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Chris/Tooth - just ugh!! Grown men preying on girls & chaos unfolding over a nasty man I can't!

Mothers who can't see their children will be the end of all of us. A child - now an adult with their own children - still running to them for acceptance but only finding they are not special or even cared for. A cruelty known by most - I hate it, especially for the girls who needed their mothers the most.

The idea that you punish instead of question and help an “advanced” child is concerning!!! but that’s how it went and still goes for young girls

Predatory men just make my skin claw! They pray on naive teens with dreams bigger than their bellies growing with children.

16 & 22; TWINS in the back of a red pickup truck; a man called TOOTH! Oh Leila you are about to eat

"Before he could do nothing -" I hollered!

Ok, twist!!

i’m so sick of piper and her dang daddy!!

I knew gentrification was afoot

Friends to lovers and fake dating - ah a mix of a perfect storm. This time around I did the audiobook and it added another dimension to the story with the different accents and radio voices used.

Reading vs hearing Zack beg omg I can't. Instant cringe.

“…in the crosshairs of a movie-loving hillbilly psycho” sums up this book

Building those connections take time, effort, and a willingness in to accept that some places are not for you *snaps*

seeing Audre be so sure of herself in her opinions and beliefs of others - it's going to be interesting seeing how she handles herself away from Eva in her own book.

One thing I’m not a fan of with Freida’s work is that she repeats herself. This scene, character, or motivation doesn’t need to be explained every book. We know how Millie went to prison!

The phenomenon of boys getting together and just laughing at dark humor and not feeling like they can speak up when memes and “jokes” can be offensive - very interesting

snatched back in time? not necessarily time travel but a feeling, a moment to explore your ancestors way of life in a time very complicated from present day? yeahhh very much Kindred - Octavia Butler vibes!!

Beautiful depictions of nature

Every week, they began with an invocation: I am a reader. I am intelligent. I have something worthy to contribute.

Nathan throwing hands is my favorite kind of character

I love friends to lovers only with young adults! Andy is a messed up teen with a love and dependence on the bottle, and Shelbi with her walls built up (and for good reason) seems to be a rock for him - only we learn quickly that Black girls - even those us young as vulnerable, still are expected to be strong

I’m fighting tears at work right now. The connections whew

Having to remind myself that these are works of fiction but inspired by and written from real life stories is a sobering moment each time. I have no idea how these stories will end, I hope happily, but life is not so kind

Reading for the 4th time and Audre Zora Toni Mercy-Moore is a name!!

Ahh yes! Tiffany really can build up a romance in just one scene

It's devastating that a child can go missing and no one really cares. Now, Claudia whew she cares wayyy too much about what other's think, which I guess reminders me of my own early teenage years.

The fact that a little girl is the one who notices that a child is missing is reminiscent of the world we live in. Shame no one is paying attention...attention and time are the words for this story.

Ah, the good ole Southern dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship; so sad but an effective storytelling tool