White Fur

By: Jardine Libaire

Narrated by: Rebecca Soler

A stunning star-crossed love story set against the glitz and grit of 1980s New York City

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.

The couple moves to Manhattan in search of a new life, and White Fur follows them as they wander through Newport mansions and East Village dives, WASP-establishment yacht clubs and the grimy streets below Canal Street, fighting the forces determined to keep them apart. White Fur combines the electricity of Less Than Zero with the timeless intensity of Romeo and Juliet in this searing, gorgeously written novel that perfectly captures the ferocity of young love.

Gritty love story

Writing that was prose or poetry?! Unique story. kept me on my toes, would definitely recommend!

Beach read

The book was very slow and superficial for a while. I kept waiting for something to happen. Finally at the end it picked up but not enough to the point where I would recommend it.

No Plot

What disappointed you about White Fur?

The characters are kind of interesting but there's no plot. It's taken me 3 months to listen to it because it feels like there is no point.

What could Jardine Libaire have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Used a different form, perhaps poetry instead of a novel.

Confused

I have no idea what the point of this book was! I kept waiting for it....it never came.

Not my cup of tea

Rebecca Soler did a really great job narrating. However, this was just a terrible book. It was broken into random pieces in my opinion and did not flow well.