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Success is the Best Revenge

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As far as I am concerned anyway, I was really disappointed in the first book. All of the name dropping was irritating, and I was looking for this book to be the same, but it was so much better.Tyrone was at it again and it was interesting to see what he was up to this time and how he would get caught or get out of it. This book can be read without reading the first book, (wish I had known that before I bought it.) I hope the next installment is even better.

These authors (unlike some others) do a good job of combining their writing styles and thoughts and come together to write "Success..."

This book captures the exploits of Tyrone AKA Contessa Aventura. Tess is a cross dressing gold-digger whose past catches up with her in the worst way. There is also a love story or two thrown in here. Not to mention the ever-present and all too tired story line that includes reconciliation of a jail-bird brother with his widly successful younger brother.

By the way, these authors mentioned that they wanted to show African-Americans in a positive light, well "drug-dealing to feed the family cause the daddy walked out" didn't do it for me.

All in all, not a bad read and I finished it in one day.

Kristy Phillips
Sister 2 Sister Book Club

that is, pure, unadulterated, bona-fide garbage disguised as a book. Idiotic from beginning to end. This thing came out less than a month ago and there are already 25 used/new copies for sale at lower prices. That tell you something? Save your money. Buy a real book. These 2 aren't authors; they're hacks.

This book was well worth the read. Much better than the prequel Revenge is best served cold. This novel is action packed from beginning to end and "Tyrone"...you won't be able to get enough of him. Fast paced with lots of twists that moves you right along with the books. Just enough characters ...not too many things going on at once but no chance of boredom with the characters illustrated. Also the author did an excellent job of keeping Dakota and Morgan in the background (they were the main characters in the first novel)giving just enough attention to them so that prequel readers know what happens to them w/o dwelling on them as main characters. Get the book especially since it has been out for a few years and I am sure you can get it at a really cheap price.

For those who know, the flamboyant Tyrone is at it again! For those who don't...start from the very beginning with Tracie Howard and Danita Carter's first book "Revenge Is Best Served Cold". Once again the duo of diversity has cleverly blended the elegance of high-powered living and the gritty lifestyle of the streets. Although not as dramatic as its predecessor, "Talk of the Town", "Success Is the Best Revenge" still holds its own. Sit back and relax as the leading characters bump into each other's lives causing controversy, greed and love (yes!), all boiled into one book. You won't be able to put it down!

This book is an elegant example of urban class. So many books illustrate lower class black society and never touch on black middle and upper class. This book is an eloquently written contradiction to the ghetto concrete jungle, low moral, lack of respect, education, class, family values and self esteem, portrade in too many other black books. Their were no drive-by's, baby mamas and cheap liquor in this book, just sheer elagance in its most dramatic form. The characters in this book could have been any race and that's what I love the most about this book!

This book was great!!! I truly enjoyed reading about the lifestyle of these characters, and LOVED Tyrone/Tess! The characters were real, it was as if I were watching a movie.
It's refreshing to read about people of color who have it going on, and I can't wait for another awesome story from these talented writers.