What do you think?
Rate this book
What's Done in The Dark: Season 1: African American Urban Fiction
Secrets are easier than the truth...and more deadly****READ FOR FREE ON KINDLE UNLIMITED****Meet the Burnett family and the beginning of the What's Done in the Dark saga.Terry goes to jail and comes out a little bit different. After being gone for 5 years, Terry finds that he has entered a new prison of lies with issues from his wife, sister, brother, and even his best friend. Everyone in his life have changed and the only thing they have in common are their secrets and their need to hide them. They soon find out that all things will be brought to light… one way or another.This is the Complete First Season of the Best Selling Saga What's Done in the Dark.Book 1 of 5 THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNINGGet the entire seriesBOOK 2 BOOK 3 BOOK 4 BOOK 5 *****OR GET THE ENTIRE SERIES FOR ONE LOW PRICE*****THE ENTIRE WHAT'S DONE IN THE DARK SERIES I-V
97 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 2, 2011
286 people are currently reading
335 people want to read
About the author
Solae Dehvine
200 books88 followersSolaé Dehvine is a prolific powerhouse author with best selling books such as What's Done in the Dark, Abducted By Lust, and Basketball Wives.
Solaé Dehvine is known for her erotic stories and her fearless talks about subjects referring to sex. She is more than an author she is an entertainer, intellect, and most importantly a woman with a genuine personality.
Check out her youtube page youtube.com/SolaeDehvine and follow her on twitter and facebook @SolaeDehvine.
Solaé Dehvine is known for her erotic stories and her fearless talks about subjects referring to sex. She is more than an author she is an entertainer, intellect, and most importantly a woman with a genuine personality.
Check out her youtube page youtube.com/SolaeDehvine and follow her on twitter and facebook @SolaeDehvine.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 22 of 22 reviews
April 6, 2015
I'm still in awe that anyone actually liked this book.. I started to read this on the plane, having mass-downloaded lots of freebies from Amazon for my Kindle. I thought I had mistakenly got hold of extremely bad fanfiction (which I have read, good, great and bad).
The writing style was poor, the grammar on the same level. And while I couldn't bring myself to finish this "book", I can't image the rest being any better. Just more swearing, cheating, anger management issues and ...... ugh. Yeah.
The writing style was poor, the grammar on the same level. And while I couldn't bring myself to finish this "book", I can't image the rest being any better. Just more swearing, cheating, anger management issues and ...... ugh. Yeah.
November 19, 2016
Too much drama
Too much drama can be a bad thing. No character development what so ever. I was literally tired from endless drama on every turn of the page. A little more story build would have made the story so much better.
Too much drama can be a bad thing. No character development what so ever. I was literally tired from endless drama on every turn of the page. A little more story build would have made the story so much better.
July 7, 2017
Interesting....
I like the cliffhanger, it made me buy part 2. I'm not a fan of this style of writing but the story is very interesting.
I like the cliffhanger, it made me buy part 2. I'm not a fan of this style of writing but the story is very interesting.
October 28, 2024
A lot going on in this book, but overall it was good. Definitely trigger warnings.
May 23, 2025
This book or series just isn’t for me.
Do I want to know what’s next bc it ended on a cliff-hanger? yes. Will I continue? Idk.
First: The writing is pretty awful. There’s a significant amount of really stupid errors. It became distracting, especially since this is a short story (under 100 pages).
Second: While I like drama, there’s just too much. Every chapter has something fairly significant happen. And some of it is just too cliche and unoriginal. The time lapse is also unclear but feels like all this happened within like 3 days of Terry getting released from jail.
Third: There’s some weird underlying queer theme but it is also incredulously shrouded by all homophobic themes throughout. There’s trans violence and lots of homophobic ideation. It seems so unnecessary and almost caused me to stop reading right there. The book could still exist without these “plot twists” as I don’t see it bringing any value to the book.
Fourth: Due to the gay interactions when Terry was in jail there’s a risk of HIV which the author continually switches between AIDS and HIV which annoys the shit out of me as they are not the same.
I feel this could have been an interesting story about family dynamics and how easy it is to continue ima life of crime and sticky situations even when you’re trying your best to exit that scene. There is very little character development as each chapter is a different POV. Sometimes the name of the chapter and who actually had the POV is not congruent which goes back to poor writing style again. It had potential but for me fell short and the hate and violence toward queer and trans were too much for me.
Do I want to know what’s next bc it ended on a cliff-hanger? yes. Will I continue? Idk.
First: The writing is pretty awful. There’s a significant amount of really stupid errors. It became distracting, especially since this is a short story (under 100 pages).
Second: While I like drama, there’s just too much. Every chapter has something fairly significant happen. And some of it is just too cliche and unoriginal. The time lapse is also unclear but feels like all this happened within like 3 days of Terry getting released from jail.
Third: There’s some weird underlying queer theme but it is also incredulously shrouded by all homophobic themes throughout. There’s trans violence and lots of homophobic ideation. It seems so unnecessary and almost caused me to stop reading right there. The book could still exist without these “plot twists” as I don’t see it bringing any value to the book.
