Thou Shall Not Keep Me Wondering

The Epitome of Femistry #2

by Jessica N. Watkins

Series Doe (Growing Pains- 1)Thou Shall Not Keep Me Wondering (growing Pains -2)Just (Growing Pains - 3)Fresh out of high school, Latrice, Victoria, and Lyric are determined to take charge of their futures. The past four years have been difficult for the “Three Musketeers”, so the anticipation of the beginning of their college education brings eagerness for love, closure, and new lives beyond the south side of the Windy City. It’s September of the year 2000, and Victoria is determined to leave her best friends behind as she packs her bags and eagerly moves to Urbana, Illinois. This move promises change for Victoria as she has pledged that it will bring love to a life that has lacked commitment for many years. Back in Chicago, Lyric is torn between her high school sweetheart and a new relationship that surfaced only two months ago. Lyric is ready to rid her life of the drama, headache, and stress that Jeff has been filling her life with for the past four years. Though they are officially over, Lyric cannot bear to give her body, a body that only Jeff has known, to her new beau, Chris. As Lyric fights lust and devotion, Latrice, aka Tricey, is struggling to get over a heartbreak that is four years old. After suffering a gut wrenching lost during her freshmen year of high school, Tricey is forcing herself to forget about Taij, the baby, and the way he left her wondering. She is ready to move on, dry her tears, and finally give her heart to someone else. Thou Shall Not Keep Me Wondering is a tale of loyalty, commitment, betrayal, and love. When Victoria finally finds the love that her life has been searching for, she is forced to choose between happiness and a lifelong commitment she made almost twelve years ago. As she is torn between the two, Lyric and Tricey are learning that new lives only bring new drama.

308 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 25, 2008

About the author

Author of Urban Chick Lit, Erotica, and Contemporary Urban Fiction... Jessica N. Watkins was born April 1st in Chicago, Illinois. She obtained a Bachelors of Arts with Focus in Psychology from DePaul University and Masters of Applied Professional Studies with focus in Business Administration from the like institution. Working in Hospital Administration for the majority of her career, Watkins has also been an author of fiction literature since the young age of nine. Eventually she used writing as an outlet during her freshmen year of high school as a single parent: “In the third grade I entered a short story contest with a fiction tale of an apple tree that refused to grow despite the efforts of the darling main character. My writing evolved from apple trees to my seventh and eighth grade classmates paying me to read novels I had written about kids our age living the lives our parents wouldn’t dare let us”. At the age of twenty-eight, Watkins’ chronicles have matured into steamy, humorous, and realistic tales of women's literature. She hopes that The Epitome of Femistry series will successfully emulate ideal femininity while tackling stereotypes, familiar heartache, and relatable distress in a humorous, sophisticated, and erotic fashion.

Jessica N. Watkins is available for talks, workshops or book signings. Email her for more information at Jessica@femistrypress.net.

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Reviews

[💖📚BOOKZAMILLION📖💘 · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good part 2. Takes place 4 years later and the shit hits the fan!!!! Although in the first book they were kids, Tricey felt as if she was very much in love with Taij in addition to that she was pregnant. She was devastated when her mother forced her to have an abortion so far along in her pregnancy, but was even more devastated when she finds out the hard way that betrayal only comes from ones you love or are very close to.


Total Book Experience 10/10

Plot/Storyline (structure)10/10
Writing (Errors) 10/10
Characters 10/10
Again-able 10/10
Emotion 10/10
Book Cover 10/10
Visual/ Illustratable 10/10
Addictiveness 10/10
Threshold quality 10/10
Unique 10/10

[Dee Cherry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read. I felt Vic was wrong to hide her relationship from Tricey knowing how she needed answers concerning Taij's disappearing act. Lyric seemed to allow her life to become messy with her men. Tricey seemed to be just going through the motions with her relationships, unable to completely comes to grips over Taij'. This series Iseems to become more interesting as new characters are introduced & the girls venture into their college years.

[reneeNaDaCherry · Rating 3 out of 5]

THOU SHALL NOT KEEP ME WONDERING (Epitome of Femistry II)

Wow...the storyline is refreshing. This helps to understand the ladies growth. Not sure about that Lyric though. Now on to the Series Part III.

[joe louis Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Man!!!!!

I usually don't leave a review until the end of the series but that chick Victoria made me so mad in this book. Like how could you do that to Tricey? There's no justifying any of it. I really think Tricey got something up her sleeve. Well on to the next one....

[Juanesia · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good thing that the characters in the series are growing up, evolving, and experiencing life on life's terms. Let's see what the next installment holds.

[jeanette washington]

It was good but I had read book 2 first and still enjoyed the back story.