So good I needed a bottle of red and several pieces of Dark Chocolate.......

To me, when I can't read a book without a good glass of wine and a piece of chocolate, than I know its good.

This book starts off where book 1 ended (you don't NEED to read 50 shades of jungle fever, but the book is really good, so you should) and focuses on the aftermath of Tristan and Keisha's break-up. I really enjoyed delving deeper into the characters themselves; when they were in a relationship it was mostly about new experiences and learning one another. In this book we learn about the individual characters, allowing Ms. Lewis' writing to shine and giving readers is a roller coaster ride of emotions.

The good:
Tristan is A-ma-ZING! OMG. He is an alpha personality with a
big heart full of love and passion, Keisha is one lucky girl.

Matt Barr as Tristan photo by splash news

Keisha, is still genuine, smart and sassy with just enough refinement. Perfect.

Favorite scene:
The ending on the private jet. I've read it over and over; its just so sexy!

Favorite character:
The fairies- I agreed with all of their antics and enjoyed reading them.

The bad:
I want more. Always more.

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Quick 5 with LV Lewis.....

I am so excited to share this interview with you! L.V. Lewis is the author of "The Ghetto Girl Romance Quadrilogy" which I am OBSESSED with.  A married parent of four residing in South Georgia, Lewis loves romances that involve interracial couples because L. V. envisions a world when it won't matter to anyone else who you love because, despite the civil rights movement and a biracial US President, we aren't there yet.

L. V. and spouse are political junkies. One leans right, the other left. Thankfully, this has never caused any issues in their relationship. If Lewis told you which of them was Democrat and which was Republican, you just might be able to figure out which is Dominant and which is submissive. 

MB: Favorite character of your creation?

LVL: Clara Lee Beale is my favorite character because she's very complex. She is the only character whose voice I heard very clearly in my head and she sounds very much like the actress Jenifer Lewis when she talks. Clara was in an interracial relationship long before her daughter and I believe she understood the difficulties her daughter could reasonably face with a man like Tristan more than the average person gives her credit for. I love how she's a prickly woman who doesn't surround herself with a lot of people or foolishness.

MB: Favorite George RR character?

LVL: It's a three-way tie, I love Tyrion, the gimp, because as a little person he was mistreated by family as well as other people, but he realized early on, despite his penchant for loose women, wine and his tendency to over-imbibe, he needed to educate himself because his life would be hard even though he was the son of the lion of the Lannister household. I think it's Tywin's treatment of him that made him such a sympathetic character for me (and the fact that he realized what a treacherous bitch his sister was before anyone else.)

Tei Iku's Jon Snow &  Ghost

Jon Snow is a favorite, because he's another character who was ill-treated because of the circumstances of his parentage (or what people believe his parentage is). I rooted for him early on, because I hated how his stepmother treated him, and how he felt forced to take the Black because that was the only honorable future he could see for himself. Winter is indeed coming! (I will always be a Winterfell girl.)

My final fave is Arya Stark. This brave little girl was always smarter than her elder sister. She's remained resilient after having to witness the death of her father, then traveling across a war-torn Westeros trying to get back home to her family, which is scattered to the four winds, and she doesn't know this until she gets to camp after camp and her reunion with them is thwarted at every turn.

I hope you know I had a hard time narrowing this down to three because I have love for the most changed character in the series, Jaime Lannister and for his friend the giant female knight (Brienne of Tarth), and for the young Dragon Queen, as well. However, I stand with my three-way tie for now.

MB: I love Jamie and Brienne as well! Tyrion is my favorite character, he never lets his disability define him.

MB: You drink haterade (or they make you want to write better) when you read?

LVL: Toni Morrison. That sister has an amazing body of work that has been my mainstay for years. My aspiration is to write mainstream literary fiction that will appeal to a wide variety of people. I think Ms. Morrison does this, so she does make me want to write better when I read her work.

MB: Do you practice the moves of your love scenes before you write them?

