I appreciated David Roberts sharing their memories and story with the reader. It had that writing style that I wanted and was hooked from the first page. It brought a new side to Whitney Houston to life and was enjoying the bond between the two.

Thank you, IPG | Chicago Review Press for the copy of Protecting Whitney by David Roberts. If you love a gossipy book, this one's for you! Lots of insider things about the people around Whitney as well as some of the people threatening her. I liked learning about the Close Protection business and what they actually have to do to protect their clients. It threw me off at first when he referred to Whitney as “the principal”. The way he wasn’t familiar with her so he studied her music and fell in love with it was so sweet. I could tell he was writing about her with love and respect and maybe had fallen a little in love with more than her voice. The epilogue was a little cheesy but sweet and the last sentence was perfect. If you want an easy, intriguing book, try this one! 3.5 stars rounded up to 4.

Excited to receive this book, I read it immediately. An interesting and exciting, even exhilarating life, for both protected and protector. Ultimately though, this is a sad tale…for both the protected and the protector. What a minefield David had to navigate, how very stressful, and in the end so untenable and unsafe.

I was really looking forward to this book but upon opening it it is not Protecting Whitney its The Lost Diary of Mary Magdalene by Johnny Teague!