
Still Hood
A Hoodrat Novel
St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · October 2, 2007
Only the strong survie on the streets of Brooklyn.
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- Genres
- Black Urban Fiction, Black Mystery, Black Romance
- Published
- St. Martin's Press, October 2, 2007
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Only the strong survie on the streets of Brooklyn. And while Dena Jones definitely has what it takes not only to survive but to succeed, she wants out. And she's determined to make it out of Crooklyn. She's determined to make it out of Crooklyn by any means necessary and doesn't have a problem manipulating men to get what she wants. Just ask her boyfriend Lance, or his girlfriend Michelle. True has finally made it.
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His debut album has the streets going crazy and is threatening to spill over into the mainstream. After the murder of his group, his jump off and almost his dreams, True's life is finally starting to look up, until karma catches up with him. Somebody wants him dead and he doesn't know why, or does he? Jah and Yoshi's was supposed to be a romance straight out of a story but there are no such things as fairy tails in the ghetto. Her position as a stylist keeps her in the mix and in the company of some industry heavyweights. Jah tries to be understanding but he can't help but to wonder just how much he can trust his girlfriend. He had promised to love her regardless of her past but in addition to wondering whether his girlfriend is creeping with her clients Jah has got a bigger problem. Someone is trying to kill True and its his job to make sure that doesn't happen.
Hood Fiction
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- Hood-fiction energy
- Collector-favorite series signal
Expect
- Serialized-world familiarity
- Pulpy, sustained read
Where it sits
| Black Urban Fiction | 89% |
|---|---|
| Black Mystery | 29% |
| Black Romance | 22% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Urban Fiction
- Black Urban Fiction
- Authors
- K'wan
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Published
- October 2, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Urban Fiction