This book was really enjoyable. The sex scenes were kind of lame but I appreciated the dynamics between the two. Thea was sexual and confident in herself and I found her to be a really good role model - she's into sex but she isn't portrayed as a slut and I found that really refreshing.

The story was really good. Thea and Levi are well developed characters who are likeable and fascinating. I liked that they were mature about everything and it wasn't all dramatically stupid. Their reasons for everything were solid.

I liked all the characters, Selene, Tristan, Bethany, Attics and Vera. They all seemed relatively deep considering they're secondary. I thought race was handled really well in this too and I liked that the author portrayed each person individually rather than falling into labelling collectively.

Easily one of the best new adult books I've read.

The other thing I really liked when I first saw this book was that it was standalone. Everything these days seems to be part of a never ending series and I liked that this was not. Except now I've read it and I want more of all these great characters and this intriguing world. ( )

3,5
Black Rainbow is the first book of J.J. McAvoy I read.
What drew me to it is the fact that the main characters are a black woman and a white man. Something that, to me, seems new because usually I come upon couples that are white/white or black/black or, streching it a bit, black men and white women. I never thought about it till this book but what I find searching for romance book is usually a bit conservative. I need to change my reading habits.

Anyway.
The book has nothing (obviously) different than what you find reading a w/w contemporary romance novel. Just in the beginning Thea, this strong and indipendent black girl who is starting an Harvard law course held by someone she thought she would never see again, as to deal with a bit of prejudice (even if I have to admit it was her fault for bringing the subject in the argument). After that, thing are more centered on the struggles of Levi and Thea. In fact the two have to fight to keep things professional, even if the passion they have shared in a week fling (that is told day per day in the first part), is far from dead. What is more, Thea's past -the real reason for which she is determined to be a lawier- urges her to put all else aside.

This story has held me captivated and eager to know what would happen to the characters till the happy end and from that angle has satisfied my romance reader heart's needs. However, things at times seemd a bit rushed and could have been handled better.
In the end, a good first for this author. I hope to read something else in the future. ( )