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Black Cake
by Charmaine Wilkerson
Black Cake takes you on a lifelong journey between the past and present life of Eleanor Bennett aka Covey. Along the way hidden family secrets after 50 years are finally revealed. Leaving those unbeknownst to the truth speechless and distraught.
Covey was unconventional, resilient, and a true survivor. No matter what she’d been faced with she found a way to overcome it. Almost forced to marry someone she didn’t love and was to old for her anyway. With the help of a family friend she was able to escape and never look back. Taking on a new identity and finding a way to survive at such a young age without ever being discovered took a lot courage for Covey to do.
Not gonna lie I almost gave up on this book in the beginning because it was a slow start. There was a lot to take in with the multiple characters, different POV’s, endless chapters, and the timeline jumps. But once I realized what was actually happening and that Covey and Eleanor were the same person I was hooked. Now don’t get me wrong this story had a few ups and downs for me and I did have moments of confusion. But overall I enjoyed Black Cake once I got about 65% into it. Yup took that long to pull me in.
What I enjoyed most was getting the full backstory on the characters. I wasn’t left needing to know more or curious about what happened to either of them. The author did well laying it out for you so nothing was left unanswered for the most part.
Now I will say because there were sooooooo many topics and different characters discussed I felt the author could’ve went more in depth on certain things. Like the forced adoption situation or why Covey’s mother left and never came back for her. I have an assumption as to why that may have occurred though.
It was also great to see all of Eleanor/Covey’s children reunited by the end of the book. While she wasn’t alive to witness the reunion it was nice to know one of her dying wishes had been fulfilled and all of her secrets had been revealed.
Overall, Black Cake was enjoyable minus the confusion and multiple characters. I think it helped me a lot reading this while listening to the audiobook. There are mixed reviews on this but don’t let that stop you from reading because you might actually enjoy it.
Covey was unconventional, resilient, and a true survivor. No matter what she’d been faced with she found a way to overcome it. Almost forced to marry someone she didn’t love and was to old for her anyway. With the help of a family friend she was able to escape and never look back. Taking on a new identity and finding a way to survive at such a young age without ever being discovered took a lot courage for Covey to do.
Not gonna lie I almost gave up on this book in the beginning because it was a slow start. There was a lot to take in with the multiple characters, different POV’s, endless chapters, and the timeline jumps. But once I realized what was actually happening and that Covey and Eleanor were the same person I was hooked. Now don’t get me wrong this story had a few ups and downs for me and I did have moments of confusion. But overall I enjoyed Black Cake once I got about 65% into it. Yup took that long to pull me in.
What I enjoyed most was getting the full backstory on the characters. I wasn’t left needing to know more or curious about what happened to either of them. The author did well laying it out for you so nothing was left unanswered for the most part.
Now I will say because there were sooooooo many topics and different characters discussed I felt the author could’ve went more in depth on certain things. Like the forced adoption situation or why Covey’s mother left and never came back for her. I have an assumption as to why that may have occurred though.
It was also great to see all of Eleanor/Covey’s children reunited by the end of the book. While she wasn’t alive to witness the reunion it was nice to know one of her dying wishes had been fulfilled and all of her secrets had been revealed.
Overall, Black Cake was enjoyable minus the confusion and multiple characters. I think it helped me a lot reading this while listening to the audiobook. There are mixed reviews on this but don’t let that stop you from reading because you might actually enjoy it.