Review of Deceptive Calm

[minkfloyd]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Deceptive Calm" by Patricia Skipper.]

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4 out of 5 stars

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This book was really entertaining on all sorts of levels. The historic tension of the experience of segregation, lower and upper class of all races, and perspective alone is a reason to read this novel. The level of emotion each character has, even if brief is well captured, and every voice and aspect is explored very well.

Sister Roe became a instant hit to me, and the book had me legit putting down after only a few sentences to google if the facts stated by the character were in fact true. I have never known someone who was so enraptured by their pride in their towns History, and it gave her character a power to push you wanting more. A lot of characters flowed that way, and I appreciated the jousts of verbal interactions, good, bad, and random.

If you aren't hooked into finishing chapter 1 by page 3, then movies with all that fake AI stuff is your only savior, as the details alone capture a incredible moment of experience for the reader.

If there was any negative aspect to put on this novel was in the romance/sex scenes. I was surprised by the intriguing inserts of sexual moments, but had several very 50 shades/Anime girl/virgin fantasy flow to it. It wasn't believable of the reaction to some of the experiences had by Vanessa, and it kind of pulled me from the story in a distracting way. As someone in my 30s, I still remember some of my innocent days, and half of the reactions just seem written to please a male perspective. Then again, I came from a educated background where my school, my parents, and other sources made me aware of my budding teenage curiosity, so its hard to imagine that a character like Vanessa would be so steam rolled

Otherwise fantastic writing

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Deceptive Calm
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