Rating: Summary: HARDY KEEPS GETTIN' JOODER! Review: It's been four years since the release of If Only For One Nite. Was the four years I had to wait for another book worth it? You bet it was! Once again, JEH pulls it off. It can't be easy writing a book with an AIDS theme that's funny but he came up with the right mix of biting social commentary and hysterical humor (those scenes with the racist clerk and in the barbershop are classics!). And, as with every B-Boy book, there's something to cry about (I won't spoil it for folks). We sure do need a story like this right now, with those frightening AIDS figures floating around. I'm glad JEH decided to show a brutha like Raheim getting the test done (too many thugz think it can't happen to them). More than anything, you can feel the love Raheim has for Mitchell; he's grown a lot since B-Boy Blues. And with all this talk about the "down-low," it's so jood to have a depiction of SGL bruthaz in a committed relationship. And I wanna know who that gay rapper in the story is! It's a short but sweet read, one that will leave you thinking hard about your own past loves and lovers and if you yourself should get tested. And given some of the revelations (I literally fell out of bed on one of them!), I'm pretty sure this won't be the last we hear of Pooquie & Little Bit (at least I hope not). Thanks, JEH, for giving the bruthaz yet another story we claim as our own.
Rating: Summary: "How I see it" Review: JEH - Man oh man you make a sistah think. You know how I came about reading your books and I'm waiting on the 5th one. You keep up the great work, we need this voice to be heard, what ever the outcome. I am in love with the characters and feel for them. If B-Boys Blues and next time around weren't handed to me I might have missed a blessing. I can't remember which books of the series I voted on they all get 5's. This one was harder to read but I couldn't put it down. Peace and Jood Love! Be Blessed
Rating: Summary: Not as jood as it could be! Review: This book was a let down. There is a severe lack of character development, and the character interaction is too bland. Mr. Hardy has spoiled us with the previous three books in the series but this book seems to have been written hastily.
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