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Not Another Thug Story (Montana's Story) #1
Not Another Thug Story
I recommend readers starting with Hoodlums & Hooligans before reading this. For the rest of the readers that already know what's up? Welcome back. Let's continue with Montana's story.
- GenresUrban
302 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 22, 2016
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Desiree M. Granger
36 books1,375 followersJust here to update this profile. I'm actually not 25 anymore but I'll be 30 next year haha. Still writing. Wow. Can't believe it. Current book I'm working on as I type this; Moon Child.
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July 9, 2024
This was sooo good!
January 26, 2016
Yassss!
Omg Montana has some explaining to do...He is a fraud, Levii isn't his real sister and they've slept together also he is telling Kodas life and hasn't been through none of the things his self...I'm glad Hazel finally came to her senses, I truly thought that Hazel and Koda were going to end up together...I can only imagine when the truth really come out...Whew beyond hyped about part 2!
Omg Montana has some explaining to do...He is a fraud, Levii isn't his real sister and they've slept together also he is telling Kodas life and hasn't been through none of the things his self...I'm glad Hazel finally came to her senses, I truly thought that Hazel and Koda were going to end up together...I can only imagine when the truth really come out...Whew beyond hyped about part 2!
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February 11, 2026
I just don't think there's anything in this world that'll make me like Montana. He disgusts me, even when he tries to do something sweet. He is fake asf, selfish, manipulating, and I feel like I can go on and on, but I'm gonna stop here, lol. Now, for Desiree to be my fav author, she sure knows how to get me upset with some of these characters. I miss the Carters, and they showed up a little bit, but I wanted more. I know this is Montana's story, but I can't stand him.
The ending makes me want to continue to the next book cause I'm waiting on his karma to hit. Hazel better not go backward. I need her to keep standing on business. I'm hoping Koda is the one to unravel Montana. ...and honestly, ugh, I feel bad for Lauren cause whyyyyy!
Demarco was a little funny in this book, but idk if I can like him either. We gonna see.
On to book 2!!! Mess, mess, mess!
The ending makes me want to continue to the next book cause I'm waiting on his karma to hit. Hazel better not go backward. I need her to keep standing on business. I'm hoping Koda is the one to unravel Montana. ...and honestly, ugh, I feel bad for Lauren cause whyyyyy!
Demarco was a little funny in this book, but idk if I can like him either. We gonna see.
On to book 2!!! Mess, mess, mess!
May 30, 2017
Not Another Thug Story
So I read out of order, but this book lets me know about Tuesday, Demarco, and that damn Montana. He got some explaining to do. Tellin Kodas life story as if it was his. Him and Levi not being real brothers and sisters. The fact that I said I read out of order, I know the Freeman's and wasn't expecting Montana to be one. Can't wait to see what happens in the next story. Oh them CARTERS are EVERYWHERE in ATLANTA...lol
Great story Desiree. I'm on to the next book in the series #cafeteria
So I read out of order, but this book lets me know about Tuesday, Demarco, and that damn Montana. He got some explaining to do. Tellin Kodas life story as if it was his. Him and Levi not being real brothers and sisters. The fact that I said I read out of order, I know the Freeman's and wasn't expecting Montana to be one. Can't wait to see what happens in the next story. Oh them CARTERS are EVERYWHERE in ATLANTA...lol
Great story Desiree. I'm on to the next book in the series #cafeteria
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August 18, 2020
Liar
Ok Montana is the definition of a liar!!! Montana story mentions some new characters and a glimpse of old ones resurfaced. Never thought I’d see the lies being and lifestyle Montana truly is. Very surprised and joked out lol but I finally met Tuesday! It’s more Carters and more drama and can’t wait to dive in
Ok Montana is the definition of a liar!!! Montana story mentions some new characters and a glimpse of old ones resurfaced. Never thought I’d see the lies being and lifestyle Montana truly is. Very surprised and joked out lol but I finally met Tuesday! It’s more Carters and more drama and can’t wait to dive in
June 29, 2024
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January 26, 2016
I can't with Montana! This book started off like the other books with 50 million characters (some of which I could care less about), but overall it was a good read. Hazel impressed me. Montana still has me shaking my head. Demarco was too much to handle (but I low key loved him). Levi needs her behind kicked. I even got a quick glance at Trent, Azura, and Ontrell. Although I HATE cliffhangers, I cannot wait for the next book.
September 15, 2017
Slow start
This did not keep me fully interested lime the Carter books or For the Love of ATL. I am definitely going to finish reading Montana's story because I want to know why he did what he did. I'm glad this author gives us a list of her books in order to read. Makes it easier when I'm searching for a new series.
