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Power of Persuasion
320 pages, Paperback
Published December 16, 2025
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Stacey Abrams
26 books2,550 followersStacey Abrams is an American politician, lawyer, author, and businesswoman who was the house minority leader for the Georgia General Assembly and state representative for the 89th House District. She is a Democrat.
Abrams, one of six siblings, was born to Robert and Carolyn Abrams in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in Gulfport, Mississippi. The family moved to Atlanta where her parents pursued graduate school and later became Methodist ministers. She attended Avondale High School and was the school's first African-American valedictorian. While in high school, she was hired as a typist for a congressional campaign and was later hired as a speechwriter at age 17 based on the edits she made while typing.
In 1995, Abrams earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Political Science, Economics and Sociology) from Spelman College, magna cum laude. While in college, Abrams worked in the youth services department in the office of Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson. She later interned at the Environmental Protection Agency. As a Harry S. Truman Scholar, she studied public policy at the University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs and went on to earn her J.D. from Yale Law School.
Abrams worked as a tax attorney at the Sutherland Asbill & Brennan law firm in Atlanta, with a focus on tax-exempt organizations, health care and public finance. She was appointed the Deputy City Attorney for Atlanta at age 29.
Abrams co-founded and served as the senior vice president of NOW Corp. (formerly NOWaccount Network Corporation), a financial services firm. She co-founded Nourish, Inc., a beverage company with a focus on infants and toddlers, and is CEO of Sage Works, a legal consulting firm, that has represented clients including the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA.
Abrams has had an extensive writing career, penning several best-selling novels under the nom de plume of Selina Montgomery. Abrams is also the author of 'Minority Leader', a book of leadership advice to be published by Henry Holt & Co. in April 2018.
Abrams, one of six siblings, was born to Robert and Carolyn Abrams in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in Gulfport, Mississippi. The family moved to Atlanta where her parents pursued graduate school and later became Methodist ministers. She attended Avondale High School and was the school's first African-American valedictorian. While in high school, she was hired as a typist for a congressional campaign and was later hired as a speechwriter at age 17 based on the edits she made while typing.
In 1995, Abrams earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Political Science, Economics and Sociology) from Spelman College, magna cum laude. While in college, Abrams worked in the youth services department in the office of Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson. She later interned at the Environmental Protection Agency. As a Harry S. Truman Scholar, she studied public policy at the University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs and went on to earn her J.D. from Yale Law School.
Abrams worked as a tax attorney at the Sutherland Asbill & Brennan law firm in Atlanta, with a focus on tax-exempt organizations, health care and public finance. She was appointed the Deputy City Attorney for Atlanta at age 29.
Abrams co-founded and served as the senior vice president of NOW Corp. (formerly NOWaccount Network Corporation), a financial services firm. She co-founded Nourish, Inc., a beverage company with a focus on infants and toddlers, and is CEO of Sage Works, a legal consulting firm, that has represented clients including the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA.
Abrams has had an extensive writing career, penning several best-selling novels under the nom de plume of Selina Montgomery. Abrams is also the author of 'Minority Leader', a book of leadership advice to be published by Henry Holt & Co. in April 2018.
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December 4, 2025
This book really couldn't decide if it was a political thriller or a romance novel. Unfortunately, it did neither well.
A.J. is the VP of R&D and her family's company - GCI. She's recently developed an AI tool (POPPET) that can take in information about people and predict their actions. Damon was recently and reluctantly named king of his country. When it's discovered that his twin brother is attempting to remove Damon from power and take the crown for himself, his brother is put in prison. However, when it's discovered that his brother has a partner and that partner is part of the current government and close to Damon, there is a need to discover who it is. So, the government brings in GCI to help and specifically A.J. and POPPET.
First, the political thriller portion of this book is definitely the stronger piece. However, because the book focuses so much on the romance between A.J. and Damon, the rest of the story isn't able to develop as much as it should. So while decent, it has more potential than what was actually executed.
Second, the romance part of this book is just not very good. A.J. and Damon go between loving each other and hating each other so many times that it gave me whiplash. It literally seemed like sometimes they would go back and forth in one paragraph multiple times. I also didn't find either character very likeable. I find that the whole enemies to lovers thing works best if at least one of the characters is likeable and you want to cheer for them. That was not the case here. In fact, Damon is really just downright mean to A.J. at times.
Definitely disappointed, as I was really looking forward to reading one of Stacey Abrams' books. This one was just not that good.
A.J. is the VP of R&D and her family's company - GCI. She's recently developed an AI tool (POPPET) that can take in information about people and predict their actions. Damon was recently and reluctantly named king of his country. When it's discovered that his twin brother is attempting to remove Damon from power and take the crown for himself, his brother is put in prison. However, when it's discovered that his brother has a partner and that partner is part of the current government and close to Damon, there is a need to discover who it is. So, the government brings in GCI to help and specifically A.J. and POPPET.
First, the political thriller portion of this book is definitely the stronger piece. However, because the book focuses so much on the romance between A.J. and Damon, the rest of the story isn't able to develop as much as it should. So while decent, it has more potential than what was actually executed.
Second, the romance part of this book is just not very good. A.J. and Damon go between loving each other and hating each other so many times that it gave me whiplash. It literally seemed like sometimes they would go back and forth in one paragraph multiple times. I also didn't find either character very likeable. I find that the whole enemies to lovers thing works best if at least one of the characters is likeable and you want to cheer for them. That was not the case here. In fact, Damon is really just downright mean to A.J. at times.
Definitely disappointed, as I was really looking forward to reading one of Stacey Abrams' books. This one was just not that good.
January 30, 2026
Power of Persuasion struggles with an identity crisis. It wavers between political thriller and love story without ever fully committing to either, and the constant back-and-forth feels clumsy rather than compelling. The characters move through these shifts in a way that feels overly choreographed and predictable, which becomes exhausting fairly quickly. I kept reading, hoping to find something to genuinely enjoy, but unfortunately that moment never came.
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