{"id":152,"date":"2006-01-01T12:02:03","date_gmt":"2006-01-01T17:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/blog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2020-05-09T14:55:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T18:55:05","slug":"jada-by-denise-alexander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"Jada by Denise Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0595356524\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=sistontheshel-20&amp;linkId=3e9947b4044f172cbdbe53d0b04e85ab&amp;language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0595356524&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=sistontheshel-20&amp;language=en_US\" width=\"231\" height=\"344\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><strong>Publisher\/Date:<\/strong>\u00a0 iUniverse, July 2005<br \/>\n<strong>Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0 Romance<br \/>\n<strong>Pages:\u00a0<\/strong> 100<\/p>\n<p><strong><p><strong class=\"rating\">Rating:<\/strong>&nbsp;<img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" title=\"3.5\/5\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" title=\"3.5\/5\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" title=\"3.5\/5\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/half_star.png\" alt=\"&frac12;\" title=\"3.5\/5\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/blank_star.png\" alt=\"&#9734;\" title=\"3.5\/5\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If I had three words to describe <em><strong>JADA<\/strong><\/em>, author Denise Alexander&#8217;s debut novel, it would be: no more drama!<\/p>\n<p>Alexander&#8217;s tale is the semi-erotic tale of Jada Williams, a sexy diva in a new relationship with femme Shanice. Jada, who&#8217;s only out to her friends, has been in the life for a few years, and thinks she has finally met the perfect woman. After meeting at a club, the two hit it off and get pretty serious after a couple of months.<\/p>\n<p>Both Jada and Shanice\u00a0have endured dead-end relationships in their in their pasts that took tolls on their souls. Jada learned she can&#8217;t be something she&#8217;s not to please others, while Shanice survived endured an abusive affair. They lean on each other and try to trust again, though it&#8217;s not easy.<\/p>\n<p>Everything is peachy for the pair until Shanice\u00a0loses her job. Jada soon learns the real Shanice\u00a0is ugly &#8212; and it takes something piercing for Jada to realize that Shanice is not as perfect as she seems.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander is a good storyteller, I&#8217;ll give her that. But <em>Jada<\/em> moves too quickly to for the reader to get a real hold of the characters. The novel&#8217;s namesake comes off kind of immature and shallow at times, and the couple&#8217;s problems seem to be easily solved with sex. The grammatical errors also take away from the tale, too.<\/p>\n<p>However, I do recommend <em>Jada<\/em> for lazy afternoon read &#8212; one that starts off good but ends too<br \/>\nswiftly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviewed January 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 iUniverse, July 2005 Genre:\u00a0 Romance Pages:\u00a0 100 If I had three words to describe JADA, author Denise Alexander&#8217;s debut novel, it would be: no more drama! Alexander&#8217;s tale is the semi-erotic tale of Jada Williams, a sexy diva in a new relationship with femme Shanice. 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