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Hood Rat: A Novel

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Hoodrat is a novel about four friends living in the hood. Yoshi,Billy,Reese and Rhonda are four friends who get theirs how they can no matter who it hurts. Rhonda is the worst of all who is giving her baby daddy Paul a hard time for no reason and this leads to both their untimely demise. Yoshi is a stripper who lets a man know this is strictly business until the one unsuspecting guy,Jah comes into her life after a horrible attack to let her know she can be loved unconditonally and she realizes there is another way to get money. Billy is the confused broken hearted one who is longing to fill a void and doesn't know how to repair her heart until Marcus. Reese is peer pressured into doing drugs and eventually loses her reputation for not thinking and her ways lead her to a pregnancy and no clue of who the father is.

I loved this book because it needed to be written. My sisters need to wake up and take their place and do the right thing..not try to make it off the men in their lives and definitely learn to respect themselves. K'wan did an excellent job bringing these characters to life and by getting into the female mind. I think a lot of young sisters need to read this book because there is an excellent message to be learned. K'wan has done it again!!!

Yoshi, Billy, Reese, and Rhonda are four scandalous friends. Yoshi doesn't have time for love from a man because she's too busy digging and emptying their pockets. But Yoshi will soon learn that everything that looks good isn't good for you. Billy is a former high school basketball star who has sworn off men. She has a little attraction to women until she meets a man that may make her want to give the opposite sex one more chance. Reese is a follower who is trying to find the love that she's been missing all of her life by hopping into bed with different men. But Reese gets a wake-up call when she ends up pregnant from a shameful one night stand. Rhonda is twenty-something with three kids by three different men including a teen daughter. She rides off of the system and different men for her own financial stability instead of working. But Rhonda's gravy train comes to a halt when one of her men turns the tables on her.

Hood Rat is an entertaining and thought-provoking novel by K'wan. K'wan expertly gets into the female psyche of these questionable women. If there was ever an example of how women should not act, then this novel is it. From Yoshi being a stripper/prostitute to Rhonda making her baby daddy's life a living hell for no reason, these women had no shame. My personal favorite character was Billy because it seems like she was a hood rat more by association than anything. She wasn't totally innocent but she had the most sense out of the group. This novel is definitely a wake-up to all women about the importance of self-love and how it influences their relationships with men and their children. Hood Rat is an excellent novel about lessons learned and the importance of making the right life decisions.

I must say that this book was so good. I read it in one day. Its about four friends that get their money by any means. If it by lying about the father of their sons or sexing a guy because of their money status.If you love K'wan work i must say you need to get this one

I just finished this knock out novel by K'wan "Hood Rat". The book was pure FIRE!!! K'wan did his thing, I mean he stuck his foot all up in it.

Travel within the pages of this book and you will meet an assortment of interesting characters. Let's start with Rhonda, a twenty something mother of 3 who gives new meaning to the word trifling, she's a welfare queen and proud of it. She doesn't give a sh-- about her kids only getting drunk, high, sleeping around and making life a living hell for her baby daddy Paul, and girlfriend Marlene.
Then there is Yoshi a stripper/money getter, and her best friend Billy a tomboyish beauty with a broken heart, who is not sure if she likes men, or something else. The 4th member of the crew is Reese who lives at home with mom and is basically Rhonda's sidekick, she sleeps around and has no ambitions or goals, just like Rhonda.
There is also Jah, a true gangsta who is Paul's liitle brother. Spooky his ace boon coon from the womb to the tomb. Crazy Eight the neighborhood mentally challenged pest, up and coming rappers Bad Blood who are Pain, True,Lex and Jay. Bad blood was discovered by Don B., a star in his own right. Marcus, and Cat, who work at the Shooter's Club, a brother and sister that both have their eyes on Billy. Also there are Slick and his crew Rel and Groovy, plus Paul's best freind Larry Love.
All of there paths will cross in a truly crazy and violent turn of events during the summer of 2006.
I agree with one of the other reviewers, my fave character was Jah too, you really start to root for him although he is busting caps all over Harlem, he's got a good heart and a soft spot for a special lady. I was saddened by the way Paul's life turned out.
DRAMA is all up in the pages of "Hood Rat"!!This book is a must read, it is so good I was sad to see it end. I look forward to K'wan's next work!!

I just had to read this book after all the hype I heard about it.And I must say that it was pretty good,It sort of started off slow to me and I felt that the author was introducing too many extra characters which took away most of the focus from the main ones,And that irked me alot.But as I got more into the book I couldnt put it down!!!I couldnt stand Rhonda and she got what she deserved in the end,she was a true hood rat for real.But the character I liked the most was Jah!So I cant wait to read the sequel to see whats up with him and Yoshi's relationship! Good job Kwan!

K'wan wrote a hood tale that talked about too many of our young ladies in the streets today. I hope young women read the truth in K'wan's words, educate themselves and avoid the traps these young women found themselves in.
Great read and well worth your money.

K'wan is truly an underrated author. I am an avid fan of his an await his next novel.

Kwan really did his thing on this book. I really loved the characters in the book all except for that damn Rhonda. I was suprised how it ended, but I kind of figured alittle of it out. I suggest that everyone should get this book. Keep doing your thing Kwan

Lanay

YOU HAVE DONE IT AGAIN.....WHAT THAT 6 FOR 6. I REALLY ENJOY YOUR WRITING YOU HAVE ME ON THE EDGE......TO MY ALL AMAZON FAM....PLEASE BELIEVE THAT K'WAN HAS DONE IT AGAIN...........IT'S FIYA AND A MUST READ...AND TO ALL THAT GIRLS THAT HATING ON THIS CHANGE YOUR LIFESTYLE. IT'S DEFINITELY A PAGE TURNER...............

I loved the book but i found myself feeling Yoshi and Billy's story moreso than Rhonda and Reese's. i couldn't get into the latter be it that they were just too much for me. Rhonda was a hoe. I'm sorry let me correct myself, a Dirty Grimey Larceny-hearted plotting hoe. i could neve ride with that. and paul was stupid for getting involved with that. Reese made bad descions that to me are unforgivable
Yoshi and billy's stories made me want to cry. i would recommend this book to everyone who can read!!! lol