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Liked It “Friends are often defined as the family we get to choose. In choosing these friends we try to make sure that they are not as crazy as our real family and understanding enough not to pass judgment even when we do stupid stuff. |
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“Friends are often defined as the family we get to choose. In choosing these friends we try to make sure that they are not as crazy as our real family and understanding enough not to pass judgment even when we do stupid stuff.
Notorious S wrote this review Monday, July 26, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Let's start with Chevy. Girlfriend loves to stay ahead of the Joneses by rocking all the new fashions even if that means not paying the rent. Then there's Noah, our closest girlfriend that happens to be male, who lets Chevy live in his crib practically rent-free. Lucky for Chevy, Noah is in love and lying up with his man in London having back-banging sex. Poor Crystal wishes she had a man to cook breakfast for to take her mind off work and that biological time clock. Finally, there's Geneva, who has tried just about every weight-loss regimen known to man. Speaking of man, she has a pretty young thang by the name of Deeka who is fine with her love handles and cushioning, and lays it down to show her just how much. Make sure you turn down the A/C before feel the HEAT of this hot, sexy, and sultry novel from Geneva Holliday.
Heat, the third installment in the Geneva Holliday series, takes the reader on a wild ride with four unforgettable characters that are sure to leave you talking. This novel is full of laughter and hot steamy sex. I finished this novel quickly because I didn't want to put it down. I fell in love with the characters because I could relate to them all. I have to say Holliday created a down to earth group of friends who I totally could relate.
I also appreciated the fact that even though this was the third book in the series I was able to finish it. Sometimes when you read series you have to start at the first one. I wasn't aware of this series until I read the back cover and at that point, I was done. Each character held his own.
Heat is quick read with a rock solid plot. It has that old school urban fiction feel back when Eric Jerome Dickey, Omar Tyree and E. Lynn Harris hit the scene and took the literary world by storm. This book presents African-American characters that you can relate to without all the vulgar and inappropriate language. My favorite character is Chevy. Chevy is just a small town girl at heart trying her best to never return to that place where people Payless for more. Ya'll know I'm always rooting for the underdog, right. I think that we have all been a Chevy at one time or another. Have you ever looked back at something vowing to never return but realizing later that it was where you really belonged?
My favorite quote comes from my second favorite character, Geneva's six-year-old daughter Charlie. Charlie participated in the school talent show and recited her poem:
"My mother's belly
shakes like jelly!
My mother's belly
shakes like jelly!
Jelly, jelly, jelly!"
Yes, imagine that being your child talking about your belly shaking like jelly. Kids! Got to love'em and Holliday captures a priceless moment. Ha Ha Ha! ”
“Good book. Now I know what this genre is called. Urban Romance! ”
Evelyn R wrote this review Wednesday, September 16, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A very entertaining read--laugh out loud type book. I'm biased because Bernice McFadden aka Geneva Holliday is my favorite author but take my word anything she writes is a 5 star read.”
Leona R wrote this review Sunday, August 24, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The Groove series ended on a wonderful note! Although Holliday has said this was the last book in the series I honestly hope we see this wild foursome again soon in some capacity.”
Yolanda L wrote this review Monday, March 31, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“W.O.W, EXCELLANT BOOK. ENJOY READING IT, READ IN ONE DAY. MUST READ. START WITH GROOVE, FEVER, AND LAST HEAT!!! ALL THREE EXCELLANT BOOKS.”
sweetcakes wrote this review Saturday, December 8, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“All three are good.”
Linda*** wrote this review Saturday, November 3, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A really good read...although I missed reading the first 2 books of the series. But hopefully I'll be able to read those 2 soon.”
soulfulgal wrote this review Thursday, October 11, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Great story....very nice conclusion....I'm glad Chevy got her act together.”
ms_gwyn wrote this review Wednesday, September 26, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Too many different story lines that didn't tie into each other in my opinion. The characters didn't fit.”
nyqueen wrote this review Sunday, September 23, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Heat by Geneva Holliday is the third in the series and focuses on the continuing antics of Geneva, Crystal, Noah, and Chevy.
Phyllis wrote this review Saturday, September 15, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
In this episode, Crystal is disgruntled with her high stress job, hectic city life and at every turn runs to her lover/gigolo in Antigua for comfort. Can she love a man who sleeps with women for a living? Geneva is publicly humiliated at her six year-old's school play when she discovers the poem her child recites is about Mommy's "jelly belly." She then decides to tackle her weight problem with the aid of diet pills with some very interesting and frightening results that jeopardize her relationships, friendships, and her job. Noah and his partner are at a stalemate regarding the step toward parenthood, so he returns to New York to battle the newly arrived "hood rats" next door and evicts Chevy for utterly trashing his apartment in his absence. Chevy, the vain and snobby fashionista, is thus humbled. She is left homeless and moneyless wandering the streets and resorts to very desperate and dangerous measures to secure a roof over her head.
Heat is an entertaining, quick read - perfect for the summer book bag. It is filled with witty dialogue, humor, drama, and (borrowing from the novel's title) some steamy "sex-capades." It is definitely a "must read" for fans of the series - if only to seek closure with the characters introduced in the first two books (Groove, Fever).
Reviewed by Phyllis
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