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Around the Way Girls 12
There’s a saying that if you come from my part of town, you're from around the way. Urban Books bestsellers Treasure Hernandez and Marcus Weber bring readers a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who think they know it all. Do they have what it takes to survive on the streets?
Caught Between a Good Boy and Bad Boy by Treasure Kiesha Simmons is that girl. She graduated top of her high school class and was captain of her step team. She’s about to start college at Howard University and is presently doing an internship with the top realtor in her city. She's had a good life so far, but there's one thing she has to do before she takes off for college in the fall — and that's lose her virginity. She just has to decided who is going go to be the lucky her boss’s son or the local thug rapper.
Lost and Found by Marcus Maria Santiago is on her way from Albany, New York, to Atlanta, Georgia, when her Greyhound bus stops over for a two-hour layover at the Port Authority in Manhattan. She takes a stroll through the city and accidentally witnesses a drug deal going bad. All the men are killed, and Maria scoops up the briefcase full of drugs and a gun, making her way back to the bus station and back on her bus. Arriving in Atlanta, she finds that her grandmother is about to lose her house, and Maria goes up on a mission selling the drugs to save her family. Along the way, she makes friends and enemies, and finds a love that will last her the rest of her short life.
Caught Between a Good Boy and Bad Boy by Treasure Kiesha Simmons is that girl. She graduated top of her high school class and was captain of her step team. She’s about to start college at Howard University and is presently doing an internship with the top realtor in her city. She's had a good life so far, but there's one thing she has to do before she takes off for college in the fall — and that's lose her virginity. She just has to decided who is going go to be the lucky her boss’s son or the local thug rapper.
Lost and Found by Marcus Maria Santiago is on her way from Albany, New York, to Atlanta, Georgia, when her Greyhound bus stops over for a two-hour layover at the Port Authority in Manhattan. She takes a stroll through the city and accidentally witnesses a drug deal going bad. All the men are killed, and Maria scoops up the briefcase full of drugs and a gun, making her way back to the bus station and back on her bus. Arriving in Atlanta, she finds that her grandmother is about to lose her house, and Maria goes up on a mission selling the drugs to save her family. Along the way, she makes friends and enemies, and finds a love that will last her the rest of her short life.
320 pages, Paperback
Published January 24, 2023
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Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
October 3, 2026
Lost and Found is an Adult, Action Thriller that focuses on the importance of family at all costs. It needed better editing; that's my only gripe. It's not my typical kind of story but it was interesting. It would be better if it had better editing though. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.
Caught Between a Good Boy and a Bad Boy is a Young Adult Romance about an eighteen year old's coming of age in finding love, a job, and friendship. I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.
How these two ended up in an anthology together is beyond me. I get them both being dubbed around the way girls but they are for two very different target audiences and their genres are nothing alike beyond them being "urban".
Caught Between a Good Boy and a Bad Boy is a Young Adult Romance about an eighteen year old's coming of age in finding love, a job, and friendship. I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.
How these two ended up in an anthology together is beyond me. I get them both being dubbed around the way girls but they are for two very different target audiences and their genres are nothing alike beyond them being "urban".
June 5, 2023
My issue with both stories was the lack of resolution.
The first story by Treasure Hernandez was OK. But, there were characters that deserved some sort of comeuppance.
Why even throw in the rivalry the MC's "best friend" if she would become a non issue?
The second story was also OK. But, did the people she stole the drugs from just stop chasing Shelby?
They were both fine and engaging stories. But had a lot going on for the endings they had.
The first story by Treasure Hernandez was OK. But, there were characters that deserved some sort of comeuppance.
Why even throw in the rivalry the MC's "best friend" if she would become a non issue?
The second story was also OK. But, did the people she stole the drugs from just stop chasing Shelby?
They were both fine and engaging stories. But had a lot going on for the endings they had.
January 7, 2024
Good until I read the second story.
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