Yellow Wife. Sadeqa Johnson. 2021. Simon & Schuster. 287 pages. [Source: Public Library.] Yellow Wife is nothing short of captivating, with its look into the life of Pheby Delores Brown, a young enslaved girl on the cusp of womanhood who has been told her entire life that she’d see more than the plantation. Instead of the freedom she’d been promised, she finds herself heartbroken, sold to one of the most infamous slave j...
God-Level Knowledge Darts. Desus Nice & The Kid Mero. 2020. Random House. 210 pages. [Source: Personal copy & public library.] Anyone who is remotely familiar with the unique brand of comedy offered up by Desus and Mero won’t be shocked or disappointed by the knowledge darts they drop in their literary debut. The same irreverence they deliver on their podcast and late night show is presented in God-Level Knowledge Darts, c...
At Dusk. AshleyNicole. 2020. 209 pages. [Source: Kindle Unlimited.] In her latest release, AshleyNicole features Harlan, a seasoned FBI investigator whose career was sparked by a personal tragedy when he was a teen. Now, he finds himself reliving the tragedy when the case is reopened with him as a key investigator. In the process of hunting down a serial killer, he meets Torrah, a woman whose family has also been impacted. The two have ...
Bounce Back. Nicole Falls. 2020. 229 pages. [Source: Kindle Unlimited.] I don’t know how I missed the release day for this book, but I was ready to read the fourth installment in the Nymphs & Trojans series. It follows closely on the heels of Alexandra Warren’s On the Rebound, in which Micaiah Kennedy is introduced as younger sister of Trojans’ Zeb Kennedy. More importantly, however, Micaiah is acknowledged as an i...
The Recovery. Nicole Falls. 2020. 197 pages. [Source: Kindle Unlimited.] I’ve been waiting for Parker’s story for a while. She is easily the most elusive member of the trio of her, Geffri, and Blair. Between The Changeup and The Restart, it’s very clear that she has some major turmoil and the build-up of anticipation was real. As the third book in the New Beginnings series, The Recovery continues its pattern of followi...