LVL: Actually, I do not because my characters do some very kinky things, but I will admit to engaging to make my description of sensory detail more authentic. LOL

MB: Not ashamed to say that reading Exit Strategy gave me some fun ideas to share with Hubby!

MB: Earth wind and fire or parliament funk?

LVL: Both. Sometimes, my writing is mellow and orchestral, like the elements, and other times I have to make my funk the P-Funk, because I have to get funked up. So, it really just depends on my mood and the vibe I'm going for.

Thanks LV!

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I had to crack open a bottle of red for this book.........

50 shades of Jungle fever: the Ghetto Girl Erotica Trilogy by LV Lewis

I laughed out loud after the first page. Was engrossed after the first chapter and was writing love letters to the author by the third. Truthfully, I wasn’t even half way done before I was asking about when the

next book comes out, I was completely obsessed. And I had hesitated at reading this book, I was not a fan of “50 shades by E L James.” You can read my review and leave comments, but the book was a DNF, so I was not really sure about this book. However, after a few facebook ads and actually reading the synopsis and finding out that this is a parody I discovered that while the names are similar, this story unique and genuine.

The good:

There are so many really great things about this book, so I will stick to my favorites:

The fairies- their antics made me laugh and cry. I was completely on their side the whole time.

Matt Barr as Tristan

Tristan. Yes please! He is the ultimate alpha male and I LOVE HIM.

Heather Hemmons my Keisha

Keisha was me and not me all at once, this character is so "real" that you can't help but to fall in love with her level-headed dissent into the kinky world of BDSM. She is strong and feminine without any of those annoying habits that so many heroines in the romance genre have.

The witty banter between the characters

Matt Barr and Heather Hemmons as Tristan and Keisha

Favorite line:
I feel a soft caress trace my torso. "Penny for your thoughts," Tristan says. "C'mon, they're way more expensive than that." pg 219

"You were doing well for a beginner if we discount the odd moments when you were whacking me like you were trying to chop vegetables on a cutting board." "I'm a girl. We always resort to flailing during fighting, didn't you know this?"
The bad:

That this book had to end.

Overall:
I am in love with Ms. Lewis; head over heels, bent over in awkward positions love.

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50 shades of huh?

50 Shades of Grey: It's all the rage; every woman and her sister and their friends are clubbing this book, so what is a book blogger like me to do? Jump in front of the train behind all of my friends of course!

E L James' Anastasia a soon to be graduates sets out to do a friend a favor, interview enigmatic entrepreneur Christian Grey. Their meeting is mediocre; uncomfortable questions "are you gay", cold glances from the reclusive young billionaire and the bumbling and stumbling of a young woman uncomfortable with herself, but Grey see's something in Ana and proceeds to pursue her. 

The Good: Not much.

The Bad: Execution. I have a lot of nerve, right? I've never gotten anything published, but despite that I'm allowed to vent on my blog. So, this book fell apart for me with in the first few pages, the POV narration comes through completely British to me; I like British, but she is supposed to be American and her vernacular (she grew up middle class most of use cabinets, not cupboards) is slightly unbelievable. So is the idea that the character is a naive twenty something; some of her observations are to mature, though she is portrayed as being naïve and inexperienced. Part of this POV from the character is her inner thoughts neurosis that are constantly proving her discomfort with herself; we all have them, but to read someone else's blubberingly self-effacing inner voice becomes annoying after a while. What does she see in Christian other than that he is a young, attractive, billionaire? Is it a control thing? Personally I found how bossy he is in the beginning alarming; his comments about strapping her seat belt on were disturbing; alarm bells should have been ringing, even for someone as `innocent' as her. And this book is too vanilla; the one and only brown person tries to forcibly seduce the skinny, pretty, ultra-neurotic, adorably klutzy Caucasian girl. She is of course saved by a white knight who then leap frogs from unnerving stalker to crush and first lover (Start mailing packages to her house, trace her cell, track them down, and meet them unbidden? yes, its stalking).

Overall: Honestly, I found the whole thing ridiculously average and contrived; I've been stalked it's not sexy. And, I've dated controlling men before as well, also not sexy; especially when they break out 'gear'.