Jardine Libaire

"When Elise Perez meets Jamey Hyde on a desolate winter afternoon, fate implodes, and neither of their lives will ever be the same. Although they are next-door neighbors in New Haven, they come from different worlds. Elise grew up in a housing project without a father and didn't graduate from high school; Jamey is a junior at Yale, heir to a private investment bank fortune and beholden to high family expectations. Nevertheless, the attraction is instant, and what starts out as sexual obsession turns into something greater, stranger, and impossible to ignore."--

A Novel

White Fur

Jill Basilone

I am giving this book 3.5 stars. I had a really hard time deciding whether to round up or down for my rating but ultimately rounded down. I rounded down to three stars because I didn't love the book and I think four and five stars should be dedicated to book you loved (or realllyyyy like). I decided to read this book based on the June Book of the Month Club (my link text) selections. I was a bit hesitant because the description of the book didn't do much for me but a love story is good for the soul every once and a while. I dove right in when the book arrived and was instantly sucked in. 

The book starts and Elise Perez is pointing a gun at Jamey Hyde. WHAT?! I know. So right then I knew I needed to know exactly what led to this crazy situation. You will find out, e v e n t u a l l y, and I will admit, it took some time to get there. The middle of the story just felt like listening to the routine of Elise and Jamey for a bit too long. I didn't feel that it completely added to the story but I did started to feel a strong connection to them and their daily struggles and love for each other. Jardine Libaire does an excellent job of expressing their situation and imagine what it would be like. This situation ultimately leads to an exciting and page turning ending. It is not something I would have imagined but I was pleased with the ultimate fate of Elise and Jamey.

Summer Stanley

I can't honestly express how engaging and intriguing this book is. However, many reviews said it was gonna be "gritty and honest," and boy, was it that! 
Just a bit too much for my taste

Keely Calagos

Eileen

'A love story of equal parts grit and glamour' Vanessa Diffenbaugh, author of The Language of Flowers For Elise and Jamey, real love is not all hearts and flowers. It's gritty, transgressive, and infuriating. Jamey belongs to New York's elegant, ferocious elite, and feels 'owned' by his privileged background; Elise is from a mixed-race family and is uncensored, brave, idiosyncratic. They meet by chance and the bond is instant, but the situation quickly spins out of control. Set against the technicolour landscape of mid-80s New York, White Fur is a tale of money, class, sex and family; it questions what we will do to be free, and what it means to love like we might die tomorrow. 'Brilliantly written and deeply felt' Philipp Meyer, author of The Son '[The] poet laureate of late nights and young love' Ada Calhoun, author of St Marks is Dead

White Fur A Novel

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