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What Passes as Love: A Novel

What Passes as Love: A Novel

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  • Create Date：2021-08-05 11:21:04
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Trisha R. Thomas
  • ISBN：1713612267
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Reviews

bernadette webb ，

Plausible but predictable Nice and easy read。 Plot was plausible but predictable。 Was hoping for more action and more love triangle with the characters。

Linda Galella ，

Based on a true story， “What Passes as Love” is an immersive story of antebellum fiction with a twist。 Dahlia or Lily， as she comes to be known， is the fair skinned negro daughter of a white plantation owner。 She is being raised with 2 other young daughters that are her half sisters。 After a terrible fire， life as she knows it changed dramatically and Dahlia runs away from everyone and everything she knew， including Bo， her best friend。 It’s not long before she renames herself Lily， as protectio Based on a true story， “What Passes as Love” is an immersive story of antebellum fiction with a twist。 Dahlia or Lily， as she comes to be known， is the fair skinned negro daughter of a white plantation owner。 She is being raised with 2 other young daughters that are her half sisters。 After a terrible fire， life as she knows it changed dramatically and Dahlia runs away from everyone and everything she knew， including Bo， her best friend。 It’s not long before she renames herself Lily， as protection from slave hunters。 She meets two wealthy brothers， one of whom is very kind to her。 They hit it off and she finds herself at their plantation and before too long， she’s married to Timothy。 Life at the Ross Plantation isn’t what Lily expected and the story has much to be revealed。 Altho’ this is historical fiction， it’s been contemporized。 Early on in the story an homosexual theme is introduced that runs thru the majority of the book。 There’s no graphic love scenes but a decided agenda exists that is not appropriate for the time period。 The struggle of slavery and landowners seen from the POV of a slave pretending to be white is quite a unique twist; one I’ve never read before。 Not too much time was spent developing the overall plantation operations。 Most of the focus was on family characters and their relationships。 These folks needed therapy！Complex back stories could have used a bit more investigation but the antagonists are nasty and the protagonists are flawed but worthy of being cheered for。 Bo & Dahlia’s story isn’t a typical love story or maybe it is for the time and place that they lived。 No， I still think it’s satisfyingly unusual。 It does feature two great souls with hopes and dreams that exhibit kindness for those around them。 You won’t be disappointed with this aspect of the story。 Clean language， mild violence and sexual situations without much descriptive prose would give this book a PG-13 rating。 I would have given it 5 stars were it not for the woke agenda📚 。。。more