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Book Review of Black Silk

Black Silk
Black Silk
Author: Judith Ivory
Genre: Romance
Book Type: Paperback
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I haven't read a "bodice ripper" in decades but, for some reason, this one caught my attention. I was so startled at the depth and complexities of this novel I would happily recommend it to anyone. The characters were not run-of-the-mill, their situations were neither outrageously ridiculous nor too impossibly conveniently solved. The frissons of tension remained throughout the story and were resolved, not easily or simply, but just right. Overall, this was a rather amazing love story: told well with logical twists and turns, written well with lovely imagery throughout, and resolved perfectly...Thank goodness.