RIM's Review of The Color of Butterflies by Tina Mae Lawson

Review of The Color of Butterflies by Tina Mae Lawson

Butterflies go through a life cycle just like humans. In this novel, poetry is displayed in different situations and periods in life. The Color of Butterflies touches each of those, with references of engagement, heartbreak, even death. Some of the poetry contained makes you think and others make you want to cry.

This novel has a great concept of being solely based on poetry; but in a negative aspect it does not have a  clear or consistent flow . If the author would take a chance and give this novel a little reorganization the rating would go up, as would the entertainment of the reader. 

Rated: 2 stars

Review by Patrice Grimball

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RIM's Review of My Woman His Wife 3 by Anna J

Readers In Motion's Review of 

My Woman His Wife 3 by Anna J 

In the third installment of the My Woman, His Wife series, we revisit the lives of Monica, James, and Jazz; A family that has been turn upside down because of the threesome several years ago. An awful car accident has now placed a dent in a family that was finally getting about on its feet after a threesome gone bad. The repercussions of this threesome will be brought to light as the accident reveals more than just physical wounds. 

While Jazz is in a coma, one of the twins needs a blood transfusion to save his life. But something is terribly wrong. Can James assist with the saving of his son’s life or will something or someone stand in the way?

Monica is back and very concerned about the son that she left behind. The checks are not being cashed, the mail is being forwarded, and now the phone calls are not being answered. She travels back home to figure out what is happening; in the process she must deal with the threat of someone trying to kill her. Will Monica get her questions answered about her son’s whereabouts? Who wants Monica dead and why?

Anna J has done it again. The rollercoaster ride starts from page one. The greatest plus with this novel is that you don’t not actually have to read the first two installments to understand this one. Enough background information is given so the reader can process the book. I can’t wait until the next novel is ready.

Rated 5 stars

Review by Patrice Grimball

RIM's Review of RIM's Review of Dicmatized: Sexcapades Volume 1: The Doctor Is in! by Dyphia

RIM's Review of Dicmatized: Sexcapades Volume 1: The Doctor Is In! by Dyphia

 RIM's Review of

Dicmatized: Sexcapades Volume 1: The Doctor Is in! by Dyphia

Dr. Lenese Stringfield Puts the "Sex" in Sex Therapy as she takes the profession by storm with her new and innovative techniques. Her seductive nature and sexy demeanor has her clients eating out of the palm of her hand; amongst other things. Lenese has loved once and lost. So, if she can't be with the one she loves; she will love the one she's with. But, amazing sex doesn't come without a price tag. Too bad life has a lesson to teach this freaky therapist! She will soon learn that Karma is the 'one bitch' that has everyone's address. Fooling around with another woman's husband is dangerous, but falling in love with one can be deadly.

I was told that it takes about eight seconds for a reader to decide if they want to read a book, that decision is based on the cover itself and the description on the back jacket cover. The author, Dyphia’s description (above) entices potential readers to pick up her novel, grab a snack and settle down for a good read. Unfortunately the description isn’t enough to keep the reader engaged or want to read something else by the author if they find themselves having to choose between continuing with the story or putting the book down. That is the position that I found myself in while reading this novel.

 It is quite obvious that this author doesn’t take her craft seriously; the story was poorly edited, with several missed opportunities for grammatical and formatting corrections. The story could be a future contender if the author takes the time to invest in professional editing and maybe take the advice that her characters are too busy and there is too much going on at one time. With some coaching, and the realization that sharing multiple storylines in one novel can take away from the main characters plot.

I truly believe that I could have enjoyed this story a lot better if I didn’t have to spend my time editing or trying to figure out if text was the character actually speaking or a thought.

I can’t with a good conscience and loyalty to the literary world, recommend this novel in its current state. 

Rating: 1 star

Reviewed By:

D.P. Winston

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RIM's Review of Let Joy Arise by Ashea Goldson

Let Joy Arise by Ashea Goldson

Never let anything in your past affect what God has for your future.

Taylor Carter has not always been a Christian all her life. Before Taylor found God she was in a very serious car accident that killed the married man that she was involved with and also took away her ability to walk. After all that was said and done with this life altering event, Taylor still was able to see her way through.