This did not keep me fully interested lime the Carter books or For the Love of ATL. I am definitely going to finish reading Montana's story because I want to know why he did what he did. I'm glad this author gives us a list of her books in order to read. Makes it easier when I'm searching for a new series.
September 12, 2019
Can’t get enough
Oooweee! It just got interesting I can’t wait to see how Ms. Desiree spins this Montana is on something and only time and another book will telling 🤷🏽♀️. Loving the ATL hood life. Oh and Demarco craziness is book bae worthy 🤦🏾♀️
Oooweee! It just got interesting I can’t wait to see how Ms. Desiree spins this Montana is on something and only time and another book will telling 🤷🏽♀️. Loving the ATL hood life. Oh and Demarco craziness is book bae worthy 🤦🏾♀️
January 23, 2020
Hmph
I gave this book 5 stars for the writing and characters and the visuals most def for the laughs...but im hella salty at lauryn and montana..im in my feelings they get 1🌟....d'angelo and cash🙌🙌🙌🙌yass
I gave this book 5 stars for the writing and characters and the visuals most def for the laughs...but im hella salty at lauryn and montana..im in my feelings they get 1🌟....d'angelo and cash🙌🙌🙌🙌yass
December 23, 2016
Hmmmmph.
Oh Lord Hannah Montana (Hazel Voice) I can't even... oh my god. Interesting. Mfn interesting. Moving on to book two. READ THIS BOOK :)
Oh Lord Hannah Montana (Hazel Voice) I can't even... oh my god. Interesting. Mfn interesting. Moving on to book two. READ THIS BOOK :)
January 20, 2019
Wow
One word genius 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩. This book was sooooo good. Although it was hard weening off of the carter gang I caught on .
One word genius 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩. This book was sooooo good. Although it was hard weening off of the carter gang I caught on .
May 28, 2026
Rating 4.5⭐️ Montana WHY would you pursue Lauryn knowing exactly who she is and exactly what you did?????!!!!!Baby this book had me stressed the entire time because the truth is literally sitting in everybody’s face and somehow still hiding in plain sight.
Lauryn kept saying she could see through Montana and tell he wasn’t really about that life meanwhile I’m screaming GIRL THAT IS THE MAN WHO RAPED YOU AND KILLED EVERYBODY IN THAT HOUSE!!! The tension from knowing and waiting for the realization had my nerves shot the whole book.
Hazel whew baby. Montana was NEVER it for you. You gave that man your heart, your virginity, your loyalty, everything. Clinging to him like loving him hard enough would finally make him love you correctly back. That hurt to read because you could feel how deep her attachment ran.
One thing Desiree is gonna do is make every single character matter. I definitely didn’t see the Levii twist coming because I really thought they were siblings the way everyone mentioned it. Meanwhile Demarco confused me BAD because why am I over here laughing at him and thinking he’s cute with his interactions with Morgan knowing full well the history attached to his character.
Tuesday and D’Angelo 😳 Them two are wild cards. Quiet dangerous. The type that don’t gotta yell to make you nervous. Tuesday doesn't talk but somehow had a whole conversation with Junie Boy and that alone told me enough. Everyone is bat shiiiii crazy!
Then there’s Koda. I'm just screaming because Montana is literally living your life. Using your pain, your trauma, your experiences like they belong to him. At what point does inspiration turn into exploitation? That part sat heavy with me.
This series is toxic, messy, traumatic, addictive and impossible to put down. Every book feels like standing in the middle of a hurricane trying to catch your breath while more chaos spins toward you.
Lauryn kept saying she could see through Montana and tell he wasn’t really about that life meanwhile I’m screaming GIRL THAT IS THE MAN WHO RAPED YOU AND KILLED EVERYBODY IN THAT HOUSE!!! The tension from knowing and waiting for the realization had my nerves shot the whole book.
Hazel whew baby. Montana was NEVER it for you. You gave that man your heart, your virginity, your loyalty, everything. Clinging to him like loving him hard enough would finally make him love you correctly back. That hurt to read because you could feel how deep her attachment ran.
One thing Desiree is gonna do is make every single character matter. I definitely didn’t see the Levii twist coming because I really thought they were siblings the way everyone mentioned it. Meanwhile Demarco confused me BAD because why am I over here laughing at him and thinking he’s cute with his interactions with Morgan knowing full well the history attached to his character.
Tuesday and D’Angelo 😳 Them two are wild cards. Quiet dangerous. The type that don’t gotta yell to make you nervous. Tuesday doesn't talk but somehow had a whole conversation with Junie Boy and that alone told me enough. Everyone is bat shiiiii crazy!
Then there’s Koda. I'm just screaming because Montana is literally living your life. Using your pain, your trauma, your experiences like they belong to him. At what point does inspiration turn into exploitation? That part sat heavy with me.
