{"id":3384,"date":"2012-12-25T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/blog\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2020-05-08T22:03:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T02:03:27","slug":"still-strapped-by-sharon-d-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=3384","title":{"rendered":"Still Strapped by Sharon D. Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/125778935X\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=sistontheshel-20&amp;linkId=177b95ad79ed24cdaea3f11c2a4c1323&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=125778935X&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=sistontheshel-20&amp;language=en_US\" width=\"218\" height=\"349\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><strong>Publisher\/Date: <\/strong>Lulu.com, Dec. 2011<br \/>\n<strong>Genre(s):<\/strong> Romance, Suspense<br \/>\n<strong>Pages:<\/strong> 160<br \/>\n<strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/authorsharondsmith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/authorsharondsmith<\/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> It&#8217;s Silk&#8217;s turn to narrate the story, <strong><em>STILL STRAPPED<\/em><\/strong>, about her relationship with fellow stud, Taz. Lovers from the previous <a href=\"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/blog\/?p=1634\"><em>Strapped<\/em><\/a>, Silk and Taz&#8217;s bond has grown and become more organic, but it doesn&#8217;t sit well with others. All the couple wants is to share their lives, and interlopers from Silk and Taz&#8217;s past want to do them dirty \u2013 Zodiac, Silk&#8217;s former pimp; Reece, Taz&#8217;s femme ex who&#8217;s still irked she was left for a stud; and Nic, a relic from Silk&#8217;s gang-banging days she&#8217;d rather forget. Can&#8217;t they just let these studs be great and in love?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Good:<\/strong> The plot moves swiftly. It&#8217;s a good portrayal of stud-4-stud love. I enjoy Taz and Silk&#8217;s interaction. I hope their portrayal helps to break down the negativity surrounding this type of relationship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Not-So-Good:<\/strong> There are a few twists that come off implausible, like the revenge scheme against Silk and Taz, but it&#8217;s easy to roll with the story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bottom Line:<\/strong> Read <em>Still Strapped<\/em> for Taz and Silk&#8217;s love story and allow it to show you another side of black lesbian love. And another installment, <span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype; font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Strapless<\/em><\/span>, is soon on its way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviewed December 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publisher\/Date: Lulu.com, Dec. 2011 Genre(s): Romance, Suspense Pages: 160 Website: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/authorsharondsmith The Plot: It&#8217;s Silk&#8217;s turn to narrate the story, STILL STRAPPED, about her relationship with fellow stud, Taz. Lovers from the previous Strapped, Silk and Taz&#8217;s bond has grown and become more organic, but it doesn&#8217;t sit well with others. All the couple wants [&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":[37,147,401,433,471,474,483],"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\/3384"}],"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=3384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7282,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3384\/revisions\/7282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}