Fast forward to the present; Taylor is now the owner of Push It Fitness center and married to Keith Bryant.  Of course like many say, you cannot be a child of God and not have trials. The wife of the man that was killed in the accident that she was involved in is back to get Taylor. She has a serious case of a woman scorned syndrome. Added to the chaos, Taylor has to deal with the house guest from hell named Paul who is the good friend of Keith, and may hold the key to a painful past that he has hidden from his wife.

Will Taylor and Keith’s marriage survive all trails and tribulations? Will Taylor continue to support her husband once his secret past comes to light?

For a reviewer that is not a fan of Christian fiction I will say that I thoroughly enjoy this book. It was just enough religion to know that is Christian fiction but enough that it is not thrown in the reader’s face. The characters in this novel are those that the reader can relate to, from the wild roommate to the holy sister-in-law. For this to be a debut novel she knocks this one out the ballpark. Yes, I do see the best is yet to come.

 

Rating 5 stars.

Reviewed by Patrice Grimball for

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RIM's Review of Intimate Pleasures: 7 Moments of Pleasure by Nadege

RIM's Review

Intimate Pleasures: 7 Moments of Pleasure by Nadege

Short spicy hot stories to keep the reader on their backs in more ways than one.

The stories contained in the anthology are short stories told by a woman. Each of the women in these stories talks about sexual encounters that they have had. None of the stories seem to be true, but in many ways at least the reader can picture themselves in that situation. The story I admired the most in this book was called Summer Loving. The things that they did with the ice cube and the refrigerator leaves a footprint in my literary memory.

Nadege did a great job with this novel. It is great to see short stories for the reader on the go. The stories in this book give the reader a beginning, middle, and an end. Nothing is left for the reader to try and understand or comprehend on their own.  The descriptions pull the reader into the novel. I am impatiently awaiting a full novel from Nadege.

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Reviewed by Patrice Grimball

Rating: 5 Stars

RIM's Review of The Magnificent Life of Gravvy Brown

RIM's Review of

The Magnificent Life of Gravvy Brown

by Devaughn Lilly

Timeline of life

Meet Annadelle Rose Brown. Brown was born in New Orleans in 1905. From rags to riches and alcohol to drugs this story depicts her life as told by her son Gravvy Brown. Brown by the way is on death row for her murder. During Annabelle’s life she is raped in an orphanage. With her determination she rises to become a famous actress; but even with her achieved success she still struggles with drugs and alcohol. Annadelle is killed by someone she has loved for all of her life. This brings us to where Gravvy is at the end of his life. Was Gravvy the one to kill his mother?

Devaugh  Lilly does a great job with keeping a great storyline but the problem is the storyline is not much of a catcher. For this reason the book was a hard read. The title of the novel has very little to do with the book; in some ways you may say that it is deceiving. The reason for this saying is there are not enough references in the book for it to be about the life of Gravvy. The book is more along the life of Annadelle. I found myself wondering where the author was going with this novel.

Rating: 3.0 stars

Rated by: Patrice Smith

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RIM's Review of You Can't Plan Love By Synthia Williams

 

Synthia Williams has put out a great debut novel and is an excellent writer.

 

In her debut novel, You Can't Plan Love the reader is taken on an emotional ride as they ride the coaster of life with the main character Kenyatta Copeland and her passionless relationship with her long time boyfriend Brad Johnson.  The author does an excellent job letting the reader see what can happen when emotion and not the heart rule a relationship. It is the deisre for stability and safety that drives Kenyatta Copeland to stay with Brad but its passion and desire that draws her heart to her boss, Malcolm Patterson. The readers are given a glimpse of how 3 years of foreplay, infatuation and idolizing versus intimidation, manipulation and deception can turn one's life upside down.

 

This novel is filled with so much love and emotional drama as well as suspense that once you start reading you will not want to put it down. There are twists and turns that surprises the reader and make you wish that you could get your hands on the characters. You will get mad, want to scream and also applaud as the characters experience life.

 

The dialogue between the characters flows easily between the characters thus making the story very believable.

 

Synthia Williams is a terrific writer who makes you wish for more. I personally look forward to future titles from her.

 

Rating:  4.5

Reviewed by: Darlene P Winston

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RIM's Review of A Marriage of Convenience by Jewel Amethyst

RIM's Review of

A Marriage of Convenience by Jewel Amethyst  

When one door closes a window opens, or so the cliché says.

