All The Trouble You Need

All The Trouble You Need

Jervon Tervalon

*** ( 3/5)

This book was kind of boring to me. I forced myself to finish it and I just didn’t have many thoughts about it. I did like how it was an original story. Many times you find the same story lines and plots, but this one was definitely unique. Tervalon has his own unique voice.

Verdict: Unique Story/characters. Three out of five ? I’m torn on this one.

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Beyond the Ashes

Beyond the Ashes

Debra Parham

***** ( 5/5)

As amazon.com suggested, I got a little something for myself while Christmas shopping for my friends and family- and this was it.

The story is about Sohni Vessels and her five “sister friends” and each of their trials and tribulations throughout a year. Everyone has a past, everyone has a story and everyone has a cross that they must bear. Follow Sohni and her friends and the deal with life and each other and look to the Lord and each other to make it though.

This is a good book about girlfriends and I liked because the characters were not clichéd. There were some serious problems in the book and Parham dealt with them and tied them together and to the bible really well. Of course when there are so many characters, sometime you get bogged down and you find the characters you like and want to skip the ones you don’t like.

Overall this was an enjoyable book and highly recommended. I took a lot of lessons to heart myself and I think that when a fiction book helps you do that , without feeling like self help- 5 stars!