"Grief is the price we pay for love."
To Have Her Again by Kay Shanee was such a good read. I loved how complex every character in the book was—so much so, I had a hard time...
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Jas
- May 8
- 2 min
"I felt an insatiable need to be close to him and that need wasn't anything I could control."
Lone Wolf by K.C. Mills was my first supernatural read, and I really enjoyed it. Most times, I forgot that I was even reading about...
Jas
- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
"The Only Way to Find Your Voice is to Use it"
Home for Christmas is a cute, little short, written by Brookelyn Mosley. It’s about a newly separated couple, Jaleel and Eva, who find...
Jas
- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
I knew the Perc was fake, but I still ate it cuz I'm a Gremlin
Usually, when I do write ups, I look at it from character’s perspective then give my two cents. However, after reading Super Gremlin, I...
Jas
- May 4, 2022
- 2 min
5 Times Pastah Took Me to Church
AshleyNicole’s Take Me to Church is a contemporary read about two individuals, Neriah and Dion, who find themselves unexpectedly falling...
Jas
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
When the Culmination of Life Takes Over...Take a Sabbatical
“It was totally a great idea to isolate yourself from your job and your family to go force yourself to be sad in the mountains.” Although...
Jas
- Mar 4, 2022
- 2 min
Caretakers: Not all angels reside in Heaven; some walk the earth
“I felt for my daughter every day. I wanted nothing more than to take it all off her shoulders and put it on mine...I wanted to protect...
Jas
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
I'm Riding with You Forever...or, are you?
“Who knows if me and Elvis are going to be together when he gets out? He has eight years left...” Although Elvis, also known as Big Elks,...
Jas
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
Sexing Noble Shaw
If you’ve read Beard Gang Chronicles 1-3, you know that those books are filled with hot, sexy, bearded black men, ready and willing to...
Jas
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
While He's Sleepin' Start Queenin'
Stay Woke— especially when it comes to yourself. In the words of Queen Bey herself, “a winner don’t quit on themselves.” This is a lesson...
Jas
- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
Finding 3 Things to Love about Jareem: A SuperPOWER
So, I’m not gon’ lie, reading about Jareem was a lot. There were times I literally had to stop reading Power because Jareem got on theeee...
Jas
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
"When Snow Falls, Nature Listens": Character Spotlight on Jovie from Snoh Bound by Che Moon
Jovie from Snoh Bound deserves a spotlight because she was just so resilient. She went through a lot. And when I say, a lot, I mean A...
Jas
- Jun 1, 2021
- 3 min
Character Spotlight: Trey from Flirting with Disaster
"Chloe was leaving. Just like his mother leaving him all over again. He saw his mother walking out the door when he was just ten years...
Jas
- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
"Love, a flower you've got to let grow" A Character Spotlight on Kawan from Love's Garden by B. Love
“... a heart that was enclosed by concrete was able to be a solid enough foundation for roses to grow. Finally...the battleground that...
Jas
- Apr 1, 2021
- 2 min
5 Reasons Why Bullet from The Hooder the Thug the Better the Love Should be on Your Book Bae List
5 Reasons why Bullet should be on your Book Bae Monday List In The Hooder the Thug the Better the Love series, Trigga is the main...
Jas
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Living Sincerely
Typically, when I do a character spotlight, I choose one pivotal character from the story and explain why they were so relatable and/or...
Jas
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2 min
Have Yourself a Naughty/Nasty Christmas
Big Dick Energy (BDE): /big·dik·enerjē/ n. when a man exudes a feeling of “fuck me now”. The male characters of Naughty and Nasty had...
Jas
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
"...we only regret the chances we didn't take..."
“But what about you, Leslie? What have you been doing all these years?” Regretting. Leslie was a middle-aged woman who had three lovers...
Jas
- Sep 1, 2020
- 2 min
Love Heals All Wounds
“I DON’T GIVE A FUCK WHAT I TOLD YOU PIA! YOU GAVE BIRTH TO MY SEED AND DIDN’T SAY SHIT! YOU SAID WHAT IF, OL STUPID FAT BITCH!...”...
Jas
- Aug 1, 2020
- 2 min
If We Ruled the World...
“Marriage was something that you couldn’t give up on, she couldn’t let things continue to go the way they are. She refused...Ella took a...
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