Review: Another Great Read! Tumika Patrice Cain, Say What?? Book Club & Author of Season of Change
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2014
A Thugs Life 2 by Yani is a fast paced, action packed urban fiction read.  Once again, Yani has managed to capture my full attention from beginning to end.  I read all three books in the series in one week! While I am not typically a person who reads books in a series, A Thug’s Redemption series does a great job of standing alone as individual reads.  While it is great to know the entire story, she weaves the story so well that even if one had never read the other parts, you can still follow along.  Each book is a complete novel.  This author has great story telling abilities. Her characters are full and complex; exposing all the frailties of the human condition.  Her stories are written in such a way that the reader feels what the characters feel.Her characters feel very real.  And her male characters stand out especially in my mind.  Strong, loyal, and taking no holds barred; they stand up for and protect what belongs to them and yet are tender enough to love wholeheartedly the woman in their lives.  Such complex characters showing things such as trying to grow into manhood without a strong male presence, caring enough about something or someone that they are willing to die for it and making no excuses for it.  The women completely debunk the myths that say that black women don’t hold their men down, always have an attitude and that black love doesn’t exist.Another 5 star book.  She has quickly become one of my new favorite authors.  Can’t wait to read more from her.