Shades of Desire

by Monica White

Book Overview

Jeremy Collins is the most tempting man Jasmine Smith has ever met. He's smart, handsome, a successful freelance journalist, and, most of all, passionate and honest about his feelings for her. But, the problem is that he's white...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 034542218X
• ISBN13: 9780345422187
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Interracial eye opener

I read this book over 7 years ago while living with relatives.I have always been interested in interracial relationships and my curiousity sparked my interest in this book. As an already voracious reader I looked forward to reading something like this. From the moment I picked the book up I was thorougly intrigued and read it all the way through within just a few hours. If you are looking to somehow ecsape from reality and may have an interest in dating out of you race this book may be a good start. After reading the book I moved out of my relative's home and lost the book. I wanted to read it a second time but never thought I'd find it again. After shopping around for books I found it only recently and was thrilled. Without looking at the title, I saw the cover and knew it was "it" right away. It was a pleasure reading it to say the least and that is why after all these years I've never forgotten about it. If you are interested in a fictional way to view the dynamics between black and white this is th book for you. I also recomend Renee and Jay.

Shades of Desire

I love the book from start to end it is a great love story with the ups and downs and I found myself relating to Jasmine in so many ways I too was scared to date a white guy because family and friends but just like Jasmine I got over it.

Shades of Desire! Good Book! :)

I loved this book!! The characters were interesting and the characters "dealt" with some trying issues involving some interracial relationships. I wanted the book to be longer! It was wonderful reading about interracial couples who survived the ignorance of some people and prevailed! More books and films should include the topics of interracial relationships involving all races because interracial relationships occur all over the world. I noticed that on television commercials you don't see interracial relationships and that is not right. Interracial Relationships has been in existence since the beginning of the earth. Monica White is a very good author and if she writes another book I will purchase it!

I'm looking forward to another book from Monica White

I have read other interracial books by different authors, but this is the only one that I've read twice. What I truly liked about the female character is the fact that she spoke like she has some sense. Another book that I read (which will be nameless)every other word that came out of the black female was vulgar and she was shown as overdemanding and was a bully in her relationship. Not to mention saying stupid things like "I can talk white." Shades of Desire was nothing like that. Jasmine was classy.

A mystical picture of interracial love

For a first time author, I thought Monica White did an excellent job. As a writer myself, I understand that the first novel can be the toughest. I do think that she could have done a little more with the characters but like I say, for a first-timer, this was probably all she could do right now. I read this book twice and the second time, I got a rush of feelings I never knew were inside of me. I think that in the late 90s, interracial love isn't the huge taboo it was say ten or fifteen years ago. I see many interracial couples when I travel in the downtown area of Chicago, my hometown. God wants us all to love one another. Jeremy to me is a man that is like a prince on a white horse, truly!