Fourth: Due to the gay interactions when Terry was in jail there’s a risk of HIV which the author continually switches between AIDS and HIV which annoys the shit out of me as they are not the same.
I feel this could have been an interesting story about family dynamics and how easy it is to continue ima life of crime and sticky situations even when you’re trying your best to exit that scene. There is very little character development as each chapter is a different POV. Sometimes the name of the chapter and who actually had the POV is not congruent which goes back to poor writing style again. It had potential but for me fell short and the hate and violence toward queer and trans were too much for me.
March 8, 2017
Great book! Pissed me off but, I loved the read!
I had my pick of characters that I loved despite of their situations. And I read this book in one day so when I finished it I was distraught! Eager to read the next series! I'm very interested in the turn of events at the close of What's Done in the Dark!
I had my pick of characters that I loved despite of their situations. And I read this book in one day so when I finished it I was distraught! Eager to read the next series! I'm very interested in the turn of events at the close of What's Done in the Dark!
March 11, 2018
Wow
Definitely going to finish the series the first book has me hooked. I can't believe it's so much going on and this is only within one family. Can't wait to see how it turns out
Definitely going to finish the series the first book has me hooked. I can't believe it's so much going on and this is only within one family. Can't wait to see how it turns out
May 17, 2018
Interesting read
I have enjoyed this book I am interested in reading chapter 2. Love the mixed of love, sex, and God in one.
I have enjoyed this book I am interested in reading chapter 2. Love the mixed of love, sex, and God in one.
May 31, 2018
Bring on the Light
I don't like the lying, cheating, and cover ups used to get back at others, but the book is good and the love of a mother is strong.
I don't like the lying, cheating, and cover ups used to get back at others, but the book is good and the love of a mother is strong.
February 3, 2019
Wow
This was a good read. This was my first read by this author and it won't be my last. Can't wait till the continuation of the season to find out what happened next.
This was a good read. This was my first read by this author and it won't be my last. Can't wait till the continuation of the season to find out what happened next.
March 24, 2020
Good read
It was a good read... It had a little too much drama going on for me in one book... Maybe part two or three will settle in and deal with some of the drama that's at hand.
It was a good read... It had a little too much drama going on for me in one book... Maybe part two or three will settle in and deal with some of the drama that's at hand.
May 26, 2020
Excellent Read
Read the whole 1st series in a couple of hours! It was a no brained to purchase the rest! Whew! Great book
Read the whole 1st series in a couple of hours! It was a no brained to purchase the rest! Whew! Great book
February 21, 2021
Not for me
Unsure how this ended up on my list, if it was free or what? My teenage or young adult me would have been intrigued. But my baby boomer me has no interest in thug life
Unsure how this ended up on my list, if it was free or what? My teenage or young adult me would have been intrigued. But my baby boomer me has no interest in thug life
December 30, 2025
so much drama
March 7, 2017
This book had way too much going on.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 26, 2014
Wow a real family affair
Four stars goes out to this family and all their drama. Mom's got sick and her twins boy and girl both grown had a bunch of mess going on. Terrance had just got out of jail and gave his future baby mama two diseases. Then is twin sister end up pregnant by is best friend. Courtney little brother was off the hook..... Drama
Four stars goes out to this family and all their drama. Mom's got sick and her twins boy and girl both grown had a bunch of mess going on. Terrance had just got out of jail and gave his future baby mama two diseases. Then is twin sister end up pregnant by is best friend. Courtney little brother was off the hook..... Drama
May 26, 2014
WHAT A SURPRISE
I LOVE THIS BOOK #I never liked reading books with a lot of cussing but I tell u what I could not put it down just call me nosy because I was all about they business
I LOVE THIS BOOK #I never liked reading books with a lot of cussing but I tell u what I could not put it down just call me nosy because I was all about they business
March 25, 2015
Good Read
Good book crazy but a good read I'm sure there's a lot of men out there getting out of prison and not telling their wife's or woman that they have been with men. I think that it's already there at that's the excuse they use I was locked up. You can wait if you want to.
Good book crazy but a good read I'm sure there's a lot of men out there getting out of prison and not telling their wife's or woman that they have been with men. I think that it's already there at that's the excuse they use I was locked up. You can wait if you want to.
July 17, 2015
All I can say is WOW! I haven't read any urban lit in awhile. This had too much drama for me to digest. If you can get past the numerous grammatical errors in the book, you are sure to become quite engaged with the plot.
November 25, 2014
-3.5 stars: This book had plenty of drama. There weren't any boring parts in it.
December 20, 2014
Wanna robertson
This book was good but it had way way to many typeos for my taste.The story line was fantastic though
This book was good but it had way way to many typeos for my taste.The story line was fantastic though
August 5, 2019
good plot, drama, somewhat developed characters, good movement, minimal errors
full review coming soon
full review coming soon
Displaying 1 - 22 of 22 reviews