India (2)

Looking Over Your Shoulder

"Still Deceiving," the sequel to "Dope, Death and Deception," picks up five years after Lovely Brown barely escaped the high life in her double life as drug lord LB. Lovely has dealt with losing her baby sister in a case of mistaken identity and her mother, older sister and nearly her own life at the hands of her father Lucifer. She has managed to outsmart and evade the fed's investigation of LB's drug empire and avoided death with a million dollar bounty on her show more head after she was framed for the murder of her mafia connect's nephew. Lovely thinks she has left her past behind, but a chain of events soon shows she should always remember to look over her shoulder. When her world comes crashing down around her, Lovely will learn things are not what they seem and that one can never really escape their past. She is once again racing against time to save all that is near and dear to her.

India's "Still Deceiving" is action packed and carries all the street drama of the first installment of Lovely Brown's life. We are introduced to a few new characters, learn more about some old faces and learn things are not always what they seem. While this is a well written story with a fast paced storyline, I found myself reading this and wondering yet again what world Lovely lives in. Getting fast paper and staying one step ahead of the enemy seems to be the ingredients that make up Lovely Brown and her brand of ghetto fabulous. Readers of the first book will be happy to have some answers to the loose strings.

Reviewed by: Lashonda show less

This was a decent quick read. I liked the opening which kept me reading but it ended to quickly and felt like it was stretching to book 2 just because. I wanted more for the story in a Part 1. I also didn't get a sense of the main character as a boss chick and though I liked her and Ace together, it felt like they were just put together for the story. Their character development didn't give me the ride or die love chemistry that they were supposed to be feeling. Overall it was good just show more expected more especially based on the title. show less