Review: Great Introduction
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2013
This is my first read by this author.  To be honest, I was worried when I started the book.  It read like another black girl lost - or worse, like The Coldest Winter (I didn't like that book at all).  But thankfully the author took us on a journey through the hood, and the heroine (Rayna) didn't become the hoodrat her surroundings dictated she should be.  Rayna actually went to college and changed her life for the better, and she managed to run into a brother from the hood (Azmir) who did the same thing.  I didn't find the name "Azmir" sexy - still don't - but this guy oozes sexuality.  He's confident and strong and powerful, both on the streets and in his corporate world.  I really like this character.  What girl wouldn't want a businessman who can give her the world, and who's also capable of defending himself in a surprise back-alley attack?  Yes, Azmir did that.  Rayna helped during the fight, because she's still a hood girl at heart.  The heat between the characters is awesome.  The author tells the story from both Azmir's and Rayna's point of view, which makes the sexual tension and sexual expectancy and even the sexual after glow really nice.  This was my first time reading this author, and it was a great introduction to her work.  I'd give this book 4.5 stars because there is a bit of a "show/don't tell" problem in the beginning.