19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Whoa! This book is sexy as all hell!, December 19, 2008
This review is from: Raw: An Erotic Street Tale (Paperback)
Raw tells the story of Chastity Jones, a street-smart 19-year-old young woman from Harlem whose father killed her mother when she was 16. After being sexually assaulted while in foster care (and boy, is the rape told in vivid detail!) she runs away and becomes a stripper in a men's club. It's there that she meets Legend Foster. He's a mysterious and gorgeous man who makes a mint by hosting parties for ballers and athletes in his Harlem brownstone. His parties are so famous, that people are willing to pay hundreds and thousands just to get into the VIP section. And let me tell you, some of the things that goes on in those parties will have you panting, sweating, and embarrassed to keep reading, but unable to stop reading!
Legend takes Chastity under his wing, and teaches her all the tricks to get men to spend big time money on her, and soon she's the toast of the town. But she's also fallen in love with Legend. But while she thinks he MIGHT be interested in her, he never makes a play.
Then she meets his cousin, Hunter. Sparks fly immediately, especially after he takes her shopping at Tiffany's and Winston's, and flies her to places like the Bahamas just to do more shopping.
But when Legend finds out that Chastity and Hunter has become an item he has a fit.
No, this is not like some of the urban erotica books where the main female character is beat up by the man (or men) in her life (come on, what's sexy about that?); I've read way too many of those books, as it is. This is a book about sex, love, lust, and money . . . and a woman who decides she wants it all -- and gets it all. The only question is, can she come out on top.
I cannot believe that this a debut book, and I really found it incredible when I heard that the author was only 21.
Raw is an incredible book. Incredibly written, and and incredibly exciting. And incredibly sexy!
And I'm just hoping there's a Part II!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Ummm Ok!?, February 20, 2009
This review is from: Raw: An Erotic Street Tale (Paperback)
I really don't know what the other reviewers read because this book is not worth 5 stars. I'm sorry but this book was not at all realistic. It was definitely written well which is why I gave it two stars instead of one but it had the same 'ol hood fiction story line...beautiful girl...bad childhood...starts stripping and/or selling drugs...meats a unrealistic rich criminal and falls in love...then he dies or goes to jail living her on her own yet again. But this book was just too much. Chastity falls in love within a day or two. Get Serious!!! I don't want to give away too much of the story but I would recommend borrowing this book because it's not worth buying (I learned that the hard way). I'll still keep a look out for future books from this author because she can write well, but this one was a HUGE let down.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ok but not exactly RAW, July 20, 2009
This review is from: Raw: An Erotic Street Tale (Paperback)
Im ah book fanatic.. Read the best authors like omar, nikki turner & noire!! I noticed that ah reviewer said this was close to a noire book.. Confused??? Not 2 talk down about this author b/c it was ah great book, done in a day and ah half but it couldnt been better. First things that were wrong was the book start off 2 fake.. I luv 2 read these hood novels b/c it feels kinda real like what we go thru out here in our local hoods but this book started out talkin bout sum gurl getting $9000 from sum dude. Not sayin it cant happen but it jus didnt seem as real. Then the editing was bad, that were sooo many typos and mess ups. But other wise very very good book. Next time the author should cum slower into the book before puttin out such big money makin. Make it seem real.. I jus new i was reading ah book most when most times i feel like im in reality.. But good start and i would consider buying another 1 though.
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