AJ Eversole's Reviews > The Truth According to Ember

The Truth According To Ember does so much for the representation of Native women in romance. As a Native woman (Cherokee) from Oklahoma, I really appreciated the portrayal of what life is like here. I also am thrilled to see a Chickasaw author published by a big publisher. 🥲

Ember is a wonderful character, but she lies. To get a job, to avoid embarrassment, and most of all to herself. When her job applications get rejected one too many times she decides to untick the American Indian race box on the next round, and maybe also stretch the truth about the accounting classes she took. This lands her a job in a big office in downtown OKC. 

I love how it tackles her pride and pull her up by the boostraps mentality. She wants to do things for herself, and has no patience when her little brother makes stupid mistakes. The story challenges her strength in being a go-getter by showing the flaws of that mentality too. 

The love interest is Danuwoa, the IT guy at her new job and Cherokee hottie. I would love him just for existing, but I also love that he is someone with a lot of heart for family (and cats) and honestly we just need more sexy shirtless Natives in romance that arent Jacob Black. 

The Native rep is just beautiful. Ember is Chickasaw/Choctaw and enrolled Chickasaw. There's frybread cooking, there's Miss Indian Oklahoma, there's our beautiful language, at one point the company hires a 'spiritual guide' who self identifies as Native and we all get to roll our eyes at the Pretendian, there was just a lot to love for the Native reader that I hope the non-Natives love as well. 

Cant wait for more from Danica!!