Book Review: "Love & Dance" by Seattle Author N. Marie
This book did exactly what I hoped it would do for me, when I purchased it from author N. Marie at the Seattle Urban Book Expo a little while back. It was my first time visiting Seattle, Washington, and my first time taking a look at the culture, the vibe, and the overall personality of the city. After my inaugural weekend in the town, I was so impressed with how laid back, how mature, metropolitan, and clean the city was. It felt pleasant. And although I was about 2600 miles (3300 km) away from home in Toronto, there were elements of it that felt very, very familiar. When reading " Love & Dance ," N. Marie's first novel (completed in 2015), I got that uniquely Seattle vibe that I was looking for, and truly felt like I knew the main character Daisha, her intentions, her standards, and her dreams. It was a complicated story, to say the least. A woman mourning the loss of her husband, who failed to return from time spent fighting with the military in Iraq. She...