{"id":4321,"date":"2013-04-30T09:06:37","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T13:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=4321"},"modified":"2013-04-30T09:06:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T13:06:37","slug":"the-space-our-love-demands-by-kionne-nicole-apr-2013-pick-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=4321","title":{"rendered":"The Space Our Love Demands by Kionne Nicole (Apr. 2013 Pick of the Month)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Publisher\/Date:<\/b>\u00a0 Resolute Publishing, Aug. 2012
\nGenre(s):<\/b>\u00a0 Romance, College Life
\nPages:<\/b>\u00a0 207
\nWebsite:\u00a0 <\/b>http:\/\/www.respublishing.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> \"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\" <\/p><\/b><\/p>\n

Does distance really make the heart grow fonder? Or does distance lead to distraction?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the test Hadiyah Matthews faces in THE SPACE OUR LOVE DEMANDS<\/i><\/b>, the debut novel from Kionne Nicole.<\/p>\n

Hadiyah is in a new city, Louisville to be exact, pursuing a graduate degree and trying to cope after a breakup with long-term girlfriend, Charity. They were together seven years, and after things went sour, they mutually decided it was better to be apart than to be miserable together. Being on her own is hard, but Hadiyah is there to get an education \u2013 until Fatma comes along.<\/p>\n

Fatma is a distraction with a capital D<\/strong>. The brown beauty captures Hadiyah\u2019s senses from the first moment they meet, and Hadiyah catches a rainbow vibe from her classmate. She might be mistaken, though. Fatma is definitely attracted; between the research and studying, they flirt and feel each other out, but is she available?<\/p>\n

More so, is Hadiyah available? Charity is still fresh in her mind. When another opportunity presents itself in the form of Adrienne, Hadiyah is even more confused about what she wants. She wants to explore and get to know herself, and these women \u2013 as well as great friends \u2013 teach her about life and love, its pleasures and its high cost.<\/p>\n

The Space Our Love Demands<\/i> is a witty novel that touches on a few serious issues. Long-term relationships, sexuality and labels, Afrocentricity, local pussy\u2026it\u2019s all in there. And the supporting characters \u2013 Tee is my absolute favorite; she needs to have her own book now \u2013 only make Space<\/i> better. Hadiyah\u2019s learning curve, after being in a seven year relationship, is fast and almost makes your head spin. The good thing is she may be blinded by the women in her life, but she ultimately sees things for what they really are.<\/p>\n

Reviewed April 2013<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 Resolute Publishing, Aug. 2012 Genre(s):\u00a0 Romance, College Life Pages:\u00a0 207 Website:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.respublishing.com Does distance really make the heart grow fonder? Or does distance lead to distraction? That\u2019s the test Hadiyah Matthews faces in THE SPACE OUR LOVE DEMANDS, the debut novel from Kionne Nicole. Hadiyah is in a new city, […]<\/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":[41,134,276,374,401],"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\/4321"}],"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=4321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}