Tamara is jilted at the altar and financially taken for everything she has by a con artist. When the bills are due and she is unemployed; Tamara is looking for the window. Her best friend, Jordan, presents her with a request that will help her financially; yet the requirement is she marry a perfect stranger. When, to marry or lose everything, become her choices, Tamara takes the man and his money.  Yet what if the sham that they portray became real?

Tamara is a full figured beauty that doesn’t know she is beautiful. She is always comparing herself to her society approved thinner cousins as the standard of true beauty. Adding in straight hair or hair weaves and color contacts she again errantly thinks are necessary to prove one’s beauty. In accepting the attention and compliments of her husband, Tamara learns that her natural, confident self is all the beauty she needs.

Kwabena is a handsome accomplished scientist. He has many degrees and awards to back his intelligence up; however, he conveys himself to Tamara as just another man from Ghana. He never lets on about his company, his accomplishments, or even his ability to speak several other languages. Kwabena like Tamara has his own hidden issues; including running from an arranged marriage and an evil ex fiancé that wants him back.

Through all the twists and turns of this relationship, one is taken for a multicultural experience. The reader will learn about Jamaican, Ghanaian, and African foods, clothing, history and even a few words. The interaction between the American family and Ghanaian family shows that no matter the language, love and respect is universal.  As this couple faces their pasts collectively, they must also look to there future to see if once their arrangement is fulfilled will they remain a couple? Can what was supposed to be a temporary fix be something permanent?

My Rating: 5*****

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Review by Karen Reynolds



RIM's Review of Eye for an Eye by Dwayne S. Joseph

RIM's Review of Eye for an Eye

by Dwayne S. Joseph

In the last novel, Home Wrecker, she encounters Kyra. Every time that named is called it takes her to a bad place. Now Lisette is back and fiercer than ever. Shuante is a client that comes to Lisette. She wants Lisette to set up her no good brother in-law because he is always hitting on her. But it seems that you cannot do the job of being a home wrecker without someone trying to get back at you for what you did. The question now is who is trying to harm Lisette and why. Can history strike twice?

Aida is another woman that whom makes a living out of breaking up unhappy homes. She gets a client by the name of Vivian. Now Vivian does not want to lose her husband; she just wants to make him go to counseling to work on their marriage. Things do not always go as planned all the time and this is one of those times for Aida. Aida falls for her client’s husband. Will Aida do the work that she was paid to do or will she let her feelings for this man over take and tell him what his wife wants to do?

A great author is someone that can pick up from where a book left off and continue with the same fire as the first book. Dwayne S. Joseph did just that with this book. The situations that the characters are placed in gives this book a solid storyline. The drama starts from page one and continues to the end. The sexual encounters, drama, and twist and turns in this book will keep you guessing until the very end.

5 stars

Reviewed by Patrice

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RIM's Reviews Dangerous Pleasures by Fiona Zedde

Dangerous Pleasures by Fiona Zedde

  

Two friends who are brought together by schoolyard drama are forever inseparable. Mayson met Renee when her family moved from Jamaica to Dana Point, when the other kids picked on her for her accent Renee defended her; and for the rest of their lives they would defend each other. Renee would need defending for her choice to end her marriage of too many changes. Her ex-husband Linc always trying to change her to what he wants versus who she really is and with Mayson being a lesbian she needs to be defended from her ex flings that sometimes want more than a fling.

Renee is tired of being sweet, innocent, a damsel in distress Renee. After the divorce, she no longer sees the benefits of a traditional relationship other than the sex. Since there is nothing else she feels like she can control other than her sex partner she decides to do something for herself. So after much deliberation and some ill advice from Mayson, Renee signs up for an online dating site and finds someone to her liking and begins to get her groove back.

Mayson is never in a rut as far as sex goes; anytime she needs a fix she thumbs through her black book and finds someone to scratch the itch. However she has one rule; she does not have any desire to be a straight woman’s experiment into the art of lesbian sex.  As Mayson avoids relationships for booty calls, she finds herself in a ticklish position; she is now the center of a straight woman’s fantasies, which of course goes against her rule. Mayson soon realizes that fantasies can turn deadly.

Here we see love has no gender, has no hurt and sometimes has no sense of time. As each woman is forced to take off the blindfold, no matter the material it is made of, and see each other and herself for what they are. Decisions that can not be made by society’s standards or even the ones that can be dictated by corporate America, but from a loving heart. The heart wants what the heart wants and sometimes the easiest decision is the one that’s right in front of you.

