Cold Blooded : A Hardcore Novel

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Summary: A Woman Scorned
Review: A woman scorned is like a lethal weapon. Have you ever been so in love that you would do any and every thing for your significant other? Your world revolves around this person and you believe he or she could be the one for you. You think you are their one and only, but are sadly mistaken. Your heart is broken and you want to see your loved one hurt as much as you do. You are determined to cause harm to them by any means necessary. If this sounds familiar then COLD BLOODED by The Urban Griot is definitely a book you can relate to.

Janeia Goode is a 19 year- old college student who is attending Chicago State University and majoring in psychology. She is a beautiful girl who has good book and street sense, but when it comes to men her head is in the clouds. Janeia loves dangerous men, bad boys or thugs to be exact. She doesn't care what kind of lifestyle they are living as long as they are hers and hers alone.

When Janeia meets Warren Hamilton, aka Molasses, a fine, mysteriously sexy man, he knocks her off her feet. She immediately falls for him and would do anything he asks. Molasses reveals to Janeia that he makes his living as a paid killer, a hit man for hire. While this may scare away the average person, Janeia readily accepts Molasses' occupation. After all, he is living a lavish lifestyle; driving a Bentley, wearing nice clothes and money is no object when it comes to his women. Janeia is being treated to the finer things in life and is happily in love.

Although Molasses is good at what he does, he is also a womanizer and has left behind several women scorned. Every woman he meets he manipulates including his new love, Janeia. There is an unexpected attempt on Moe's life, and while in the hospital he reevaluates his current lifestyle and any enemies he may have. While thinking about his enemies he fails to recognize the scorned women from his past. Could one of Moe's past loves have put a hit out on him? Is the attempt on his life a hit gone bad? Will this event cause Moe to turn his life around?

Love is a funny thing. When in love you do things you wouldn't even dream of doing outside of love. Dangerous lifestyles bring about dangerous consequences and repercussions, both Janeia and Molasses reap the consequences of living a dangerous life. What I enjoyed most about the book was the loyalty and love that Janeia had for Molasses. That kind of loyalty isn't found every day and if you have it or find it, hold on to it and never let it go.

Reviewed by Eraina B. Tinnin
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers


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Summary: I read this book in one day...
Review: from start to finish! It kept me going all the way!

Cindy Boyd
author of Letting the Dog Out
www.lettingthedogout.com

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Summary: Great read and something different
Review: I really enjoyed this book and the soundtrack. Molasses was an interesting character. TheUrbangriot/Omar Tyree did a great job making you feel like you was in the story.

Keep up the good work

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Summary: Aggravation
Review: If the Urban Griot books are meant to interest men, then they should be real upset that Omar Tyree is insulting their intelligence. Tyree has a habit of elaborating on his points, but the Urban Griot treats his readers as if they're too dumb to catch onto context clues. This whole book is full of foreshadowing and then explaining obvious things. One of a million examples would be on pg. 24, 'The loud spectator overheard the girl's comments to the Blood and he decided to add to it with more humor. 'She said she got the house to herself, like whoa!' " #1 From the dialogue ALONE, I could tell that the instigator was trying to be funny. No need to explain it first. And he kept telling readers how to feel. Instead of letting me draw my own conclusion that someone is arrogant, he'd say "The arrogant guy..." The Urban Griot also needs to enact his action scenes before he writes them. If someone hits their car into the driver's side of another car, the driver flies into the backseat, and even if bullets hit the front car seat, there's material everywhere and still the frame of the seat. It's almost impossible to kick out the driver's side door from the backseat, especially it if's been crashed in.
Fellas, this author is playing you! As much as he may not want to gear his writing towards females readers, he sure did a better job of storytelling as Tyree, didn't go into the elaboration, didn't insult a person's intelligence, didn't force his opinions on us, and none of his books as Tyree (minus "Battlezone") made me frustrated that it wouldn't hurry up and end!

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Summary: Hard to put down
Review: Okay where do I start? First off I want to say, this book was very interesting and good from start to finish. When I picked this book up, I didn't think it was going to be this D*** good, but whoa and behold it is. I like all of the Urban Griot's books, but when he writes under Omar Tyree, something just happenes, and the books are dry and corny (sorry) but I have to keep it real. The last good book Omar had out was 'Just Say No' The book was really good and well developed. I don't know if two different personalities are there, but please keep the Urban's.

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Summary: This Book Is WEAK!!
Review: Omar Tyree used to be one of my favorite writers but as the years go on he displays more and more inconsistency in his writing. Writing with the pen name "The Urban Griot" and trying to be a part of the latest urban fiction genre does not hide the fact that this book was extremely weak in terms of character development and the lack of believable situations. I am clearly in the minority in comparison to the other reviewers but that's ok, everyone's entitled to their opinion.

The only reason I gave this book two stars is because the chapters were fairly short and I managed to get to the end of the book. I know that this is a work of fiction but this story was way out there. What expert hit man, in this case the main character Molasses, tells all of his business to women that he barely knows? Molasses was too flamboyant to be a successful hit man. The way he acted he should have been killed in the first chapter. The girl, I think her name is Janeia, would have made a better hit man. I also didn't believe what happened to him at the end. Once again, an expert hit man would not have come upon the surprise that he did.

Suggestion to Mr. "Urban Griot", leave this genre alone and please go back to writing interesting characters. Examples of your best work would be Flyy Girl, Sweet St. Louis, and Single Mom. I don't think this type of writing is for you.

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Summary: A Great Urban Story
Review: This story has the 'mystery' feel and was enjoyable and easy to read. I believe this book has the potential to draw the male reader. My husband has read it and that is a step in accomplishing the goal of getting more men to read. I recommend that the women purchase this book for their male friends and family.

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Summary: A hot blooded read!
Review: This story was an exciting read. The character development and plausible storyline kept me going. The Urban Griot has established himself as the next Donald Goings in the hardcore fiction.

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: This was one on Omar Tyree best books. I just loved the way he developed the character. I always loved his books but wanted to dialect between the characters he gave that in this book. Keep up the good work.

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Summary: AMATEURISH
Review: While the story of Molasses and Janeia was entertaining, with a surprise ending, it was amateurishly written. The metaphors are very juvenile and the dialogue, overall, is simple and unsophisticated. I am surprised at this author. He has written so many books, I expected more. One would think this book was a school essay written by a teenager.