Publication Date: April 1, 2009 | Series: Hotlanta (Book 3)
The Duke sisters return in this fabulous finale to the Hotlanta trilogy!
At their prestigious Atlanta high school, twins Sydney and Lauren Duke rule the roost. While straight-A Sydney wields her power in Tory Burch flats and pearl studs, reckless, sultry Lauren makes it happen as head of the cheerleading squad. But the girls' messy family history - and their involvement in a dark mystery- may topple everything they hold dear. Their mother and stepfather want to tear apart Sydney and her new boyfriend. And Lauren's true love, Jermaine, is tied to sketchy dealings on the wrong side of town. Can the Duke sisters redeem themselves while staying true to what's real?
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Denene Millner is a columnist for Parenting magazine and has worked as an entertainment journalist for Honey and The Daily News. Her books include The Sistahs' Rules, the adaptation of Dreamgirls, and she coauthored The Vow with Mitzi Miller and Angela Burt-Murray. Denene lives in Atlanta with her husband and two daughters.
Mitzi Miller is a freelance journalist and screenwriter and a former associate at Jane magazine. She's written for Elle (U.K.), Essence, Vibe and Honey magazines and is the coauthor of The Vow and The Angry Black Woman's Guide to Life. She resides in New York City.
Number 1 New York Times bestselling author Denene Millner has written 19 books, including "Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man," which she co-authored with Steve Harvey. "Act Like A Lady..." debuted No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller's list and was named by Nielsen the top selling nonfiction book of 2009. She also co-authored Harvey's new book, "Straight Talk, No Chaser," which hit bookstores in December 2010.
Millner also penned the best-selling advice book series, "What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know," and the novels, "Love Don't Live Here Anymore," "In Love & War," and, "A Love Story," each co-authored with her husband, Nick Chiles; the novel, "The Vow," named one of Borders Best of 2005 and optioned by Lifetime Television; the novelization of the Academy Award-winning movie, "Dreamgirls,"; and the three-book teen series, "Hotlanta." She also wrote "Never Make the Same Mistake Twice" for the Real Housewives of Atlanta star Nene Leakes, and served as an editorial consultant for Holly Robinson Peete's new children's book, "My Brother Charlie." And her book, "Miss You, Mina," published in August 2010, is the first in the hugely popular Scholastic Candy Apple series to feature an African American main character.
Millner, a mom of three, also provides witty, engaging, mom-to-mom advice on ethics and etiquette in everything from childrearing and marriage to work and friendship for Parenting magazine. Millner is also the founder and editor of MyBrownBaby.blogspot.com, a critically-acclaimed blog that examines parenting and motherhood through the lens of a multi-cultural experience. She also is a contributing editor for Essence, and writes articles for a plethora of magazines and websites, including Health, Entertainment Weekly, Heart & Soul, Money, Ebony, Dove.com, Unilever's "Don't Fret the Sweat" tween advice site, iVillage Health, and iVillage's Momtourage, among others.
The former political reporter and entertainment journalist lives in the Atlanta area with her husband, their two daughters and an adorable Goldendoodle named Teddy.
I loved the first two books of the Hotlanta trilogy, but this third book was a huge dissapointment. I'm about to begin the last chapter and it has taken me a week to get to this point, only because this book did not intrigue me. I normally finish books in a day or two. I hated how Keisha lost her spunk, and how Jason turned into an abuser after being such a good guy more than anything. I think more thought should have gone into this final installment. Te first two were definitely five stars!
This third book was not how I thought it should have been it didn't never really uncovered the family mystery why the girls dad was in jail in the first book I had like the first two books in the series I would have thought that what goes around would mean that the girls step daddy would and mother would finally get what was coming to them but that did not happen and to think this is the last book I had felt like this series had just got started but this was this first teen series book that I had bought in a while because the first two was very interesting but this last book was a dissapointment.
My daughter has been a fan of the series for a while now so I got it as a birthday gift for her. She loved it and finished it in two days. This is an accomplishment for someone who has the attention span of a tick.
I loved the short series, I say short series cause within 3 books it was over. When I first finished the book(A LONGGGG TIME AGO) I was kind of disappointed that the story line was over. I was used to the characters, antics, mystery, mom, step dad, dad. I don't know what others got out of the book but I will say its a great read to give to your son/daughter/niece/etc.
