{"id":4304,"date":"2013-04-30T09:01:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T13:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=4304"},"modified":"2020-05-08T07:34:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T11:34:13","slug":"the-other-by-amir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=4304","title":{"rendered":"the other by amir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1105872483\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=sistontheshel-20&amp;linkId=70b42ef26a8da846acf3cc13af598d91&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=1105872483&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=sistontheshel-20&amp;language=en_US\" width=\"213\" height=\"317\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><strong>Publisher\/Date:<\/strong> Lulu.com, June 2012<br \/>\n<b>Genre(s):<\/b>\u00a0 Romance, Transgender, Straight Books with Lesbian Characters<br \/>\n<b>Pages:<\/b>\u00a0 320<br \/>\n<b>Website:<\/b>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soulfulbooks.webs.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.soulfulbooks.webs.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><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><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The Plot:<\/b>\u00a0 Three best friends \u2013 Alex, Tyrell and Jewel \u2013 confront issues in their lives while holding on to their friendship in <b><i>the other<\/i><\/b>. It ain\u2019t easy, though. Writer Alex, who made the transition from woman to man years prior, attempts to work through the tumultuous relationship with his late father \u2013 and then a new love steps into his life. Jewel has a new love, as well, but can\u2019t put doggish\u00a0ex Kyree\u00a0out of her mind. Speaking of canines, compulsive cheater Tyrell\u00a0has a gorgeous fianc\u00e9, Samantha, at home \u2013 and many others behind her back; he chalks up his behavior to being a \u201cman\u201d and Sam not giving him what he wants sexually. Despite the friends\u2019 internal and romantic dilemmas, the one thing they never let go of is each other.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Good:<\/b>\u00a0 The friendship is the best thing about <i>the other<\/i>. No matter what crazy situations the friends find themselves in, one is always there to be the voice of reason. <i>the other<\/i>\u00a0also has a great voice in Alex, the deepest one of the trio, and Jewel is a diva with heart. Tyrell on the other hand\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b>The Not-So-Good:<\/b>\u00a0 Tyrell is a mess. How can one man be so heartless? I guess you\u2019ll find out just how much. And at 320 pages, I think some pages could have been trimmed to make a neater story.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Bottom Line:<\/b> <i>the other<\/i> is for you if you like a thoughtful, drama-filled, character based story.<\/p>\n<p><b>Reviewed April 2013<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publisher\/Date: Lulu.com, June 2012 Genre(s):\u00a0 Romance, Transgender, Straight Books with Lesbian Characters Pages:\u00a0 320 Website:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.soulfulbooks.webs.com The Plot:\u00a0 Three best friends \u2013 Alex, Tyrell and Jewel \u2013 confront issues in their lives while holding on to their friendship in the other. It ain\u2019t easy, though. Writer Alex, who made the transition from woman to man [&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":[37,65,401,466,505],"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\/4304"}],"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=4304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7257,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4304\/revisions\/7257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}