Kendricks Fields is a writer, father, and military veteran from Fork, SC. Kendricks received his AA from Central Texas College and is currently serving in the United States Army. He is currently working on a degree in Psychology from University of Maryland.
While he's been reading (and writing) all of his life, he is the author of The Table Between Us series. It's a collection of poems expressing the highs and lows of love, cheating, forgiveness, and commitment. It is the love story of a soldier and his woman fighting to stay together. The PG rated version is on Kindle (54 pages long) and the paperback version is for adults only (105 pages).
This is his first book. The sequel to this book, From The Table To The Bed, is coauthored by Latasha Taylor will be available in August of 2019.
But I joined a few book related groups where people can share reviews, articles, and authors can share their work. Which is how I came across Kendricks Fields, an American author who currently lives in the same city as me, IN SOUTH KOREA. This fact alone made me want to read his work.
So The Table Between Us is a poetry book (can be found on Amazon). It's a quick read about love and heartbreak. But to me, personally it felt like young love. One of my favorite poems was X's and O's, which actually takes place on a school bus. Another one I liked was Intoxicated. It told such a vivid story, a story that most people can relate to.
I think that's what I got out of this book; that young love can feel like the best thing in the world but it can also feel like the worst. It's the beginnings, the electricity, the excitement of starting a new relationship that makes the chase feel worth it. But once the realities of life start setting in, things begin to fade, to crumble, to inevitably end.