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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (June 12, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0062067664
  • ISBN-13: 978-0062067661
  • Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.8 x 8 inches
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1.0 out of 5 starsThis book is more screenplay than novel.
By R. Schwenk VINE VOICE on October 24, 2011
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An HBO or Showtime TV series (or mini-series) is where this novel belongs. The book is more screenplay than novel. It ends with a cliffhanger, so we can be sure that a sequel is in the works.

There is enough explicit sex and foul language to repel the faint of heart and to ensure that this "screenplay" will never make it to network TV. On the other hand, there may be enough action, sex and money to ensure this series' success. The writing is plot-driven. The prose, while simple and lacking in any flourishes, does advance the plot line at "warp speed".

The story is told in the third person and, although the author tells you what the characters feel, the reader is never shown 'why'. The reader is not drawn in emotionally. Rather, the reader views the action at a distance - as in a TV show with no character development.

Beauty is a half Japanese- half black teenager who was adopted by Power's mom.
Power is black. The `book' begins when the pair's mother dies as a result of an explosion.

The night after their mother died, Power and Beauty did something that their mother had warned them against: they made love. This experience (we are told) was magic, and the two of them spent the next several years trying to recreate the experience of that night with other lovers. But no one could ever come close to matching what (we are told) Beauty and Power had with each other.

The two teenagers are separated shortly after that experience.

Both Power and Beauty occupy worlds so overblown by conspicuous money that it is spent like water. Private jets and gold cellphone enclosures that cost $33,000 abound.

The obsessive focus on money, how it's spent, and how much everything costs actually becomes tiresome. It is also unbelievable.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsAlways On My Mind.....
By L.Taylor on October 2, 2011
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Charlotte Clay is the mother of Power and adopted mother of her long lost best friend's daughter Beauty.Losing Charlotte in a fire at 16 years of age,Power and Beauty commit an act,during hours of grief,that they promise to never commit or speak of again.

Charles 'Slim' Simmons,Charlotte's employer,sends the teens mother home in an elaborate service.He takes the two in and gives them everything they want and need.Power accepts his generosity with open arms.Beauty is cautious and stand
offish.She sees Slim as an evil snake.She warns Power of the evilness Slim possesses.Power sees him as a generous guy that liked their mother and doing a good deed.

Beauty keeps her distance from Slim and flees to New York to fulfill her dream of becoming a fashion designer.Power stays,goes to school and learns tidbits of living the so called 'good life' from Slim.After losing a school election,Power decides he'll never attend school again.Slim agrees with him and sends him to friends to learn the game from some of the finest players that play in it.

As time goes on Power and Beauty stay separated without contact.They find themselves always dreaming of each other and thinking the secret they vow to keep.This secret has them connected yet disconnected.In their time apart they learn a lot from some of the most eccentric people there are.People who say Power and Beauty's futures are at the top of the priority list, but their own personal gains are what they really seek.

Slim loses it and everybody around him seems to meet their demise or disappear.He searches for Power and Beauty and finds them...Beauty finally contacts Power and again she warns him he's in danger at the hands of Slim...they agree to meet and at an arms length away Power is whisked away.Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starsPower and Beauty HUH?
By Leilanime on November 11, 2011
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I have to say I kept falling asleep on this book which is the first clue that I was not interested. I FINALLY finished the book and it was like eating a meal that you tasted but was not satisfied! This book was Horrible. It piggy backed off of Midnight (Sistah Souljah's book) in some places and really had no direction or "meaning". I am left to wonder what parts were writtten by T.I. and which by David. I bet I could guess though. My recommendation would be for T.I. to stick to Rapping and staying cute and leave the writing to real Authors.
P.S. The ending was super WHACK.
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2.0 out of 5 starsPure psychobabble...save your money!
By SavaFiend76 on June 6, 2012
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I will preface this review by saying that I read urban fiction extensively, and I figured this would be in that genre, considering it was supposedly written by T.I. and claims to be a "gritty" tale. It is, in fact, not a gritty tale. It sounds like something a high school kid might write as a first attempt at a novel.

The main thing that irritated me is that all kinds of psychobabble is written into the story in regards to Power, the male protagonist. With overuse of big words and ten cent vocabulary, it's painful obvious that T.I. (or his ghostwriter) is trying too hard to add depth to the character. And Power has a thing for Beauty, the girl raised as his sister. The authors practically bash the reader over the head with that. Every chapter has some mention of how no other woman matches up to Beauty for Power, how he can't orgasm during sex without picturing Beauty's face, how he knows she was technically raised as his sister but he can't stop thinking about her, etc. These authors don't know how to spin a proper tale. You need to SHOW the readers these things through the action in the story, not just tell them about it over and over and over again ad nauseum!

It also seemed like they were trying too hard to throw vice into the story. The story vacillates between trying to sound like street fiction (i.e., the Miami scene where Power goes to work for drug dealer Renato "Sugar" Ruiz) and bad Mob stereotypes (the Irv Wasserman character and his whole Chicago scene), and oh, let's throw in some pop culture by mentioning a madam who runs an escort service and sounds suspiciously like Heidi Fleiss.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery entertaining book

Wasn't what I expected, great plots & twists. Bravo Mr. Tip Harris!👏🏽

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5.0 out of 5 starsBack story

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I really enjoyed this book anybody looking to buy should definitely do it

Published 10 months ago by Shanta
5.0 out of 5 starsGood Story overall

Overall good story. I ordered the 2nd part and can't wait to see how the story unfolds! I hope the Power and Beauty stop fighting their love for each other. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Shaunta'e
5.0 out of 5 starsWaiting for part 2!!!

I can relate too this book in some ways....Eye opener too a lot of lessons in life. Must read if your a open mind human..

Published 11 months ago by Tasha
3.0 out of 5 starsIt wasn't bad, but it won't change your life

I bought this book because I'm a fan of T.I. That was literally the only reason, I won't lie. While it was a read, the books not going to change your life, but if you're a T. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Georgia Payne
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I loved it

Published 12 months ago by April Michael
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Job T.I.

Great Book. I read I read it within a week, and I enjoyed the characters of Power & Beauty. So, much intensity.

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