Review: Short & Sweet Novella
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2014
*What Sandra Thought*"Soul Food Cafe" by Aisha Washington is a sweet and short novella about a woman named Aliyah who took back control of her life from her parents. Aliyah's father mapped out her personal and professional life without any regard to what she wanted. She was offered an internship in Washington, D.C. that she gladly accepted and high-tailed it out of Atlanta as fast as she could. While in Washington she meets the love of her life and is forced to decide what's more important, her happiness or her family's."Soul Food Cafe" is a charming read at around 24 pages. I read it while waiting in line at the DMV. I loved reading books about strong independent women. So, I liked and had a lot respect for the main character, Aliyah, because she found her inner strength and stood up to her father. I gave the book three stars because it was too short to allow the author enough time to properly develop the characters. "Soul Food" was just what I needed to keep me entertained at the DMV.