confusing if you chop and change around.

Jaimie - The head of a witch coven who is badass and controls her town. This is part of a duology.

Neecy - An avenging Crow warrior for a Goddess. Fierce and protective of her goddess. The only standalone as the series was never continued.

Tina wrote: "... Jessie - The cool leader of a multinational computer/security conglomerate who fiercely protects her found family
Blayne - The quirky, ditzy, lovable, plumber who just wants to be everyone's friend
Charlie - the steely eyed assassin who can kill you in a blink of an eye and bakes when she's angry and all she wants to do is keep her family safe
Jaimie - The head of a witch coven who is badass and controls her town
Neecy - An avenging Crow warrior for a Goddess. Fierce and protective of her goddess...."

These descriptions are fab!

kittykat (Jo Tortitude) wrote: " Blayne - The quirky, ditzy, lovable, plumber who just wants to be everyone's friend
Charlie - the steely eyed assassin..."

Thank you

kittykat (Jo Tortitude) wrote: " Jaimie - The head of a witch coven who is badass and controls her town. This is part of a duology.

Neecy - An avenging Cr..."

Thank you

kittykat (Jo Tortitude) wrote: "These descriptions are fab"

LOL thanks. I see you are another big fan. There are others I completely left off her G.A. Aiken books.

Tina wrote: "kittykat (Jo Tortitude) wrote: "These descriptions are fab"

LOL thanks. I see you are another big fan. There are others I completely left off her G.A. Aiken books."

I haven't read those yet. I haven't read all of her SL ones either yet, I just love her shifter world so so much.