Zane

This book here! One of the things that I love about this book, along with Nervous and Addicted, is that Zane addresses an all too real topic, and you learn something.

Vengeance is hot, spicy, full of drama, and revenge. I was caught up on the first page, and I planned to read a couple chapters, and then go to bed. I looked up hours later, the sun was almost up, and I was finished with the book. I love it when I read a book and it takes me through a myriad of emotions, and this is THAT book. show more I laughed, cried, cussed (a lot), and I learned a few things about mental illness as well. To me, that is what reading should be about.

In typical Zane fashion, the sex is off the chain hot, and will have you sitting there with your mouth stuck open, lol. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone and also for a book club discussion! show less

My second reading of my introduction to Zane's pen skills left me feeling like I've never read it before. It's like hypnosis trying to remember a repressed memory. My emotions were all over the place and I came to realize Zoe isn't so fictional anymore. Each page felt like her diary being revealed giving you every raw feeling, straight with no chaser. No room was left to ask why. Zoe put her cards on the table from jump telling trusted, non-judgmental ears 'I have a problem. I need help show more before I destroy me'. We take the obvious from the story but only those who look deeper get it all. show less

This is probably good, especially with a review score of 4, but those voice that the narrator Nicole Small applied to the characters - couldn't take it. If it were a movie, no problem, but on an audiobook, my preference is to keep a lid on too exaggerated voices - even if they mimic a reality. Was also made impatient by the chronological storytelling. Otherwise, there was cleverness in the storytelling, but ultimately I couldn't keep going past 40 mins, or Chapter 2, of an 8 part audiobook.

I suppose this is where you color me a book snob. I don't like Jane Austen books. I don't like "urban" books either. It seems no matter how many I try to read, I've yet to find one in which I can immerse myself. They slang and curse words feel forced and overused. The slang isn't particularly descriptive, and make it very hard to connect with the characters. They seem to be all attitude--style without substance. There's too much time spent on descriptions of skin color, hair texture, and eye show more color. (Which, oddly enough, seem to play up the colorism still rampant in the Black community.)

I really enjoyed the movie Addicted, so I was looking forward to reading the book. I was hoping the encounters would be frequent, sexier, and more time would be spent exploring why Zoe was a sex addict. (Why do addicts become addicts? They are trying to fill a hole of need, emptiness, or escape from a trauma. In the movie, they didn't do the best job of explaining why Zoe was craving so much.) But the book left me with a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. It seemed hateful toward women, men, and anyone with sexual desire. I can't escape into a novel--erotic, romantic or even realistic--where there is not one person I can sympathize with.

The two positives to the story were the ride-or-die friendship between Brina and Zoe and how swiftly the book moved once it got past the early days of Zoe and Jason. show less