Thug-A-Licious
by Noire
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Book Summary Information
Author: NoireEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-29
ISBN: 0345486919
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: One World/Ballantine
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- ISBN13: 9780345486912
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Thug-A-Licious
Book Review: More Than a Title
Summary: 3 Stars
In Noire's third installment in the urban erotica genre, Thug-A-Licious, we meet Andre Williams aka Thug-A-Licious. He is a big balla' on the courts and a force to be reckoned with on the rap scene. Although he fathers nine children by eight different women, only one woman has his heart, beauty salon owner Carmiesha "Lil Muddah" Vernoy and he has a forever bond with his two cousins, Todd "Smooth-A-Licious" Williams and Carl "Pimp-A-Licious" Williams. With all of those things going for him, he is still a thug with a past that haunts him. He knows better than anyone that when you establish a debt with the streets it will come for its pay .
Thug-A-Licious surprised me by being a good solid read. It was captivating and moved at an even steady pace. The characters were interesting and the choices they would make stayed true to how they were presented. While Andre's characterization of a male whore was played out extensively, his basketball and rap skills were secondary. They were more or less referenced rather than experienced. Carmiesha was shown to be loyal and generous, but far from perfect, hiding a secret I was not sure how she held. Nonetheless her character had me rooting for whatever it was she wanted. However it was "Pimp" who seemed to be Noire's calling card in the novel--the sadistic, cruel, soulless creature at whose hands everyone seemed to suffer. He was the catalyst that put all the characters between a rock and a hard place.
Having read both Candylicker and G-Spot, the differences between Pimp and Hurricane from Candylicker and G from G-Spot, Noire did not paint Pimp as gratuituous and sadistic as the others. He was shown to be all the things I described without me having to put the book down to rest from his cruel habits. She also was able to tap into the superstition of "bad blood" verses environment when we meet Pimp's son, Jahlil.
The resolution of this novel was unexpected. Although I honestly cannot figure out how else it could have ended, for me it was a bit anti-climactic. Also as I speak on Noire's prior novels I appreciate her nods in Thug-A-Licious to things that happened in the other books. A person who has read all of them will appreciate that.
As I get older I grow weary of this genre, however Thug-A-Licious is one of the better ones I have read. Noire's storytelling in this genre is getting better and I will probably read her next installment in urban erotica.
Kotanya
APOOO BookClub
Summary of Thug-A-Licious
?Have you ever wanted something so bad you was willing to crawl over bodies to get it? I mean, fiend for it so hard it didn?t matter who you hurt, how low you had to scrape, it was gonna be yours? That?s what music and balling did for me. They were the fundamentals behind my rise . . . and the perpetrators of my fall. They called me Harlem?s black prince?a rising star who carried street dreams on his back. But the streets, ya know. They got a way of coming for theirs. A method of sneaking up on you when you ain?t looking . . .?Andre ?Thug-A-Licious? Williams came up on Harlem?s meanest streets. But thanks to his nearly ankle-breaking hoop moves and explosive mic skills, he makes it out?and dominates the rap scene with chart-topping urban hits.
Thug has sexed all the hottest freaks and has a slew of baby mamas to show for it. But no matter how many women he takes to his bed, only one can claim his heart: successful beauty salon owner Carmiesha ?Lil Muddah? Vernoy, his ride-or-die queen who has stuck by his side and guarded his back through thick and thin.
But Thug also has a nightmarish history with someone else. Pimp Williams, his older cousin and ex?partner in crime, is a cold-blooded killer who spreads havoc all over Harlem and will stop at nothing to get what he wants?even if it means betraying his own family, crushing Carmiesha, and forcing Harlem?s black prince down to his knees and back to his bloody beginnings.
?Urban erotica has never been hotter!?
?Nikki Turner, author of Riding Dirty on I-95
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