Alison's review of The Secret Life Of CeeCee Wilkes
The Secret Life Of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain (Goodreads author!)
Overall, a really great book. Despite the gumption she often showed as a teenager, with all of her big plans, I really believed that CeeCee was still naieve enough to succumb to Tim's charms.
My one criticism is in the character development of Cory during the last quarter of the novel. CeeCee/Eve was incredibly fleshed-out as a character, but I found Cory a bit lacking. First, the transition of her from a girl too scared to stay in college at Chapel Hill alone to one that cuts off her family completely to move in with a boyfriend is just too fast. Perhaps it would take a separate novel to illustrate the complicated Cory-and-Ken relationship. Then, I didn't really believe Cory's inital reaction to the revelation that she was Russell's daughter. She got to the "Will they accept me?" question far too quickly.
Still, a pretty fantastic book!
My one criticism is in the character development of Cory during the last quarter of the novel. CeeCee/Eve was incredibly fleshed-out as a character, but I found Cory a bit lacking. First, the transition of her from a girl too scared to stay in college at Chapel Hill alone to one that cuts off her family completely to move in with a boyfriend is just too fast. Perhaps it would take a separate novel to illustrate the complicated Cory-and-Ken relationship. Then, I didn't really believe Cory's inital reaction to the revelation that she was Russell's daughter. She got to the "Will they accept me?" question far too quickly.
Still, a pretty fantastic book!
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