Nappily Ever After

bookclub4m chick lit romance genre.

Ok this ended up being satisfying. I loved how the author tackles the effects of warped beauty standards on black women (and especially their hair!) And of community expectations on both men + women. Both main characters go through a personal evolution during the book to get to their HEA. I get weirded out sometimes when there is a heavy emphasis on marriage as the marker of a successful relationship/woman/life. But there is so much casual homophobic rhetoric from everyone!!! However it takes place in the late 90s so of a time maybe but ho Nelly - I just wanted to smack all the characters upside the head.