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Incidental Contact #1
Incidental Contact
NBA Superstar CJ Wright lays with his blood spilling from his body. If help doesn’t come fast, he will die. While waiting for someone to come and help him out of this unbelievable situation, he starts to fade away. As he loses consciousness, he travels back eight years to where it all started—on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At UNC, CJ encounters a group of people that helped send his life down unthinkable paths that he’ll never forget. In the first entry of this four-book series, come take this journey with CJ as he opens Pandora’s Box—unraveling and reliving everything that led up to this pivotal life or death moment.
418 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2014
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June 30, 2018
I do not give a one-star rating lightly, but this was such a boring and challenging book to read. I found almost none of the characters worth reading about, and the first-person narration was in a voice that just did not work for me at all. Personally, I was not a fan on almost any level...
October 17, 2018
A Must Read!
Wow! Very detailed and entertaining. The ending was somewhat expected, yet surprising, but overall this was a pretty damn good book to read.
Wow! Very detailed and entertaining. The ending was somewhat expected, yet surprising, but overall this was a pretty damn good book to read.
January 27, 2019
Wow!!!
Man Cj and Dedrick was on a roller coaster and I enjoyed every minute of it. Dedrick is selfish AF tho. Honestly I would have been left him. I can’t wait to read part 2
Man Cj and Dedrick was on a roller coaster and I enjoyed every minute of it. Dedrick is selfish AF tho. Honestly I would have been left him. I can’t wait to read part 2
April 20, 2022
OMG
Like right now I can’t stand Dedrick, for him to do CJ like that was wrong on so many levels. The ending had me crying literally. I hope CJ doesn’t spiral out of control.
Like right now I can’t stand Dedrick, for him to do CJ like that was wrong on so many levels. The ending had me crying literally. I hope CJ doesn’t spiral out of control.
January 19, 2016
Disrespectful to the Reader
I'll start with what's good about this story.
I like how Grant wrote the interactions between CJ and Dederick. Reading them together felt genuine and sweet. On a personal level, I was turned on by Dederick's character, sans the verbal & physical abuse.
I appreciate how Grant didn't give into the cliche of writing every character to be on the down low, particularly Serge and Kamal. Although, I wanted Serge to be gay, it was nice for him to maintain his heterosexuality.
Also, I appreciate Grant's ability to build suspense & tension concerning Cj's first sexual experience with Dederick. It was obvious they were going to have sex but the wait made the reading worthwhile.
Now onto what's wrong with this novel.
Good Lord where do I start? First off, the book could've been more professional, meaning there were too many grammatical and editing errors. I took the time to highlight them on my Kindle but at a certain point I gave up keeping track. I, as a self published author myself, understand the immense difficulties editing & proofreading a manuscript present, but for a novel and something that's on the market from $4.99 to almost $17.00 (paperback) that's unacceptable.
Secondly, considering Grant's written many novels prior to this I was shocked at how amateur the prose was. Oh can I count the ways?
1.) too many modifiers
2.) too many weak words, verbs, & useless adjectives
3.) a lot of useless prose as we're forced inside CJ's head to read him whining over and over about the same concerns through the entire novel. How many pages did I need to read to understand he missed his family and Tyler! Damn! Not to mention, the useless prose of Grant walking us through the minutiae of CJ's day to day life on campus. About the last 40% of the novel I just skimmed to the major plot points.
4.) prose that failed to push the story further or develop the character. A great example of this was when Serge's cousin died. This did nothing for the plot of the story or help me know Serge in any significant manner. It was a waste of my time.
I could go on, but I'm going to mention the most egregious act Grant did and it was soooooo disrespectful to his readers - HE FAILED TO FINISH THE STORY!
Now, I'm aware this is the first book in a series and that means nothing! The essential element of any story is THE RESOLUTION! You know, THE ENDING! Plots are suppose to be set up were something happens and the conflict is resolved and the character draws a conclusion, learns a lesson, or is changed significantly. That did not happen in this book. CJ and Dederick fought (which I knew was an eventuality) then CJ awoke to being tucked nicely on the couch - the end. WHAT?! Are you kidding me?! My goodness Grant, if you don't know how to end a novel and still leave an OPEN ENDING to continue your series, may I refer you to maybe the Harry Potter series or, perhaps, The Hunger Games can teach you something. I invested time (something no human can ever get back!) and there was absolutely no pay off in the end. And if it couldn't get any worse, the sequels in the series aren't available on Kindle Unlimited! Wow, my dude, that's crooked of you, so damn shady! You basically, gave the readers a poorly written half of a story and want to charge them to finish the rest. How do you sleep well at night, Jaxon Grant? How?
In short improve upon your craft and be integral in the dealings with your readership. Cause I'll never, ever support you again.
I'll start with what's good about this story.
