{"id":159,"date":"2006-03-01T12:01:35","date_gmt":"2006-03-01T17:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/blog\/?p=50"},"modified":"2020-05-09T13:54:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T17:54:35","slug":"silk-sheets-by-james-d-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"Silk Sheets by James D. Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Publisher\/Date:\u00a0<\/strong> Regal Publishing, May 2002
\nGenre:<\/strong>\u00a0 Contemporary Fiction
\n Pages:\u00a0<\/strong> 178<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> \"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"\"☆\" <\/p><\/strong><\/p>\n

Though silk is one of the world\u2019s most luxurious fabrics, you wouldn\u2019t know it by these SILK SHEETS<\/em><\/strong>, James D. Jackson\u2019s story about a woman’s sexual awakening. While Sheets isn\u2019t a total disaster, the story didn\u2019t keep me warm.<\/p>\n

The tale involves three points of view: Tanya, the na\u00efve protagonist who discovers her sexuality later in life; Charlene, the woman with a little more lesbian experience under her belt; and William, the man who surprises them all in the end.<\/p>\n

When Silk Sheets begins<\/em>, Tanya is an over-achieving high school student, destined to make something of herself and escape from the derelict neighborhood in which she grew up. Her father, a lousy provider, shifted all the financial responsibilities to her mother, and left her without a strong male role model. But her dreams will not be deferred, and she strives to create her own public speaking company.<\/p>\n

Tanya\u2019s neighbor is Charlene, a sexually-charged young lady who gets kicked out her house after her father finds her with woman\u2019s head between her legs. Soon after she heads to Clark-Atlanta University, where she begins having an affair with her biology professor. It\u2019s when that relationship takes a wrong turn that Charlene runs into Tanya, now a student at Howard University. They share a sultry night after, one that leads Tanya in questioning whom she is. She gets over her fear, and the two move in together after graduation.<\/p>\n

William comes into play awkwardly as a blast from Charlene\u2019s scandalous past, now about to get
\nmarried to Tanya\u2019s best friend, Donna. His character doesn\u2019t provide much else.<\/p>\n

Jackson creates a couple of love scenes that will ruffle your Sheets<\/em>, but as a whole, the story just didn\u2019t do it for me. He doesn\u2019t effectively capture the essence of a black lesbian, and it shows as the novel progresses; when Tanya seeks advice from Donna\u2019s mother, a sociologist, she has some outlandish thoughts about homosexuality that don\u2019t make much sense. The plot was also jumbled and clunky, and the characters came out of place, with no transition as to who is speaking.<\/p>\n

Silk Sheets<\/em> may be a quick read, but it\u2019s one that leaves me cold.<\/p>\n

Reviewed March-April 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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