FLOSS
Author Monica Marie Jones delivers greatness once again with her 3rd book, Floss. But don't let the title fool you, this book is far from your typical urban fiction novel littered with the plights of a king pins and his "ride or die chick." Floss is more of a warning of what happens when you allow the love of money to be your sole focus and only motivation. Set in Detroit, the city where people are known to floss, Jones introduces an ensemble of characters of young professionals from different walks of life with one main thing in common-the uncontrollable desire to Floss.When Jones opens the cautionary tale with main characters and childhood friends Abel (the party animal/closet Christian), Solomon (the follower), and Jabez (the ultimate ladies man) you have an instant sense of familiarity. Abel and Jabez are the epitome of the successful, attractive brothers that every woman wants and every man secretly wants to be like-including Solomon. Back in the 90's we would have called him a "Perpetrator" because while he may always step out of the house looking like a million bucks, he's stepping out of his mother's house with his room in the basement and name on the orange juice. Tyse is on the same level as Solomon. Although he doesn't live with his mother his struggle is the same to acquire the status, success and acceptance of the likes of Jabez and Abel so he can get the attention of women like Torah and Dionysus.Dionysus is the ultimate showstopper with looks that can make a blind man take notice and a homeless man give her his last penny. Fully aware of the impact she has on men Dionysus never passes up an opportunity to use her feminine wilds to get any and everything she wants. While the paper chase runs in the family her cousin Torah lacks some of her natural beauty and level of skills, which often results in Dionysus taking advantage of her. Unfortunately her tendency to underestimate Torah leads to an ill-fated turn of events that affects the lives of everyone involved and leaves someone wearing a toe tag.This page turning thriller is sure to be an instant best seller with its tale of how easy it is to get caught up and caught out there when your desire to Floss gets the best of you. From start to finish it will have you on the end of your seat and leave you salivating for more... --Michigan Front Page, July 2008 - Cindy E. Folson