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Embrace by Mya

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adventurous inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Blaze Snow gave nothing but ALPHA. I loved his personality and how family oriented he was. Suvi Summers was my gworl 💅🏾. I loved how outspoken she was & her love for food. Me & her can definietly hang out lol. Blaze and Suvi had a special relationship. They known eachother their whole lives and was bestfriends. They watched eachother grow into adulthood and been around for unsuccessful and failed relationships. Them signing up for Arranged Hearts was the best thing they could’ve did. Their chemistry was so authentic. I loved their marriage. They really married their bestfriend. So freaking dope 😍🥰. They literally had so much fun. I enjoyed watching them fall in love. So happy for them getting their HEA.

Salvage My Soul: A Standalone Novel by Antoinette Sherell

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow.. I’m literally blown away. Kinda at lost for words. I would have to say this was a beautiful heartbreaking story. This will definitely pull different emotions out of you cause it damn sure pulled it out of me. Rhemedy and Musa story was so heartbreaking and would touch so many souls because it’s so freaking relatable and authentic. It also bought them together. These two is guaranteed to put you through it but it’s expected. 


Don’t go into this book thinking it’s all peaches and cream like I did. Pace yourself, it can be triggering for a lot. This was a great read. One of my favorites this year. Ms. Sherell you did a amazing job writing this story. Amazing 👏🏾.

Bitter Ex-Wife by Octavia Grant

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informative sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I liked Lionel in the beginning but after a while his bad decision making made me disgusted with him. For a multi-millionaire he was stupid as hell and only thought with his beef stick. I can’t even feel bad for him. Man, Octavia and her plot twists lol.

Married Men Only by Octavia Grant

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challenging informative mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Married men are off limits idgaf if he comes on to you or whatever the case is. Trust and believe karma and destiny will be served to you piping hot. Octavia can tell a damn story in just a couple of pages.
Hoe Stroll by Octavia Grant

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challenging reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Whew 😮‍💨… Brandi had a tough life but when she met Hassan he changed her life for the better. Her greediness and ego caused her great karma. She really fumbled and I can’t even feel sorry for her. Good read.
Black Husband White Wife by Octavia Grant

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reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

KARMA. That girl is dangerous. I honestly wasn’t suprised how this turned out because I already put 2 and 2 together from the beginning but this was a good read. Just to see Sidney get his karma was sweet revenge. I feel like he deserved more tbh but the hurt & bridges he burnt I know he feeling the pain.

Captured Secrets by Octavia Grant

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emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Whew 😮‍💨.. The mfing plot twist 🤯. Karma ain’t no joke. She always spins the block. Treat people the way you wanna be treated. This was a good read.
Kayland & Ora by Rene Wolfe

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adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Kayland had a agenda & revenge was it. Ora felt for it but she knew it too & deep down wanted it just as bad.


This had mad potential. I feel like this ended so abruptly. Imma need a lil follow up. 

Control by Omar Tyree

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dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I was super excited to read something new from Omar Tyree. A psychotic thriller sign me up lol.

This story started off strong but then it started to derail. I feel like I got more interested when I was 60% in. This book shows how it don’t matter how rich or poor you is we all got problems and if you don’t have control in your life it will sparel out of control. The plot twist of this was so off guard & I didn’t expect it. I do feel like the story was kinda all over the place so at some points I had a hard time staying focused. This was a ok read and I will give it 3 stars.

Thank you Kensington Publishing and NetGalley for providing me with this digital advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Khoen's Kryptonite by ML Bash

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hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Ngl I had a hard time finishing this. It wasn’t what I expected. But it was good seeing Nami open up more. Also glad they got their HEA.