Last Conversations

April Loves Black Coffee #2

by T.B. Solangel

It is fatal attraction for young and unworldly Maybelline Lee as she delves deeper into a dark social order where love draws boundaries and anarchy parades weak hearts. After encountering the mysterious and charismatic Crist, May discovers a striking and tragic man mourning the demise of his first love. Although their connection was different from the rest, Crist’s dark intention causes May to end their ill-fated relationship and find solace in his more distracting rival–the disarming and driven–Mayhem.

Soon, May faces the irreversible consequences of turning against Crist and falling for his adversary. Determined to overcome the underground world and its immoral syndicates, May agrees to Mayhem’s conditions as her unruly and guiding Angel. Daunted by Mayhem’s opulent, hopeless, and bittersweet lifestyle, May discovers the blessings as well as causalities of loving the rebel gang lord.

As the moral clock ticks, April and her Black Coffee race against time, misfortune, and fate to overcome an underground society that condemns love and shuns the human condition.

342 pages, Paperback

Published January 20, 2015

About the author

T.B. Solangel began sharing her stories online under the pseudonym Solangel in early 2003. Her online titles include: Banana Pancakes, The Joy of Being Happy, The Ardor Series, Conversations between Us (now published as the April Loves Black Coffee series), and the Love Bugged trilogy.

+ Purchase Books & Other Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/T.B.Solangel

Reviews

[danicatalyst · Rating 5 out of 5]

!!!!!!!!!! SPOILER !!!!!!!!!

I first read this as "Conversations Between Us" in its original thread on soompi forum years ago. Years passed and yet it hurts all the same. It's like losing Jaewon all over again. I am an emotional wreck while and after reading ALBC: Last Conversations. I actually delayed the last part, praying Solangel maybe changed the ending, but I know I'm fooling myself. I know what's coming, but there's no such thing as preparation when it comes to death. It's fictional, but as funny as it may sound, there's a part of me died with him too. May and I share the same pain.

"I can't feel my heart anymore because Jaewon took my heart with him."

I AM EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED TO YOON JAEWON, I've like and love other fictional characters before and after I met Yoon Jaewon, but he's the only one who claims a big and soft spot inside my heart. I guess Solangel has the power to make me a legit crazy.

Plot: ☆☆☆☆☆
May and Jaewon's, is not your typical love story. That makes it stand out with other books. It's sweet (bittersweet) but not cliche.

Character Development: ☆☆☆☆☆
I guess, Solangel, is one of few authors that can make the best character development in a story, the whole story was slow paced, but it's a rare good kind of slow pace because it compliments her character development. How you loved and hate Sangwoo, how you hated and LOVE Jaewon. Mind and heart fucked!

Conversations Between Us (aka April Loves Black Coffee now, but it will always be CBU for me) will always be my favorite non-gasoo fic. And Jaewon will forever live inside my mind and heart.

I had some issues with the published edition, too many typographical error T.T
Kind of disappointed that the phone scene (where May and Jaewon's only photo is saved) and Danny & Lina's love affair was removed in this edition. Aside from those flaws, ALBC is as perfect as CBU, and it will always be that way.

"What was it like saying goodbye to Jaewon?"
"It feels like waking up every morning knowing I will never see him again."

I need another box of tissue. BRB having a heart attack.

[:))) · Rating 2 out of 5]

uGH so I had read the reviews and knew there was going to be something that ticked me off and well there it was - the completely unnecessary ending.

I don't get it. Please someone explain to me what his death achieved?? I'm not even sad it's just... disappointing. Obviously, the author attempted to throw a "plot twist" to make up for her lack of originality. It just...made the story pretty sucky.

At what point, I was even considering putting this in my dnf shelf. Also, May is dumb...so if you're looking for strong female characters well this ain't it. Anyways I gave this a 2 because I feel like if I hadn't read so many books prior to this, perhaps I would've enjoyed it more.

[Cintia · Rating 2 out of 5]

The ending sucked and the characters were stupid or just mentally unstable! The heroine fell for the guy so easily, and I wanted to slap her everytime she talked about her 'intuition' being head over heels for Jaewon, so as to avoid her embarassement. It got really tiring with Jaewon tiptoeing around the truth and his emotions were all over the place that I seriously wondered if he even really liked May. The truth took so long to come out that I kind of predicted what the betrayal was and how it would hurt May. Since the author was dragging it out, I was expecting it to be mindblowing. I was disapointed and no one got a good ending. I gave it 2 stars because there some moments between May and Jaewon that I liked. Overall, this book is depressing as f*ck and it felt like torture to anyone who likes romance. I'm done, peace out!

[Mary · Rating 1 out of 5]

My 16 y/o self could have wept for this but I know better now. There are loose ends. I don't even want to talk about the unnecessary ending of this book. I literally just stare at the last page, for a good minute, to let it all sink in. Also, there are scenes that are so insensitive just to build up their "relationship". Who in their right minds would play a freaking love score game while his 'empire' is being destroyed and her father is in the hospital dying AT THE SAME TIME... I cannot!

[Devanshi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m in awe. That’s all. No words.

[ᜀᜈ᜔ · Rating 4 out of 5]

THIS BOOK OFFICIALLY BROKE ME!

I was under the belief that Sangwoo has turned into a child. I even pity him after he got shot because in a way, he did save April's life. (I prefer calling him April tbvh)
But when he sold April and Black Coffee to Young and Han... I hate him to the moon an back!
I cannot belive that even after all those care and concern April has shown him, he still stabbed her behind her back! I want a painful slow death for Choi Sangwoo ㅠㅠ

I probably am a masochist for reading a book like this. I already know the ending of this book even before I officially read it. But the ending still broke me, torn me and made me so lifeless.
Jaewon's death was so brutal and what's even worse is the fact that April had to see the lover of her life die right in front of her eyes ㅜㅜ
It was just too much for me to take.

But nevertheless, I did enjoy reading this.
Especially when April's intuition is so adorable whenever Mayhem is around <3
Thanks to Sol for creating this masterpiece!

P.S.
I managed to read the second book in less than 15hrs straight!

[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

baby!Jess bawled in the past, present!Jess just had some downtime w a box of tissues. Thanks for the tears.