New Review! Fearless by Allana Kephart 4 Cranky Stars

Fearless by Allana Kephart
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4 Cranky Stars


This is a very difficult subject to write about, but the author pulled it of nicely. The subject is racism.


The main female character is white and been brought up by her racist police officer father, She hadn't realised that he was being racist and led a very sheltered life. Until the day she went to a party with her friends, going against all that her father had said. She didn't really want to be there and stood by a wall as her friends went off to dance. It wasn't long before she caught the eye of a black boy. He stood with her talking and there was an instant attraction between them. Her friends tried to drag her away from him, but she always ended back with him. They left the party and chatted the rest of the evening away. She couldn't understand her father's belief about the black community, The inevitable happens and they fall in love, and she tries to keep him her secret.


In his line of duty he shot a fifteen year old black youth joyriding in his mothers car, saying he saw him reach for what looked like a gun. This stirred up a lot of trouble in the black community. The story proceeds to tell the amount of racism there was.


I didn't think I was going to like this book because of the racism, but I persevered with it and then finding that I was actually enjoying the book. A very brave author to tackle such a delicate story line.

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