BFF's Forever: Best Frenemies Forever Series, Books 1-3

by Brenda Hampton

Jealousy, greed, and violent revenge are all at the forefront in this page-turner by Brenda Hampton, the queen of girlfriends' drama.

Kayla, Evelyn, and Trina have been on-and-off-again girlfriends for many years, but the lines of true friendship have been crossed, the knives that went into another friend's back cut deep, and trust no longer applies when one woman has an affair with another's man. Once the lines of true friendship have been crossed, will this trio ever be able to regain the bond of loyalty they once shared?

544 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 29, 2018

About the author

Hampton is a native St. Louis, with a gift and passion for writing. She maintained journals for several years, but it wasn’t until she read Terry McMillan’s Disappearing Acts that she considered taking her writing adventures to another level.



In 2002, Hampton completed her memoir, along with two fiction novels: Two's Enough Three's a Crowd and How Can I Be Down? The following year, she completed thrilling sequels to both novels and additional bestselling novels followed thereafter.



Hampton is known for bringing the heat to readers, and her literary career is filled with many accomplishments. She is an Essence Magazine Bestselling Author, she was named a Favorite Female Fiction writer in Upscale Magazine by O.O.S.A., she is a 2009 African American Literary Award Nominee for her mystery novel, The Dirty Truth, and was awarded Best Female Writer by Infini Promoters. Her dedication to her career lead to a multi-book deal through Urban/Kensington Books in New York City, a publishing house that she refers to as her literary home.



In addition to writing, and having an entrepreneur spirit, Hampton manages her own insurance business where she works as an Insurance Broker for many customers throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area. She is also the founder of VOICES Books & Publishing, VOICES Books on Wheels and VOICES Magazine. VOICES is the place where every voice can be heard, and Hampton uses her publishing company to assist writers through the POD process. Her goal has been to work with motivated writers who deserve a chance in this very challenging book industry. She’s been referred to as the “go to person” by many aspiring writers, and works as a literary representative for some of the most talented, upcoming and established authors today. Including, National Bestselling author, Keisha Ervin (Urban Books/Kensington), 2007’s Best Male Writer, Darrin Lowery (Urban Books/Kensington), OASIS (Strebor/Simon & Schuster), Silhouettes (Urban Books/Kensington), Curtis Alcutt (Strebor/Simon & Schuster) and E.V. Adams (Strebor/Simon & Schuster), Tia Hines (Urban/Kensington) and Kaya Henderson (Urban/Kensington).





Hampton's latest releases are: Don't Even Go There, Full Figured 1, The Dirty Truth and Book 6 of the Naughty Series. Naughty includes Hampton’s most loveable, desired, and outrageous character, Jaylin Rogers. Readers can’t get enough of this “bad boy” and his continued drama goes on in Naughty No More. Other novels include: Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right, SLICK, How Can I Be Down?, No Justice No Peace, a Girls from Da Hood collaboration with Brenda Hampton, Keisha Ervin and Ed McNair, and Who or What is in that Closet?!, a children's chapter book that Hampton wrote with her son, Aaron Littlejohn.

Reviews

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my second time reading this series and let me tell you! It was just a messy as the first time lol.. Evelyn, Kayla & Trina’s world wind “friendship” literally had my mouth dropped on several occasions and they took the phrase “with friends like this who needs enemies” to new heights. The amount of times I said “couldn’t be me” was almost every other chapter. In the non fiction world, Evelyn would have come up missing lol because the amount of trifling things this lady got forgiven for should be studied! I listened to the audiobook this time around and these 3 narrators brought their own unique voices and personalities to these characters. They did an amazingly job. As a Brenda Hampton fan, this series did not disappoint either time that I read it. Will I read it a third time in this lifetime? Probably lol

[aisha ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Twisted

I had to put this book down a few times. Trina and Kayla had to be done of the dumbest dizziest broads i have ever seen in my life. With everything that Evelyn did there is no way in the world 🌎 I could ever forgive her. She got what she deserved by Bryson. She used her childhood as an excuse for her bad behavior. Just like Keith said we all been through something. So the book was a bit farfetched. I just don't bring this was real life Evelyn would be forgiven. Since Trina and Kayla decided once again to forgive Evelyn they deserve everything she does to them.

[Lakecia Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let me start by saying GREAT READ! I went through so many emotions reading this book....laughing, yelling, and crying because this book had me happy, angry, sad, and tear jerking happy! With a BFF like Evelyn, what the hell would you consider to an enemy? I mean seriously, this chica has major issues! And with a husband like Cedric what would you consider holy matrimony to be? He took Kayla and poor Jacoby through better and worse and then to most worst EVER! He made me so damn angry, I lmao when he died. I was so happy that Kayla, Jacoby, and Evelyn would be free of his ass! The truest friend was Trina! She was ALWAYS there for them through their drama! BUT...she made me so mad when she betrayed Keith! And Mr. Charles Washington...He is such a real OG. I want more books about him! I need more from him!

This series is awesome! I did not want to put it down. My first read from this author but will not be my last.

[Shamya D.W · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh baby… if messy is what we’re going for, THIS is it right here. This book was GREAT. From start to finish it had my attention, and best believe she embodied every single character. Like nobody felt flat, nobody felt forced. The drama? The emotions? The chaos? Yeah… it was all there, and it was done RIGHT.

[The M0mmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series was alot. It contained highs/lows for each character.
There were points in the stories where I questioned the relatability and actions of the characters.
However, we all know people that are stuck-on-stupid and fail to follow their intuition in bad situations/relationships.
I've not read any books by Brenda Hampton in several years, so this was a good series to read.

[Deena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this as an audio book and I really did enjoy it! Some parts were exaggerated but held my attention nonetheless!