This series is toxic, messy, traumatic, addictive and impossible to put down. Every book feels like standing in the middle of a hurricane trying to catch your breath while more chaos spins toward you.
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January 12, 2025
Good story, but a bunch of errors as usual.
The story itself was good, but there were a bunch of errors just like there were in the Carter series.
The commas are always sooooo misused. You have sentences that end in question marks that should have ended with periods, run-on sentences, etc.
I also noticed (in the Carter series, actually) that the author is practically obsessed with hazel eyes and green eyes. 😂 I was like, “If she tells us one more time that Koda has green eyes. Like, we get it! Sheesh.”
She also says, “wide eyes” and “eyes grew wide” A LOT. Like, okay. PLEASE come up with something else. It’s starting to become like reading the same book all over again. As a writer, I would really expect her vocabulary to be more extensive than it is. I get that this is supposed to be a “hood book,” but her storytelling has shown no real progression.
Another thing I don’t care for is when she describes an item as a thing. IE: “I grabbed a thing of soda.” “He gave me a thing of flowers.” You mean a BOUQUET of flowers?!
Idk, maybe she should read more books to give herself better descriptive words to use in her own books. Because, at this point, she’s written way too many to still be writing like this.
I am looking forward to seeing what happens between Montana and Lauryn and finding out if he catches on that Hazel and Koda kept in contact. I just want the actual WRITING to get better.
The story itself was good, but there were a bunch of errors just like there were in the Carter series.
The commas are always sooooo misused. You have sentences that end in question marks that should have ended with periods, run-on sentences, etc.
I also noticed (in the Carter series, actually) that the author is practically obsessed with hazel eyes and green eyes. 😂 I was like, “If she tells us one more time that Koda has green eyes. Like, we get it! Sheesh.”
She also says, “wide eyes” and “eyes grew wide” A LOT. Like, okay. PLEASE come up with something else. It’s starting to become like reading the same book all over again. As a writer, I would really expect her vocabulary to be more extensive than it is. I get that this is supposed to be a “hood book,” but her storytelling has shown no real progression.
Another thing I don’t care for is when she describes an item as a thing. IE: “I grabbed a thing of soda.” “He gave me a thing of flowers.” You mean a BOUQUET of flowers?!
Idk, maybe she should read more books to give herself better descriptive words to use in her own books. Because, at this point, she’s written way too many to still be writing like this.
I am looking forward to seeing what happens between Montana and Lauryn and finding out if he catches on that Hazel and Koda kept in contact. I just want the actual WRITING to get better.
September 10, 2023
wild ride
These have to be the most unexpected group of couples I ever read about. I really enjoyed book one of the series. Yes, it’s the middle of the night and yes, I’m starting book two right now.
I hated how Montana was with Hazel but love how he is with Lauryn. I was all for Koda in the beginning but then he started telling his boy’s business and I don’t like that. DeMorgan is my favorite couple period. Complete opposites but for some reason I just feel like they are going to be the most solid. Happy reading!!
These have to be the most unexpected group of couples I ever read about. I really enjoyed book one of the series. Yes, it’s the middle of the night and yes, I’m starting book two right now.
I hated how Montana was with Hazel but love how he is with Lauryn. I was all for Koda in the beginning but then he started telling his boy’s business and I don’t like that. DeMorgan is my favorite couple period. Complete opposites but for some reason I just feel like they are going to be the most solid. Happy reading!!
January 22, 2017
Great Writing
Nothing to say but a great story. Detailed and draws you into the scenes like you're actually there watching them play out. Desiree's skills are superb. Can't wait to finish this series and go onto Bambino which I'm thinking will give me Tuesday's story. I've read everything up until now and although I'm behind and a year or two late, I'm a fan of Desiree for life.
Nothing to say but a great story. Detailed and draws you into the scenes like you're actually there watching them play out. Desiree's skills are superb. Can't wait to finish this series and go onto Bambino which I'm thinking will give me Tuesday's story. I've read everything up until now and although I'm behind and a year or two late, I'm a fan of Desiree for life.
June 5, 2018
Ummm
I love this author books.. but it was such a struggle to get threw the book 😩😩😩 it wasn’t bad but it took me 2 weeks and 2 days to get threw it .. i read 2 other books in between .. maybe because i don’t like Montana like that so my views maybe a little bias but .. i just couldn’t get into it until the very last end of the book .. i hope the next one is better .. i missed the Hollywood carters 😩😫 but i like demarco
I love this author books.. but it was such a struggle to get threw the book 😩😩😩 it wasn’t bad but it took me 2 weeks and 2 days to get threw it .. i read 2 other books in between .. maybe because i don’t like Montana like that so my views maybe a little bias but .. i just couldn’t get into it until the very last end of the book .. i hope the next one is better .. i missed the Hollywood carters 😩😫 but i like demarco
September 24, 2022
I know better than to fall for her characters
Having purposely started in the middle of Desiree’s catalog, I’ve learned not to fall in love with any of these characters. But Junie Boy and Tuesday were in this one, so it gets an automatic five stars.
