This was an exceptional urban story! I thought T. Styles provided a well written story with all the elements involved to make a true urban fiction tale. The storyline had a gripping, gritty spin & the characters, although horrific, seemed so real. I felt the abuse & misuse Harmony experienced as ...
This book placed a magnifying glass on the light skin versus dark skin drama that can occur in a tortured mind. The way Brownie treated Farah is an all too common phenomenon with mothers having issues with a child's father and projecting it onto the child. This book made me remember that most mon...
I had to let this book and the content marinate before I could write a review.. here it goes.Kerrick is an immigrant from African in American studying engineering. Kerrick is having a hard time focusing, because the love of his life, Thandi is brutally murdered before they could escape Africa. ...
Parade Knight hates her complexion. As a result, she considers herself to be unattractive and condones the misuse of her body. Sky Taylor is beautiful, fly and wanted, and loves reminding Parade of her imperfections especially after suspecting that she may be sleeping with her man, Jay Hernandez....
In his mind, no one knew how to clean his truck better than the Mexican employees who worked there. He was getting ready to open his third beer knowing full well he was a target for the cops by driving a white truck with illegally tinted windows. But opening the beer and pouring it to his lips wh...
. . it’s just a guess right now, but we have to start somewhere.” Although Grant agreed not to speak to Farah before Slade, he didn’t say anything about not questioning other people in the building. After some research, they discovered that Vivian James, the property manager, was missing her ...
I could hear life go on around me outside, but I didn’t feel a part of it anymore. It had to be about four in the morning and I was surprised the kids weren’t running around in the house or raping me. Most times I’d think about my life and why I wasn’t able to be regular or normal. And when I was...
It’s like having open heart surgery while you wide awake. -O O sat on the couch trying to get rid of the headache she had. She’d popped several Tylenol and nothing seemed to work. All she wanted was for Kelsi to come back so she could beg him not to make her leave. She really did love him and bel...
Dressed in black tights and a red top, she hit play on the radio and Boyz II Men’s hit song “On Bended Knee” blasted from the speakers. Before moving, she observed her reflection, and the body she had grown to hate. Her jaw was too squared. Her eyes were too ...