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A Price to Pay (View Park Novels)

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The book was soooooo GREAT!!!!!!!!!!! I never would have expected the twist and turns! Avery has put a nail in her coffin, Kimberly is about to start it up again. Haley has ahuge suprise! and Michael is pure evil..


Great Read

Okay, let me first start by saying that I do enjoy reading the "View Park" Series. It's cool to read about a different financial class of African American for a change. (No matter how disfunctional) I read the first novel "No More Good" and it was a breath of fresh air. While I can't relate to the Chases superiority complex, wealth or high-profile life-style, I was intrigued by it.

That being said, I continue to what patiently as Ms. Winters creates another set of problems for this family to keep out of the public eye. But this time I wasn't quite as impressed. The novels are about 250 pages each, in my opinion that's rather short, and at $14.00 a novel I would expect to get a least 300 pages.

"A Price to Pay" picks up where each of the other 3 novels in the series leaves off, with the matriarchs of the family (Steven & Janet) pretending that their lives are perfect as their offspring continuing to disappoint them. (with the exception of Leigh)

Carter is still chasing after Avery, who before being convicted by her need to do the right thing, temporarily gives into his charm and sex appeal before calling it off. Michael is still willing to do anything to get approval/confirmation from his father that he will be running the empire one day. He has destroyed his marriage with his selfishness and has inadvertently wounded his twin boys in the process. His wife Kimberly wants out of the disfunctional family but Michael is determined to make her suffer for her past wrongs until he has no other choice but to let her go. Haley, say it with me, is in trouble with the law again and has no regard for anyone.

There wasn't anything that happened that I didn't expect as the characters have become predictable. The novel is a good read and the author talented. I just think the series could have been written in 2 novels instead of four. "A Price to Pay" felt like the 2nd & 3rd novels just a different day.

** NOTE TO ANGELA WINTERS **
Write longer novels, lower the retail price, and make the characters surprise us.

First, wasted ink even putting Haley in the story. With a daughter like her, Janet can't judge anyone! Carter and Avery, love them! Now, Michael & Kimberly. How disappointing their drama turned out to be. Why give Kimberly all the info about the Chase Beauty/Elisha deal and then not let her do anything with it? She could've bought her own freedom plus garnered the respect of mom & dad for saving the company, then plotted their downfall later.

I was very disappointed in this story. How could this story turn out to be a story about people who are black, rich, hateful, and vengeful. They portrayed a twisted family love that I cannot understand. What could possibly be gained by Avery, a person who grew up with a sense of family, and who should have Christian values, keep running back and forth between two men. The story-line really disappoints me on so many levels. The story-line reminds me too much of the television episodes of Dallas. This story could have been better written. There needs to be a family meeting in the story and everyone try to work on doing better for the preservation of the family and its name. I hope the next story is better than this one because how I feel right now everyone needs to just be gone already. Right about now I think I need a Beverly Jenkins book to get over my disappointment in this one.

All I can say is "OMG!!!!!!". I can hardly wait for the next book. I really hope I do not have to wait a year. This should be a movie. Angela Winters, keep it up.

Drama,drama,drama! A real page turner, I loved it, cannot wait until the next book. Great work Angela Winters.

I had gotten interested in the series from reading previous books that I purchased them as well. I purchased this book and I am tempted to ask for my money back. The story seemed to be more like a runaway train. I saw a little growth in Michael but the parents there was none. Its like Carter took over where Michael was and I actually had found myself rooting for his and Avery's love. Now I am like she is better off without him. I have read other series and I can say that they have at least managed not to provide loopholes in the story. I hope you put the last of the series out before 2010 and hopefully the book will be a little more interesting.

This series is probably one of the best that I've read in a while!! I think that this last book has really given the reader an even greater insight into the lives and personalities of the characters. And while the actions of some of the characters is still the same, the story has gotten better and better as each book goes along. Everything is getting more complicated in their lives as it would in anyone else's and makes me connect with the characters even more! I even find myself cheering for KIMBERLY!! Who wouldda thunk it?! lol. But honestly I think that Carter and Avery drama is just beginning and makes me anxious to read the next book! And Michael and Kimberly's saga is just as HOT!! Start from the beginning, and i promise you won't regret it!! What a great series!!

The author of this book is an excellent storyteller because there's a character in this novel that I CANNOT STAND...I won't say who though. I finished this book in no time and can't wait to read what happens next.

LOVE READING ABOUT BLACK FAMLIES WITH MONEY POWER RESPECT AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH BEING LABELED AS THE BLACK KENNEDYS. THIS SERIES IS OFF DA HOOK FROM DA BABY SIS TO THE CONTROLING FATHER. A MUST READ