Though I had every intention of staying with the full experience, I had to cut it loose. Even half-way through, there was still no connecting plot, the characters were indistinguishable apart from the obsessive detail of the shades of their skin color (or the fact that the protagonist "sucks her...
Welfare Wifeys is the fourth installment in the Hood Rat series. Gucci and Animal return to NYC for business and, but at whose expense? Don B is still claiming to be the King of the town, but whose coming for his crown? In true K'wan fashion, there were many twists and turns, but the ending took ...
I have always found K'Wan's novels to be smarter than your average urban fiction books. This one is no different. I like that instead of glamorizing drug dealers and acting like everyone who starts selling dope will end up living in a mansion with bodyguards and virtually untouchable, K'Wan kee...
Porsha, Sahara, and Frankie find out that the money they have been paying for rent, for the apartment they have been subleasing, hasn't been reaching the housing department. They have 72 hours to pay the rent or they will be evicted. I thought that was what this book was going to about, but I wa...
Truce or Not?Book two in the Animal series, is admirably written and reveals a few surprises as the much loved main character Animal, reunites with loved ones and has to come to terms with an appearance from the man who abandoned him.Once thought to be dead, Animal is very much alive with vengean...
This should be a television series!Reviews always start off with a summary or the positives of the story but not this one! I wanted… no scratch that, I NEED more! This fast paced page turner is a tease. When I was done reading it I was ready for the next Black Lotus tale or the next adventure for...
The only family Eve Panelli has ever known is the infamous Twenty Gang. Orphaned as a small child, Eve quickly learned the art of the hustle, and by age seventeen she had spent two years in prison. But now Eve is eighteen, back on the streets of Harlem with her gang and up to one of her old trick...
She felt silly for being so hard up for a friend that she called a girl she hardly knew. As it turned out it was the best decision she had made in a while. Asia invited Persia to a charity event that her mother was hosting in Manhattan. Persia was hesitant about going, but when she discovered tha...
He was dressed in black from head to toe, with the only splash of color being the canary-yellow diamond pendant hanging from his chain. Normally when he stepped out, he was dressed to the nines and wearing heavy jewelry, but this wasn’t a social call. The bar was the last place he wanted to be, b...
Ashanti said as they were walking down the block. He was going to go home and sleep, but the confrontation with Lakim now had him wired. So Ashanti suggested they go get hero sandwiches before he dipped. “I don’t like that dude . . .” Cain chimed in. “. . . never did,” Abel added. Ashanti knew th...
Security was ushering in a dark-skinned cat dressed in a three-piece suit. Two small boulders dangled from his ears, reflecting rainbows on the sides of his face whenever he moved his head. At first I thought he was just some cat coming to trick a few dollars and get his stunt on like the rest, b...
Though the area had changed quite a bit since Gutter had last been there it still brought back memories. From gunfights to chasing trim, he and Lou-Loc had seen more of their fair share of action on the Long Beach streets. Snake Eyes drove, while Gutter occupied the passenger seat. Rahkim was gla...
The sound of the different machines and the whirling of the air conditioner made a strange rhythm in his head, giving him something to focus on other than his grief and feeling of utter failure. In the bed directly in front of him, Yoshi rested quietly. God had been merciful, as the bullet was ab...
Their trip to see Debbie had not only been pointless, but it put them further in the hole with the fines they were going to have to pay because of the altercation. Frankie couldn’t believe that for as crooked as Debbie was, she’d actually had the nerve to try to press charges on them. She wished ...