The Secret to Hummingbird Cake

It's a good thing I had some time in the bookstore to browse this one before making an impulse purchase. The characters are Southern, but very worldly...instantly it reads more like a romance novel than a women's fiction. One character is literally salivating over a man's abs in a tight tshirt and, later, in a wet tshirt. There is some cussing and a deal of crude slang.

But it was when a character responded to a handsome guy asking her to help him with something by saying “I'll do anything for you short of whips and chains” that I slapped the book back on the shelf. I do not like the bondage culture and was offended to find it mentioned in pleasant jest by a leading character in a Christian book.

Not my glass of sweet tea at all.