My Rating 5*****

Review by Karen Reynolds

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RIM's Reviews Raising Kane By Darrien Lee

RIM's Reviews

Raising Kane

By Darrien Lee

 

Raising Kane By Darrien Lee  

Everyone deserves a second chance.

Denim is back and she has crossed the path of someone else that needs her help. Denim meets her new neighbor in the weirdest way. Kane is a sixteen year old student at a private school. She has a father cares who for her deeply and a mother that is addicted to drugs. The paths of Denim and Kane cross as Kane decides that she is going to run away from home. Drama at McDonald’s between Kane’s mother (Yolanda) and her gets so out of hand that the police are called and her father has to place a restraining order to protect his family. Kane is frustrated with having to be a second mother to her two younger brothers. She tells her father that she wants a normal teenage life but that is impossible with all the responsibilities that she has. This is where Denim comes in. Denim starts to spend time with Kane and her brothers. At this time Kane’s father notices that she is growing up and that she needs to be around others her own age. Yolanda sees the damage that she has caused her family and really wants to overcome her addiction. Devin sees all the pain and beatings that Yolanda is taking from the hands of Leon and decides it is time to help her overcome her demon. With the help of Devin, Yolanda overcome the drugs but also falls in love with him.

Will the relationship between Kane and her mother be mended? Does overcoming an addiction means a happy family? Will Kane be able to have a teenage social life or will she always be a second mother? 

With this novel Darrien Lee deals with the subject of addiction and the dynamics of the family. She nailed it on the head with making sure she includes the feelings of the whole family. The handling of the subject matter was very much at a level that many teens can understand. Lee places words in a way that the teenage reader is not feeling like a young child but as an adult that they are growing into.

Raising Kane by Darrien Lee receives 5 stars.

Reviewed by Patrice Smith

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RIM's Reviews Blood of My Brother by Zoe and Yusuf Woods

RIM's Reviews

Blood of My Brother

by Zoe and Yusuf Woods

Blood of My Brother by Zoe and Yusuf Woods

Am I my brother’s keeper?

Roc knows all about game because that is his life. Roc wants better for his little brother, Lil Mac, and has made it a life goal to keep him away from the streets. That was his goal but his brother  has other ideas. Unknown  to Roc, Lil Mac is the creator of the Get Money Click. You can say that the motto of this group is by any means necessary. Roc and his crew prepare for battle with the Get Money Click. Roc wants to get out the game but how can he leave knowing that this new Get Money Click is taking over and he crew is not getting money anymore. How can he leave the people that help him create his empire? So Roc goes to battle one more time still not knowing that the person he is battling is his little brother. Who will spill blood first? Will Roc find out that the person that he is fighting is his flesh and blood before it is too late?

I have to give these book 3 stars. Blood of my Brothers started off very slow. Not being able to grab the attention of the reader until the middle of the book is not a good thing. Zoe and Yusuf Woods have a great storyline but it is lost in the first half of the book. If these authors spent a little more time with the beginning of the book the rating would have been more that three stars. Once in the middle of the book the flow goes very quickly to the end. The ending of the book leads greatly into the next novel.

Rating: 3 Stars

Reviewed by Patrice Smith

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RIM's Reviews Hot Fun In The Summertime by Chicki Brown

RIM's Reviews

Hot Fun In The Summertime

 by Chicki Brown

Every summer six friends rent a home on the Jersey shore for rest and relaxation but yet still manage to work. Linda is an accountant and real estate broker, Shontae is a fiction author, Doc and Kip are professors, Kinnick a model, and Jo a hair stylist to the stars. However this year Kip brings a friend, Devon, with him. He too is a model, heating up with the women in the house. On the first day they pay rent, divvy up chores, set down the ground rules and pick out rooms.  As everyone finds their own corner of paradise and set out to venture the beach, some old memories transform into new ones.     

 Kinnick, working as a video model, is constantly looking for the next come-up which is normally in a baller’s pocket. She plays a deadly game of being a rappers lady yet flirty with a mogul expecting neither to find out about the other. However when the lies catch up to her will she learn that a woman can have it all and not need to sell her body in the process?

Linda is coming out of an ugly divorce and is not looking for new seat filler just yet. However Doc has his sights set on her again this summer and is not letting her use her year old divorce as a crutch. As hard as Linda tries to control the situations surrounding her, she might have to let go of her preconceived notions of Doc and blast through her post divorce thoughts of men.

