Monica's Book Reviews

Recommended Finding Audrey By - Sophie Kinsella Published - May 3 ,  2016  Synopsis Audrey wears dark glasses all the time, even in the house. She almost never goes out, doesn’t talk to new people, and finds making eye contact to be nearly impossible. But then one day she meets Linus. Linus is her brother’s friend and a sensitive spirit with whom she can talk through her fears. He makes her laugh and doesn’t leave her feeling like she’s being judged. As their friendship deepens, Audrey’s recovery gains momentum, and she and Linus begin to develop feelings for each other. But how can they have a future together when Audrey hasn’t dealt with her past? And how could anyone ever love her once they’ve seen her at her worst? My Review  So, it took me a little while to get through this book. The first few chapters, in my opinion, weren't as exciting as i would have wanted them to be, but please have patience. The book does a comp...

  Highly Recommended By   Karmell Jones Published  -  November 4, 2018 Synopsis TwisTed Dreams Is like Pandora’s box, once opened, there’s no turning back….TwisTed Dreams Is filled with all the usual; Love, Sex and Betrayal but with a twist that will leave you wanting more….Gregory “Greg” Jones and his beautiful fiancée April Lewis are a young black power couple on the rise. They are finally able to reap the rewards and benefits of all their hard work. Greg’s architect company; Jones Design has been doing phenomenal after getting off to a rocky start its first year; While his fiancée April, on the other hand, was given the golden ticket when she was able to become part of the coveted law firm of Bonner & Associate, after completing her summer internship.They are happy and in love, as they plan to spend the rest of their lives together, despite the fact that Greg has been dreaming and calling out the name of another woman that he has never met before by the name o...

Highly Recommended By   - C.L. Lowry Published  -  November 4, 2018 Synopsis Christopher “Cashflow” King is the son of one of the most successful drug dealers ever to walk the streets of Atlanta. After his father’s death, Cash followed in his father’s footsteps and started the Street Kings. The Street Kings began as a small crew of friends and grew into a powerful drug empire.  Things are going great for Cash until a member of the Street Kings decides to take the crew’s mission on a risky path. Their dreams quickly become a nightmare as the leaders of the Street Kings become the F.B.I.’s main priority. As Cash tries to keep his organization from crumbling at the hands of treason, he must also do what he can to beat a possible life sentence. King of the Streets is a gritty and addictive street tale that will have readers yearning for more. My Review Ladies and gentlemen, I must say C.L. Lowry has done it yet again. Not only did he write a completely different styled b...

  Highly Recommended   The Scavenger By   - C.L. Lowry Published   -  September 18, 2017 Synopsis After chaos breaks out around the country, the U.S. government releases a mysterious chemical gas that takes the lives of millions of citizens. What was originally a plan to restore law and order throughout the country rapidly crippled the U.S. population and left the remaining citizens vulnerable in a world where survival is the only thing that matters.  Along with a rapidly increasing crime rate, the effects of the chemical gas are causing dreadful mutations, and humanity faces the possibility of extinction.  The Scavenger takes you on the journey of Kyle Quinn, a former U.S. Marine, as he navigates through the new world, dealing with his fear of contamination. At the commencement of the epidemic, his wife, Jacqui, warns Kyle to prepare for the worst. Unfortunately, the worst shows up at their front door as they are confronted by a small militia, plannin...

Highly Recommended   Let Me Lie By   - Clare Mackintosh Published  - March 13th, 2018 Synopsis The stunning new novel from Clare Mackintosh, the international bestselling author of I Let You Go and I See You. The police say it was suicide. Anna says it was murder. They're both wrong. Last year, Tom and Caroline Johnson chose to end their lives, one seemingly unable to live without the other. Their daughter, Anna, is struggling to come to terms with her parents' deaths, unwilling to accept the verdict of suicide. Now with a baby herself, Anna feels her mother's absence keenly and is determined to find out what really happened to her parents. But as she digs up the past, someone is trying to stop her. Sometimes it's safer to let things lie.... My Review So guys I got this book from a monthly book subscription called once upon a book on cratejoy.com. I chose the two books a month and this was one of them. Now let me tell you I loved this fucking book. This boo...

Recommended In Too Deep By  – Monique L. Donaldson Published  – May 9 th , 2019 Synopsis Monica Chandler is a successful and brilliant district attorney who lands a job with the opportunity of a lifetime to work for Judge Bryant Jackson in LA. Monica ends up with blood on her hands of her potential boss. Monica is framed for his murder, and no matter what she does to try and escape from her bad luck of being at the right place at the wrong time, she keeps landing herself back in jail. Her beau, Alex Sanchez, has other things in store for Monica as she unravels a conspiracy that will make her seek the desperate of help of her so-called “friends” and Marcus Jones. This whole ordeal will test her faith on love, honesty, her passion for the criminal justice system, and losing the man she loves. Will Monica give up hope and let the justice system decide her fate? My Review Alright everyone. If you know me you know that I feel in love with this book, but one reason ...

Not Recommended   Addicted To Pain By  - Rainie Howard Published  -  April 21st, 2016 Synopsis The obsession of a toxic or abusive relationship can have the same enticement as drugs or alcohol. The pattern echoes time and time again: a new significant other draws you into a new relationship that starts off loving and alluring only to develop into a hurtful or abusive cycle. People who have a healthy understanding of “true love” do not tolerate this kind of pain. He or she will move on in search of a healthier bond. It is an unhealthy view on love that will rationalize the toxic behavior and cling to abusive relationships long after they should have ended. Like any other addiction those hooked on a toxic love and an emotionally abusive relationship; have no control over excessive urges to text, call, manipulate or beg for love, attention, and affection. They want help. They want to end the pain and recover, but it is just like trying to shake a drug habit. Ranked one ...

Recommended   Before We Were Wicked By  -    Eric Jerome Dickey Published  - April 16th, 2019   Synopsis They say the love of money is the root of all evil, but for Ken Swift, it's the love of a woman. Ken is twenty-one, hurting people for cash to try to pay his way through college, when he lays eyes on Jimi Lee, the woman who will change the course of his entire life. What's meant to be a one-night stand with the Harvard-bound beauty turns into an explosion of sexual chemistry that neither can quit. And when Jimi Lee becomes pregnant, their two very different worlds collide in ways they never could have anticipated. Passion, infidelity, and raw emotion combine in Eric Jerome Dickey's poignant, erotic portrait of a relationship: the rise, the fall, and the scars--and desire--that never fade.Age Range: Adult My Review Eric Jerome Dickey is hands down amazing and is one of my top 5 favorite writers. I have been a fan of his since high schoo...

Highly Recommended We’re Going To Need More Wine By : Gabrielle Union   Published : October 17 th  2017 Synopsis In the spirit of Amy Poehler’s Yes Please, Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman. One month before the release of the highly anticipated film The Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she urged our society to have compassion for victims of sexual violence. In the wake of rape allegations made against director and actor Nate Parker, Union—a forty-four-year-old actress who launched her career with roles in iconic ’90s movies—instantly became the insightful, outspoken actress that Hollywood has been desperately awaiting. With honesty and heartbreaking wisdom, she revealed ...