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The Glamorous Life: A Novel

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The Glamorous Life is not as easy as it seams. Take a ride with Bambi and you will learn what it takes to live The Glamorous Life. Nikki you out did yourself this time. This book get's all 5 stars and anything else I can give ya. It is the true meaning of an urban page turner. I would love to see a sequel to this one cause at the end of the book you bring it all out. I now crown you queen of Hip-Hip Fiction cause you stepped up ya game and put it down in the pages of The Glamorous Life.
So Glam
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A friend of mine gave me this book as a gift a couple of weeks ago and I just took the time to read it along with several other books that I took on vacation with me. It only took me a few days to get it complete, but I think I'm just too mature...or maybe just downright too old for this kind of fiction. Just seemed to have no real point to the story in my opinion, but my 20-year-old neice enjoyed it very much. Therefore, I refuse to trash the novel just because the point may have escaped my 40-year-old head. There's an obvious market for this "street-type" fiction, but I guess I'm just not in it.

The glamorous life is a novel based on the all-too-familiar "hood-book-hold-you-down" type of novel. It is about a girl whose name is Bambi. Although her name is irrelevant, it's almost as simple as the storyline in the book. Most of the novel was pretty unbelievable. And if you're anything like me, the last thing that I want to torture myself with is characters for which you hold no regards and storyline which is barely even reasonable. Although the book offers some very far and few between page turning moments, there is nothing in this novel for which I'd truly reccomend. Unless you are a devout follower of the 'Hood Book' genre, this is something you can afford to pass.

This was the first book I read by Nikki Turner, and damn I'm hooked now. This book is about a girl named Bambi who is very high maintenance, and a true gold digger. She is all about her, and what she can get from men. Bambi falls in love with a drug dealer named Reggie On the night of her engagment party to Reggie, she gets into an argument with a man whom is wearing the same outfit as her. She discovers that Reggie is on the DL. She is heartbroken. She motivates herself to starting her own business as a party planner, and decides she will get whatever she can from men, but she will not be left heartbroken. Bambi meets Lynx, a hustler. He breaks down the barriers and they fall in love. I dont want to give too much of the book away, but trust that its a good read. I reccommend this book, I wish there was a sequel. LOVED IT!

Bambi's mother is all about business, or should I say the BENJAMINS! "To sum it up, when the money was gone, so was I," she tells Bambi as she tries to instill life's important lessons about men. Bambi never had need for those words or lessons until the man she loves plays her all the way to the left. Picking up the pieces of her shattered heart and remembering what momma told her, she moves forward promising to never let another man have her heart. But some promises are meant to be broken. With a glass fortress surrounding her heart, Bambi becomes well known in Richmond for her party planning skills and for milking brothers dry. Then, out of nowhere Lynx, one of VA's biggest ballers, enters her world. He talks a good game, but is talk cheap? Can he back it up with actions? Will that ice around Bambi's heart melt? Or will she find herself played again?

I for one am happy to see Nikki with a REAL publisher. Now she can shine as the truly talented author she is. I enjoyed the book (especially Ruby) and I look forward to catching back up with Bambi and the crew in the near future.

I really enjoyed "The Glamorous Life"!! I finished the book in 2 days, it is really good.I won't spoil the book for you all, but the main character Bambi, is a hustla! She's gonna make her money doin what she gotta do! This is a good read, so add this to your cart!!

It took me 2 days to read The Glamorous Life, and because I'm such a Nikki Turner fan, that's about average. Most of her books usually take me a day or two. I can officially say that Nikki Turner has done it again.... In this book you find everything from love, betrayal, and finding true love again. When you first start reading the book you actually say out loud, "Oh no he didn't"! Then you keep reading and your like, "You go girl"! By the time you get to the last page your ready to call Nikki herself and ask her why she left you hanging like that....This book is begging for a continuance! Nikki Turner is undeniably the Queen of Hip Hop Fiction!!!! LaMia Ashley, BSW- Atlantic City, New Jersey

i have read all of nikki turners books and they all keep you on the edge of your seat and will have you laughing out loud sometimes. i finished this book in one day.

Nikki Turner has done it again. The glamour fabulous Bambi is bonded to that fast way of life. Deep pockets become challenges and finding true love becomes an obstacle. All I can say is this page turning street excitement keeps you in tuned.

I read the book in just a few hours, I could not put it down. This is the first of her novels that I've read, but I will definitely read the others.