Kip, the forever player, is scoping the beaches for young women to fill his summer calendar and bed; however he needs to keep an eye out for the cops because an older black man dating young white females still causes some upset to the community. Seems archaic, but racism is still evident.  Kip seems quite smitten however by this summer’s catch no matter the consequences.

Shontae was hesitant to come this summer due to last summer’s debacle with Kinnick. However she has two things to accomplish this summer, getting her new novel done and the purchase of a home, and no one is coming between those goals, or so she thought. Devon seems bound and determined to get her attention and to get her to give love another chance.

 Jo and Walter have been together for five years and he is ready to take it to the next step, a business partnership. Slightly disappointed Jo takes him up on his offer but not prepared for all the conditions that come with the hefty price tag. Will her dreams of being the best in the business leave her before they start?

Interesting how in three short months the issues that all the characters faced were things they had been using as crutches all their lives and as with any injury eventually the crutch is no longer useful.

My Rating: 3 ½ stars

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Review by Karen Reynolds

RIM Review of Only Time Will Tell by Maseyree

RIM's Review of

Only Time Will Tell by Maseyree

Caroline, Punkin, Dorothy, and Andrea are back. Embark on another journey with this family in the thing we call life.

Caroline is still the same Caroline. More excited about having a second chance at motherhood with her granddaughter than sending time with her newly emancipated daughter, Andrea. Caroline feels like everything is about image and throwing parties and buying gifts should show her love. When tragedy strikes the family, Caroline’s world is changed forever.

Andrea is ready to be a mother to her daughter Timaya. She vows to be a good mother and leave the past behind her. Andrea soon discovers that life is in fairytale and we can’t write the ending. Andrea finds comfort in Tim, the love of her life. The problem is, Andrea doesn’t know if Tim will choose her over his family.

Punkin has always been a wild child. She is finally ready to settle down and have her own man. She meets Mark, a sweet, caring, and compassionate man. Punkin believes that she has found the one after a short whirlwind romance. When the couple begins to show their truth self, horrible discoveries are revealed.

Dorothy and Sullivan are madly in love. They seem like the perfect couple. The problem is Rhenee, Sullivan’s ex wife knows he is a great man also. Dorothy and Sullivan relationship will be put to the test like never before, can the “perfect” couple survive.

Maseyree delivers another drama filled story. She touches on single parenthood, trust, infertility, and a host of other everyday issues. Maseyree does leave you wanting more about some of your favorite characters like Monet and Sheila. The ending is a cliffhanger is a sequel has to be in the works.

Final Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by Kim for
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RIM's Review of Black Beauty by Elaine Flowers

RIM's Review of Black Beauty by Elaine Flowers



Terri is as close to a saint as you can get. She is what everyone wants in life, a loyal friend. To Terri she has never really felt complete. She has always had the feeling she was missing something in life. That missing link is her real family. She is there for everyone else but who will be there for her? Will she ever meet her real family and learn about herself or will that stay a mystery to her?


Wendell is a male stylist with sex appeal. He is what many call a ladies’ man. He has a secret love with someone. With all the women that want Wendell he has his eyes on a prize that is very close to him in more ways than one. But how long can his secret stay a secret from his coworkers.

Naomi is the chick that is not to be messed with, a hothead. She is all about the money and she does not handle it correctly. For every hothead there is a chiller, and the chiller for her is the person that she will need when things get a little too hot for her to handle. Will the “chiller” be there for her or will she go through this one alone?


Elaine Flowers does a great job when it comes to the descriptions in the book. I wish there was more dialogue between the characters to keep the reader interested. At times it feels like the author takes away from the book with all the illustrations that are given. On the other hand the Flowers does a great job with combining all the relationships in this book. Reading this book has given me a real feeling of the actual beauty shop. This is great book for those that are into descriptions.


Book Rating: 3 Stars

Reviewed by Patrice Smith

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RIM's Review of Inner Journey Home Letters to My Son, Love Dad by Malcolm Baptiste

Inner Journey Home Letters to My Son, Love Dad by  Malcolm Baptiste

As any parent that has a child you want what’s best for him or her, even when that means neglecting yourself of things or pushing past your own capacity. However some parents’ capacity is small because their own parents couldn’t get past generational issues, which then get passed on until someone can break the pattern.  In this story a father reaches out to his son that is now incarcerated and tries in his own way to encourage him and yet explain to him why things are they way they are.

