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What He Doesn't Know by Kandi Steiner
5.0
OMFingG!
This book was amazing and will leave you shook! Can’t wait to read book two on the plane today. Love Love Loved it!
This book was amazing and will leave you shook! Can’t wait to read book two on the plane today. Love Love Loved it!
The Queen of Hearts by Kimmery Martin
3.0
*Spoiler Alert*
This was a good book until the end. Emma was, to me, the typical white woman blaming everyone else instead of taking ownership for being a horrible friend to Zadie. Tons of people grow up poor, in abusive families, etc they do not latch on and sleep continuously with their best friends man while being in a relationship with Graham, a man who loved her.
That being said, any book that can garner such anger, sadness and good feels from me is definitely worth a read.
I appreciate the medical knowledge to explain what was happening with the characters however some sections I felt could have been left out of the novel. The character development was good and I loved how she flash from the present to 1999 and from Emma to Zadie.
It would make a great Covid or Summer Beach Read.
This was a good book until the end. Emma was, to me, the typical white woman blaming everyone else instead of taking ownership for being a horrible friend to Zadie. Tons of people grow up poor, in abusive families, etc they do not latch on and sleep continuously with their best friends man while being in a relationship with Graham, a man who loved her.
That being said, any book that can garner such anger, sadness and good feels from me is definitely worth a read.
I appreciate the medical knowledge to explain what was happening with the characters however some sections I felt could have been left out of the novel. The character development was good and I loved how she flash from the present to 1999 and from Emma to Zadie.
It would make a great Covid or Summer Beach Read.
Passing by Nella Larsen
4.0
I know this book was written during the Harlem
Renaissance and social mores’ were different however Irenes lack of a voice infuriated me! Claire was the typical quintessential tragic mulatto, caught between wanting to be white slowly realizing she was also black and longed for that connection also. The ending is the only reason I didn’t give it five stars. I wanted some sort of ending. This, to me, was a cliffhanger. The writing was excellent! Great book overall.
Renaissance and social mores’ were different however Irenes lack of a voice infuriated me! Claire was the typical quintessential tragic mulatto, caught between wanting to be white slowly realizing she was also black and longed for that connection also. The ending is the only reason I didn’t give it five stars. I wanted some sort of ending. This, to me, was a cliffhanger. The writing was excellent! Great book overall.
Set by Alexandria House
5.0
This novella was funny, sexy and well written! I can’t wait to dive into book 2 of the Them Boys series.
The Rose That Got Away by Christina C. Jones
3.0
This was a good novella. Of course not as good as the first but it was a’ight.