{"id":2406,"date":"2012-06-17T14:43:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T19:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/blog\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2020-05-08T22:49:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T02:49:11","slug":"a-little-sumthin-sumthin-by-imani-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=2406","title":{"rendered":"A Little Sumthin\u2019 Sumthin\u2019 by Imani True"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0983346127\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=sistontheshel-20&amp;linkId=1313eb9e01d9c3b48e27a30877b46c2b&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=0983346127&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=sistontheshel-20&amp;language=en_US\" width=\"224\" height=\"346\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=sistontheshel-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=0983346127\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><strong>Publisher\/Date:\u00a0<\/strong> NCM Publishing, Feb. 2012<br \/>\n<strong>Genre:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Romance<br \/>\n<strong>Pages:\u00a0<\/strong> 220<br \/>\n<strong>Website:\u00a0<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truerrotica.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/www.truerrotica.blogspot.com<\/a><\/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\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" title=\"3\/5\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" title=\"3\/5\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/blank_star.png\" alt=\"&#9734;\" title=\"3\/5\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/blank_star.png\" alt=\"&#9734;\" title=\"3\/5\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot: <\/strong>Tired of his manhandling ways, Fatima Strong leaves her husband of more than 20 years in <strong><em>A LITTLE SUMTHIN\u2019 SUMTHIN\u2019 <\/em><\/strong>by Imani True. Though Malcolm used to be sweet as pie, his brutal demands push her to finally choose herself. In doing so, she flourishes career-wise and meets Xiomara, everything Malcolm is not \u2013 loving, kind and generous. However, when he catches wind of his ex-wife\u2019s new love, someone is going to pay dearly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Good:<\/strong> True\u2019s book is fast paced and pretty straightforward. The writing is okay, suggesting a great moral: know your truth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Not-So-Good: <\/strong>As I said, the writing is okay, but the timeline between Fatima leaving Malcolm and getting with Xiomara is sketchy at best. The sex scenes could be hotter, as well. If the re-worked and edited better, <em>Sumthin\u2019 <\/em>could be a much better novel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bottom Line: <\/strong>Grab <em>A Little Sumthin\u2019 Sumthin\u2019<\/em> as quick afternoon read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviewed June 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 NCM Publishing, Feb. 2012 Genre:\u00a0\u00a0Romance Pages:\u00a0 220 Website:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.truerrotica.blogspot.com The Plot: Tired of his manhandling ways, Fatima Strong leaves her husband of more than 20 years in A LITTLE SUMTHIN\u2019 SUMTHIN\u2019 by Imani True. Though Malcolm used to be sweet as pie, his brutal demands push her to finally choose herself. In doing so, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[37,55,169,245,401],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7306,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions\/7306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}