Correspondence between father and son is a series of letters from the father’s prospective starting with the son’s court appeal trail date until the day they take a family photo.  In efforts to ease the son’s time in jail, the father starts from the beginning, his beginning, describing to his son the relationship with his parents, mostly his mother.  In efforts to make a son a better man she teaches him in a cruel way how to be man, talking negatively about him and worse yet to him, telling him things like he is worthless and will never be anything.  Later in life when the father becomes a drug addict he hears all the things she told him like a tape player and fights daily to prove her wrong and prove to himself he is worthy of all the good things life has to offer.

In need of help to get clean and stay clean the father enters rehab. In rehab he addresses all his issues from the negative tapes of his mom, the need of the drug, dating, and his own mental state.  Through some of the exercises in group therapy the father finds salvation and journaling. He begins to journal his life’s experiences in and out of rehab, in efforts to connect to his son he sends him excerpts of what he has written and what he feels about life and most importantly he constantly conveys his love for his son.

Readers probably would like to have liked to see more dialogue between the father and son. All the reader knows is that the son does respond to the letters but not aware of what he says. However readers can appreciate the honesty of the father, because most parents want to protect their child or children by not telling them what could essentially keep them from harm’s way.  So often we need help but to afraid to reach for it. A father’s love versus his attendance seemed to be an issue but in this case his love superseded his lack of attendance and a son sees a life outside of the 8 by 10 he is in.

My Rating 3 ½ stars
Review by Karen Reynolds
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RIM's Review of Trouble Ahead… Trouble Behind… Patiently Waiting My Turn - by Anthony Stubbs

RIM's Review of

Trouble Ahead… Trouble Behind… Patiently Waiting My Turn -

by Anthony Stubbs 

People are sent to prison by society as a means to reciprocate any loss and to try to get a person to conform to society’s rules and laws. That doesn’t always happen, as in the case of Tony “Scorpio” Starks. Scorpio was sent away on a seven year bid and instead of diminishing his criminal abilities, being incarcerated actually improves his abilities. Scorpio comes home and within days is completely submerged once more into the criminal world. Since it’s finally his turn; will Scorpio come out a winner in the game or will he fall victim to the game again?

 I feel the need to be extremely honest in this review.  The author has an extremely plausible concept and characters you can relate to but it lacks plot, setting, time, and details. For example Scorpio goes from talking to his friend eating lunch, to being released from jail, to a welcome home party, all on the same page. There is nothing in a believable sequence of events and that goes on throughout the whole book.  Even understanding this is fiction, it’s not believable fiction. The lack of time references makes it   seems as though everything happens overnight, when in reality there is a process.  At times it felt like the author was trying to impress the reader with the command of vocabulary by the placement of excessively large words that take away from what is being read. There were also many editing issues which also took away from the overall presentation of the book.  Because of the issues stated the reviewer at this time rates this book one (1) star. However, it is also the reviewers opinion that with improvements this has the potential of a five star read.

Rated 1 Star.

RIM's Review of Keeper of My Soul by Keshia Dawn

RIM's Review of Keeper of My Soul by Keshia Dawn

How many times can a marriage survive the same problem? Keithe would like to know after all these years of being married to his wife Michelle. Yes, he loves her but he has to love himself and the Lord more than all this woman has put him through.

he believes that through enough faith for the both of them, things will get better., wants to be a successful husband. Though he has heard rumors around the courthouse involving his wife, without direct concrete proof he is not about to move on. Granted her, Keithe

Michelle, is a successful judge but even more successful as an always on the prowl cougar. In her heart of hearts she does love her husband, she just doesn’t know how to show it. Due to her lack of emotional ties growing up, she proceeds to do her dirt and still try to hold onto the marriage any way she can, even lying about a very living past.

Stoney is a confused young woman growing up with no mother. Instead, she was raised by her schizophrenic grandmother, which leads her to daily question her own sanity and worse yet take medication that is not hers. Once her grandmother passes away, Stoney is ready to move from little city to big city in a quest to search for the mother that abandoned her and her grandmother. What Stoney didn’t expect were all the lives involved and the road it would lead her down.

As these lives intertwine like vines, the lies that they each have based their life on do as well. When all that has been done in the dark comes to light, will a lost child be found, a husband finally honored, and a wife ready to submit to the full idea of marriage, just not the aspects of partnership?


My Rating 5 STARS *****
Review by Karen Reynolds
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