I’m still mad that Trent gets to live happily ever after, but I guess I can’t always get what I want.
Having purposely started in the middle of Desiree’s catalog, I’ve learned not to fall in love with any of these characters. But Junie Boy and Tuesday were in this one, so it gets an automatic five stars.
I’m still mad that Trent gets to live happily ever after, but I guess I can’t always get what I want.
April 6, 2025
Ok so mind you I’m reading these books out of order so when the reveal that Montana is a Freeman!!!! That blew my minddddd because these families is really connected connected throughout this entire grouping of works! Desiree you the Goat like fr fr lawddddddd let me keep reading because now I’m confused with Junie and Yayo being opps of the Carters when they is Carters
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May 17, 2025
Montana is so lame and I’m shocked that he was able to get under shiloh without anybody noticing he is a fraud. Im dying to know if shiloh and levii had something going on. I want Hazel and koda to lock in the next book. I don’t really care for cashmere. I like Morgan, but I feel like she can do better than Demarco
December 6, 2025
I’ll give this a book a 3.8 rating. It was cute … the Montana character so far is confusing me… it’s like I’m being gaslighted to like him … and ion like that .. I can’t wait to read more about Koda .. I loveeeeeee Demarco’s ignorant ass 😂😂😂 now D’Angelo … listen .. his program tooooooooooooo strict for me
March 20, 2026
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Took me a while to get into the other and new characters but now I’m hooked. I don’t want to give up too much but I’m very surprised with Montana and I truly hope this new found relationship DOES NOT work out. I guess only time will tell. I also hope Hazel gets with a particular person. Love how all the characters intwine through the books
Took me a while to get into the other and new characters but now I’m hooked. I don’t want to give up too much but I’m very surprised with Montana and I truly hope this new found relationship DOES NOT work out. I guess only time will tell. I also hope Hazel gets with a particular person. Love how all the characters intwine through the books
January 24, 2018
Really
Lauryn said Tana was fake but ion think she know how true it is. He done fell in love with the girl he raped like some criminal minds type ish. Why Demarco didn’t tell Morgan he knew Precious?
Lauryn said Tana was fake but ion think she know how true it is. He done fell in love with the girl he raped like some criminal minds type ish. Why Demarco didn’t tell Morgan he knew Precious?
March 19, 2020
Montana
Whew Chile the secrets that were revealed. I used to like Montana but I Iost all respect for him in this book. Now Koda that’s bae right there! I can’t wait to see how the rest of this series plays out
Whew Chile the secrets that were revealed. I used to like Montana but I Iost all respect for him in this book. Now Koda that’s bae right there! I can’t wait to see how the rest of this series plays out
September 1, 2021
Thugging it out
Let just say I've read this before but forgot to leave a review because I was to excited to move in the next. Tana you don't bit off more than you can chew son. Koda and Hazel about to blow up your spot. Whew Hunty!!!
Let just say I've read this before but forgot to leave a review because I was to excited to move in the next. Tana you don't bit off more than you can chew son. Koda and Hazel about to blow up your spot. Whew Hunty!!!
March 2, 2022
It’s a really good book, I’m not with Koda saying the n word so casually all the time especially considering his racist past, but other than that it was really good. I knew something was up between Montana and Levii
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September 20, 2023
I think desiree is my new favorite author because I have ran straight through her books!!! But baybeeeee what the hell?!! The cliffhanger left me either shocked or just straight fuming?!?? I need answers montana!
April 1, 2025
loved this
l ate this book up from beginning to end l will say it was hard getting into the new characters but that’s because l knew l would miss the ones from the Carter Girls . but i’m excited for this series l know l need to put my seatbelt on for this one .
l ate this book up from beginning to end l will say it was hard getting into the new characters but that’s because l knew l would miss the ones from the Carter Girls . but i’m excited for this series l know l need to put my seatbelt on for this one .
May 24, 2026
Very good!
This story was better than I expected. I was missing the carters but damn. Montana fake ass ain't shit. Also, I didnt skip over any character stories like I used to skip over Trent and Azura story ... Lol. 5 out 5. On to book 2
This story was better than I expected. I was missing the carters but damn. Montana fake ass ain't shit. Also, I didnt skip over any character stories like I used to skip over Trent and Azura story ... Lol. 5 out 5. On to book 2
December 29, 2016
Not another
Am I going to start hating the characters I liked in the first series and love the ones I hated.
Am I going to start hating the characters I liked in the first series and love the ones I hated.
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