Guest Review: White Lines II: Sunny – Tracy Brown

Posted December 9, 2012 by Shannon in / 0 Comments

On the surface, it appears that Sunny has got it all–looks, money, a beautiful home, a healthy daughter, and friends who love her. But Sunny has a secret—something she hasn’t even told her best friend. The truth is Sunny is unhappy. She still misses her beloved Dorian, and worries that no other man will ever captivate her the way he did. She dated some very powerful and successful men since Dorian’s death. But will she ever find love again?

It’s not long before Sunny is chasing those white lines again. And, when the truth finally explodes, will Sunny abe able to put her life back together again?

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Release Date: January 17, 2012
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Source: Provided by Publisher
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Reviewer’s Thoughts:

This novel was redundant. The entire first part of the book was filled with redundant statements about the characters and their past lives. I understand that this book is a sequel, but how many times did we need to be told that “Jada was formerly a crack head” and Sunny “used to snort cocaine”. There were so many characters in the book that I frequently became confused and had to go back a few pages to make sure of what was going on and how the characters were connected. The storyline with Sunny didn’t start until nearly the end. The language in the book was very contradictory.

This is an urban fiction novel however you see the author switch between using urban language and using stilted words such as soliloquy and diatribe. I wouldn’t really expect to see those words in any contemporary fiction works. If one can make it through the many retellings of the characters’ past histories and several plot lines that absolutely dissolve and go nowhere…perhaps for book 3 they will be picked up. The end of the book is actually pretty good. The action picks up and there are twists with Sunny’s character.

I dreaded muddling through the beginning, but I found myself sad to have so many loose plot lines at the end. This book is a slow read but it takes off at the end and this somewhat compensates for the pain you experience at the beginning.

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Michelle

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