POETRY MAN by Melanie Schuser

Poetry Man by Melanie Schuster
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

This is a book I got free through NetGalley. Being an African-American woman who has dated Caucasian men of varying economic status, I have to say the dialogue was pretty bad. It was too flowery. It flet like the author was writing what she would want a mant to speak, not how they actually speak even when they are interested in a woman. If she's met this man, I would be surprised.

I liked the idea of the story but the conversations were stilted and awkward. He constantly calls her "beauty" or "goddess," which becomes annoying to me. Alexis has a name and as a woman of the 21st Century I would have said as much. This isn't to say that endearments are nice and sweet, but these just didn't feel real to me.

Also, their interaction after they've first had sex is just not comfortable or realistic. It seems idealistic.

I really wanted to like this book, but it just didn't work for me. Not enough conflict and not enough intensity in the relationships. That's just my opinion and I hate give bad reviews, since I have to for NetGalley, I am.

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