Loving thoroughly, read this book.

This is a work of art & I need these reviews to reflect it.
This story consumed me. I am always looking at reviewers and readers with the side eye when they have negative things to say about urban novels, because those type of comments feed into the dehumanization of black people that don’t fit the aesthetic society deems acceptable. One of the many aspects that makes this book art is there was no romanticizing the hustle or the struggle. The author gave us the real & did not sugarcoat or speed pass the pain & emotional toll of being incarcerated & rebuilding after being released from prison. It tells of the blooming love between Heaven & Shia, a couple that chooses to meet each other where they were at. It wasn’t all luxury & glamor & I know some people hate to see that, but watching the man that Shia started as shift and build himself into the man that HE chose/wanted to be (even though there were many external forces working against him)—priceless. The goal: Loving thoroughly— read this book.