I loved Waiting to Exhale -- this book is not as "deep" psychologically speaking, but it's a fun romp in Jamaica.  No one gets inside the upper middle class black mind like MacMillan.  She's not going  for Shakespeare here, so give her a break -- this is a fun book to be  enjoyed and savored.  I think more readers should be happy that for once we  have positive and strong black literary characters who are financial  successes.  I hope both black and white children will learn something from  these books alone the lines of there are plenty of successful black women  -- not all black people play basketball or deal drugs!  The sexual plot is  throughly enjoyable -- I think MacMillan must have had a ball writing this  one. For an enjoyable read, pick it up!