{"id":4616,"date":"2013-06-12T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=4616"},"modified":"2020-05-08T06:46:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T10:46:59","slug":"its-complicated-misconceptions-by-erika-renee-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=4616","title":{"rendered":"It’s Complicated: Misconceptions by Erika Renee Land"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Publisher\/Date:<\/b>\u00a0 Ezarie Publishing, Jan. 2013
\nGenre(s):<\/b>\u00a0 Romance, Drama
\nPages:<\/b>\u00a0 254
\nWebsite:<\/b>\u00a0 http:\/\/twitter.com\/elandthewriter<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Why does it seem as if in some lesbian\u00a0breakups that we never really break up, at least not completely? There’s that unfinished business that gets pushed aside, not resolved, as we move to the next woman.<\/p>\n

Enter IT’S COMPLICATED: MISCONCEPTIONS<\/strong><\/em>, the debut novel from Erika Renee Land. It’s a whole mess of things going on this book, mostly surrounding Laila Morriston and her 8-year relationship with Victoria.\u00a0Good as all are relationships are,\u00a0their romance dwindles due to Victoria’s infidelity. Laila can’t trust Tori, and in my eyes, should have left her a long time ago, but Laila is still holding on to that connection they still have when times are good.<\/p>\n

Just when she thinks things are getting back on track, Tori pulls the disappearing acts again. Acting secretive. Leaving the house at all hours of the night. Laila has had it up to here, and decides that Tori needs a taste of her own medicine. Enter Camille, the stripper she meets on a night Tori\u00a0got missing. What transpires between them was nice, but Tori is still the love of Laila’s life and she wants to put things back right between them.<\/p>\n

As always, though, things are good, and then Tori acts shady again. This back and forth causes them to separate, and Laila believes it’s truly over this time. Enter Nadia, another woman Laila meets at a vulnerable time,\u00a0an assistant to a client of hers, and a dynamite woman. They could talk about anything, and bonded over loved cultural events and books. Nadia was someone she could see herself with \u2013 if she weren’t still wondering about and pining for Tori. Dating Camille and Nadia at the same time, both women are smart, beautiful and open up\u00a0Laila’s eyes\u00a0to new possibilities.\u00a0The\u00a0problem is Laila isn’t truly honest about her unresolved feelings for Tori;\u00a0neither woman knows just how deep Laila’s feelings still run for her ex.<\/p>\n

When Tori returns, what’s a woman to do with the new relationships she’s entered into in the meantime? Is she willing to drop everything for the woman who left her, or take a chance on someone new?<\/p>\n

A fast-paced read, there is more to this story than I should put in this review, but trust me, you’ll read all about the deception, heartbreak and betrayal (plus crazed stalkers) in It’s Complicated: Misconceptions<\/em>. One thing I should say is that everything is not what it appears. What is<\/em> transparent is that\u00a0Laila and Tori’s back-and-forth relationship was something that could have been resolved if they were more mature about how they handled each other. But after\u00a08 years\u00a0of cheating,\u00a0why was Laila\u00a0still even with Tori? As 32-year-old landscape architect at a respectable firm (one that is unbelievably tolerant of her messy personal life), she’s smart, but na\u00efve and too into her head. We’ll see if she learns the game in the sequel. Hopefully.<\/p>\n

Reviewed June 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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