I like how Grant wrote the interactions between CJ and Dederick. Reading them together felt genuine and sweet. On a personal level, I was turned on by Dederick's character, sans the verbal & physical abuse.
I appreciate how Grant didn't give into the cliche of writing every character to be on the down low, particularly Serge and Kamal. Although, I wanted Serge to be gay, it was nice for him to maintain his heterosexuality.
Also, I appreciate Grant's ability to build suspense & tension concerning Cj's first sexual experience with Dederick. It was obvious they were going to have sex but the wait made the reading worthwhile.
Now onto what's wrong with this novel.
Good Lord where do I start? First off, the book could've been more professional, meaning there were too many grammatical and editing errors. I took the time to highlight them on my Kindle but at a certain point I gave up keeping track. I, as a self published author myself, understand the immense difficulties editing & proofreading a manuscript present, but for a novel and something that's on the market from $4.99 to almost $17.00 (paperback) that's unacceptable.
Secondly, considering Grant's written many novels prior to this I was shocked at how amateur the prose was. Oh can I count the ways?
1.) too many modifiers
2.) too many weak words, verbs, & useless adjectives
3.) a lot of useless prose as we're forced inside CJ's head to read him whining over and over about the same concerns through the entire novel. How many pages did I need to read to understand he missed his family and Tyler! Damn! Not to mention, the useless prose of Grant walking us through the minutiae of CJ's day to day life on campus. About the last 40% of the novel I just skimmed to the major plot points.
4.) prose that failed to push the story further or develop the character. A great example of this was when Serge's cousin died. This did nothing for the plot of the story or help me know Serge in any significant manner. It was a waste of my time.
I could go on, but I'm going to mention the most egregious act Grant did and it was soooooo disrespectful to his readers - HE FAILED TO FINISH THE STORY!
Now, I'm aware this is the first book in a series and that means nothing! The essential element of any story is THE RESOLUTION! You know, THE ENDING! Plots are suppose to be set up were something happens and the conflict is resolved and the character draws a conclusion, learns a lesson, or is changed significantly. That did not happen in this book. CJ and Dederick fought (which I knew was an eventuality) then CJ awoke to being tucked nicely on the couch - the end. WHAT?! Are you kidding me?! My goodness Grant, if you don't know how to end a novel and still leave an OPEN ENDING to continue your series, may I refer you to maybe the Harry Potter series or, perhaps, The Hunger Games can teach you something. I invested time (something no human can ever get back!) and there was absolutely no pay off in the end. And if it couldn't get any worse, the sequels in the series aren't available on Kindle Unlimited! Wow, my dude, that's crooked of you, so damn shady! You basically, gave the readers a poorly written half of a story and want to charge them to finish the rest. How do you sleep well at night, Jaxon Grant? How?
In short improve upon your craft and be integral in the dealings with your readership. Cause I'll never, ever support you again.
January 27, 2016
Not worth it
I can honestly say this story didn't get good until the end. The beginning and the middle was basically about how good cj thought dedrick looked or vice versa. If that wasn't the case it was about them having sex 24/7. I knew from the beginning that their "relationship" want going to have a positive ending. It was to much back and forth and the word love was being thrown around when you can clearly tell that their relationship was full of lust. I wish there was less sex talk and more about their actual relationship from both of their prospective and not just c.j. There were some spelling errors and a lot of repetitions happening which caused a lot of eyeing on my part lol. I struggled to continue reading until because of all the sex talk and the storyline not having any substance. I doubt I will read the second part.
I can honestly say this story didn't get good until the end. The beginning and the middle was basically about how good cj thought dedrick looked or vice versa. If that wasn't the case it was about them having sex 24/7. I knew from the beginning that their "relationship" want going to have a positive ending. It was to much back and forth and the word love was being thrown around when you can clearly tell that their relationship was full of lust. I wish there was less sex talk and more about their actual relationship from both of their prospective and not just c.j. There were some spelling errors and a lot of repetitions happening which caused a lot of eyeing on my part lol. I struggled to continue reading until because of all the sex talk and the storyline not having any substance. I doubt I will read the second part.
June 17, 2015
Interesting story
This was an interesting story. The writing was choppy at first but it got better. I didn't warm up to the use of the words bae or nigga so much. Some editing is needed for spelling and grammar. I will read book two
This was an interesting story. The writing was choppy at first but it got better. I didn't warm up to the use of the words bae or nigga so much. Some editing is needed for spelling and grammar. I will read book two
October 15, 2014
Wow!!!!! Can't wait to see what happens in book 2!
April 23, 2015
Amazing!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Total page turner, I could so relate to the Characters and the storyline, can't wait to start the next book.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Total page turner, I could so relate to the Characters and the storyline, can't wait to start the next book.
December 2, 2015
A good story, it tells the hard side of life. I like all of Jaxon Grant 's stories.
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