{"id":4645,"date":"2013-06-24T12:15:53","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T16:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=4645"},"modified":"2020-05-08T06:40:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T10:40:39","slug":"full-circle-by-skyy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=4645","title":{"rendered":"Full Circle by Skyy"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Publisher\/Date:<\/b>\u00a0 Urban Books, May 2013
\nGenre(s):<\/b>\u00a0 Romance, Drama
\nPages:<\/b>\u00a0 354
\nWebsite:<\/b>\u00a0 http:\/\/www.simplyskyy.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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

This is what happened when I opened my mailbox to find FULL CIRCLE<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0waiting there…<\/p>\n

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Why the jig? Because Full Circle<\/em> is the fitting end of a series that began with three best friends\u00a0\u2013 Denise, Cooley, and Carmen\u00a0\u2013 at Freedom University, and finalizes the family they’ve made with Lena, Misha and Nic. What happened in the three previous books \u2013 Choices<\/em><\/a>, Consequences<\/em><\/a> and Crossroads<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 comes completely together in Full Circle<\/em> and is so good it’s worth the back-and-forth these characters experience page after page.<\/p>\n

At first reading, it seems as if everybody is living in the past. Lena, mother to 4-year-old Bria, can’t help thinking about the what-ifs with Denise, only because she’s single and hasn’t had a relationship since Crossroads<\/i>‘ Terrin. Seeing Denise everywhere\u00a0\u2013 on TV, in movies, on gossip blogs with her girlfriend Farih \u2013 only furthers the helplessness she feels about her mundane life. Thus the pining begins…<\/p>\n

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Denise, the once-college basketball star, is rising actress in New York and also a part of a powerful lesbian couple with girlfriend\/model Farih. Dubbed the black Portia and Ellen, their life appears magical, but behind the scenes, Farih is obsessed with reviving her waning career at Denise’s expense. All Farih cares about is being back on top, and it leaves Denise time to wonder why she and Lena couldn’t make it work. Seeing Lena in Atlanta brings those feelings back, and again they circle around one another without landing the plane…<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Cooley is still on the grind as manager to both Denise and Sahara, her long-time girlfriend. Cooley has settled into a great relationship with Sahara, something we never could have predicted based on Cooley’s playa mentality three books ago in Choices<\/em>. Cooley thinks Sahara is the best thing since sliced bread, and would give her just about anything \u2013\u00a0her heart included. So when something sinister happens to test Cooley’s love, we find out whether Cooley slips back into her trademark way of using sex as a band aid, or trusts that being in love can help you get over the hurt. Let’s just say the growth from Choices<\/em> Cooley to Full Circle<\/em> Cooley is tremendous. She’s not the same, and though she slips, she never falls. Skyy truly shows Cooley’s growth as a character.<\/p>\n

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Things get more complicated when Misha is back in the picture. Cooley’s first girlfriend, the first one she ever gave her heart to, is back hanging with the Freedom University crew, still married with a husband and son. There are so many things she had to give up to be married \u2013 her education, her career, her dreams, lesbian pussy \u2013 that she wonders if it’s all worth it. Her husband is stifling her in the worst way, but this is the life she wanted when she left Cooley, right? Right?<\/p>\n

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Back in Memphis, Carmen is set to walk down the aisle to Nic, her hardworking stud. They’ve settled into domesticity, and along with her tedious job as a teacher, Carmen finds her life boring as compared to Denise and Cooley’s fast-paced, sumptuous careers in entertainment. They can afford things Nic can’t, and though she would never trade Nic for anything, her envy could ruin her impending nuptials. All she wants is the fairytale wedding…<\/p>\n

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I truly enjoyed this book. Full Circle<\/i> is just a fun, thoughtful read. It\u2019s a page-turner, and definitely something that will get readers talking. The writing, though slack in parts, is some of the best Skyy\u2019s done.<\/p>\n

In this final book, she gives readers what they wanted, and if you\u2019re a true fan of Skyy, Full Circle<\/i> is a fitting end to a series you\u2019ve followed for six years. Skyy built characters we love for better or worse. Despite their many faults, we\u2019ve trailed from undergraduates to grown women, seen their mistakes, yelled at them when they just couldn\u2019t get it right (yes you, Lena!), cussed Cooley every which way, and shed a tear when love brought them together (here\u2019s looking at you, Carmen & Nic). You can\u2019t ask for much better than that.<\/p>\n

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I wonder what characters Skyy will create next. She\u2019s got a hard act to follow, but I think she can do it.<\/p>\n

Reviewed June 2013<\/b><\/p>\n

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