“Strapped by Al-Saadiq Banks is the story of Amber Jones aka Lil Bit. Growing up Lil’Bit faced the devil in form of her step-father, fighting off his sexual abuse, messed her up emotionally when it comes to dealing with men. Not being able to take the abuse anymore she decides to run away.
When she meets Maurice whom is: her mentor, lover, friend and business associate; he takes her under her wing and schools her on the lessons of the game.
Maurice being the head of the Federation, is a notorious drug dealer, who trusts Lil Bit unlike anyone else. Unfortunately, although Maurice spoils her and would do anything for her, the one thing he can’t give her, she looks to from someone else.
Enter Samad, a low-level drug dealer. Something about Samad’s swagger attracts Lil Bit and she starts catching feelings for him, when the unexpected happens. Lil Bit is at a crossroads trying to figure out what the right thing to do versus the wrong thing. Either decision may ultimately cost her, her life.
So she decides to put a plan together…she decides to teach Samad how to take the game to a whole other level. A level that he has never played on before. With more money than he has ever had starts rolling in, Samad becomes cocky and it may be just too much for Samad to deal with.
When Maurice gets wind of Lil Bit keeping secrets, his one rule that he taught her not to do, not to mix the emotional with business, he decides break. He in turn lets his emotions run the show and in turn effects their business relationship but may ultimately cost someone their life.
I have to say I have been patiently waiting for Al-Saadiq Banks to drop Strapped. I was not disappointed. Mr. Banks came with yet another original True2Life joint. He definitely captured the emotions of the female psyche, to the point you kind of forget this is written by a man. He delves so deep into her emotions its uncanny. Like the pieces in a puzzle each character was placed to interlock making the bigger picture come into focus. Therefore making one hell of a read, considering there are so many different twists and turns, that will leave your mouth literally hanging open at the end.
If you are not familiar with Mr. Banks previous works you don’t know what you are missing. Each and every one of his novels is a 5 star read. He is “the” hottest street-lit author who has his own unique style. My final rating, (as if you didn’t know) for Strapped is 5 stars!!!!!
Reviewed by Leona
Street Lit Clique
streetlitclique.ning.com
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Leona R wrote this review Sunday, April 26 2009.
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