In Love and War

Rating:
Summary: A Page Turner
Review: In Love and War is worth the money. This was a very good book, a definite page turner.

Rating:
Summary: A Page Turner
Review: In Love and War is worth the money. This was a very good book, a definite page turner.

Rating:
Summary: Like Oil and Water
Review: The relationship-writing duo of Denene Millner and Nick Chiles are back with their signature He Say/She Say style. This time they explored the budding relationship of Zaria Chance and Kenneth Roman in the novel In Love and War.

When the opinionated, out-spoken and unforgiving Zaria is paired with the quieter, sensitive and conservative Kenneth, sparks are sure to fly. The couple gets off on the wrong foot immediately, when Kenneth tries to talk to Zaria about her son at a parent teacher conference and his approach is all wrong. Zaria flies off the handle, berating him and his teaching abilities and later realizes she does not even know what the problem was. In fact, Zaria jumps to conclusions a lot without giving others a chance to explain. Zaria and Kenneth also have to explore their feelings on single parenthood, when to introduce their children to dates and the dynamics of teacher/parent dating.

It is very interesting to have both sides present their point of views during the courtship and their thoughts and reactions to the actions of each other. The New Year's Eve scenes illustrates this exceptionally well. Unlike in their previous work of fiction Love Don't Live Here Anymore, this couple is not married and have a life outside of the relationship so this book is not as repetitive in each member replaying the same scene. Kenneth's life as a basketball coach and his concern for his players is another story within this book. Zaria's relationship with her children, sister (Mikki is back) and friends are also prominent storylines. The story is told in a humorous, sensitive and thought-provoking manner. I would definitely recommend this book for book clubs as I can foresee it causing a very enlightening discussion.

Jeanette
APOOO BookClub
Motown Review Book Club

Rating:
Summary: Like Oil and Water
Review: The relationship-writing duo of Denene Millner and Nick Chiles are back with their signature He Say/She Say style. This time they explored the budding relationship of Zaria Chance and Kenneth Roman in the novel In Love and War.

When the opinionated, out-spoken and unforgiving Zaria is paired with the quieter, sensitive and conservative Kenneth, sparks are sure to fly. The couple gets off on the wrong foot immediately, when Kenneth tries to talk to Zaria about her son at a parent teacher conference and his approach is all wrong. Zaria flies off the handle, berating him and his teaching abilities and later realizes she does not even know what the problem was. In fact, Zaria jumps to conclusions a lot without giving others a chance to explain. Zaria and Kenneth also have to explore their feelings on single parenthood, when to introduce their children to dates and the dynamics of teacher/parent dating.

It is very interesting to have both sides present their point of views during the courtship and their thoughts and reactions to the actions of each other. The New Year's Eve scenes illustrates this exceptionally well. Unlike in their previous work of fiction Love Don't Live Here Anymore, this couple is not married and have a life outside of the relationship so this book is not as repetitive in each member replaying the same scene. Kenneth's life as a basketball coach and his concern for his players is another story within this book. Zaria's relationship with her children, sister (Mikki is back) and friends are also prominent storylines. The story is told in a humorous, sensitive and thought-provoking manner. I would definitely recommend this book for book clubs as I can foresee it causing a very enlightening discussion.

Jeanette
APOOO BookClub
Motown Review Book Club

Rating:
Summary: I Loved This Story!
Review: This book was a definite page turner! The writing style was great as well as the editing (only 1-2 minor errors). I am thoroughly impressed with this husband and wife team and will be buying more of their books. I would give it 5 stars, only the end seemed a little rushed (to me) and I would have like for Zaria to finally meet Kenneth's daughter in person.