Commitments

Rating:
Summary: Heroines: one real-sized, one voluptuous
Review:     Recently released convict Leo faces the difficulties of starting over and making a good life for himself in spite of his past. He falls for a classy lady named Rose who, despite her feelings that he's somewhat beneath her only being employed as a store clerk, becomes serious about him until she finds out about his stint in prison. Little does Leo know that Rose has a few secrets of her own! 
Bobby is a player who is living the good life dating girl after girl fully expecting to keep on living the way he always has, until he meets Vina who changes his mind about what "the good life" really is. She's not even his usual type, but there's something about her that keeps Bobby going back for more.
      
What worked for me:
The concept of this book was interesting: shadowing the lives of four people over several years as they struggled to find themselves. And of course given the focus of this website, I liked the fact that one of the heroines was abundantly endowed when she snagged her man. True she lost weight by the end of the story, but Bobby kept pleading with her to stop losing weight or better still gain some back because he preferred her softly rounded. (Where are these men in real life?! :^) ) 

What didn't work for me:
    The book was written in a stream-of-consciousness style that felt like a TV movie manuscript, whereas my own personal preference for reading material is a richly-detailed story that really puts me right in the middle of the action

Overall:
If you like novels that show the male point of view as well as the female or books which deal with building a new life, you might enjoy this one.  

Rating:
Summary: Being Committed to each other
Review: Commitments was a very realistic story showing how two cousin who happen to be friends and each where committed to their love.

One cousin was committed to his love but why was he afraid to walk down the aisle ? Could it be a phobia he had ? The other cousin was not a one woman man but soon found out he had stumble across the right one when he was ask to render a service! Vina only wanted one gift for Xmas and she wanted Bobby to give it to her with no strings attached ! He was reluctant to give it to her but did and then there was a bond ! While Leo and Rose dated for over 5 years being committed but not taking the big step ! I can only guess that the phobia Leo had was what really kept him from going down the aisle ! I felt like he really loved Rose but why would he keep putting it off if it was not the phobia he had ? She certainly did not need his income . This was a very good story one that I really enjoyed and it was such a fast moving story. I would infact give it 4 1/2 * !!! I sat down to preview this book and before I realized it I had read the first 40 pages ! This is a story to be read !

Rating:
Summary: Great Book!
Review: I enjoyed this book. The characters were realistic and the story was great. It was fun reading this book.