Eric Jerome Dickey (1961–2020)

I have a lot to say about this book that I'm not going to finish. In no particular order:

1. I thought about creating an "urban" tag for this book because that's what these kinds of books get called, but I decided against it because I don't like "urban" as a euphemism for "black". I may create an "african-american" tag.

2. I wanted to read something by EJD because he's so popular.

3. I picked Chasing Destiny because MY name is Destinee.

4. I did not enjoy reading this book. The sex scenes were pretty good, but they didn't make up for everything else.

5. Why didn't I like this book? There are a few reasons. As a nerdy white person from Seattle I had trouble hearing the voices of the characters in my head. Also, it felt like EJD didn't edit anything from real life. It's a novel! Skip the boring parts of conversations!

6. I may give another EJD book a try. Any recommendations?

… (mer)

Naughtier than Nice was a fantastic read by Eric Jerome Dickey that is perfect for anyone wanting a soap opera feel kind of book.

This book is incredible! When I first started reading it I wasn't sure what to expect. Is this book a romance? A drama? It's both! This novel felt like one of the soap operas I used to watch on tv but instead in book form.

I couldn't say there was much wrong with this novel, because it did seem like a soap opera. Something was always changing, there was always some kind of romantic action or spite between characters going on and it never seemed boring. There was times that I was quite frustrated with characters or where different plot twists seemed unreal, but if this book was aiming towards being a book soap opera than it did it's job.

Overall, I was impressed. I would love more books like this where there is constant twists, drama and a big splash of romance!

Five out of five stars!

I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.… (mer)

It's taken me a long time to get around to another Eric Jerome Dickey simply because When We Were Wicked was so powerful I needed to recover! That book was a hurricane.

This novel moves smartly when two smart characters talk in a coffee shop.

This is read by Zoë Bell and Dominic Hoffman. Zoe Bell's New Zealand accent - heavens! - sounds pretty authentic to me!

I've just looked her up and there's a reason why she sounds so authentic! Zoë E. Bell is a New Zealand stuntwoman and actress. Some of her most notable stunt-work includes doubling for Lucy Lawless in Xena: Warrior Princess and for Uma Thurman in Kill Bill. As an actress, she has appeared on television and in feature-films; she has starred in the web series Angel of Death.

Unfortunately, I haven't found another book that she narrates.

Back to the book. I've given this an extra half star to make 4 stars because no one writes with the intensity of Eric Jerome Dickey - his writing is remarkable. The book loses half a star because it is about an assassin, and I don't understand why this job type is of such interest to so many great writers. On principal, I don't read books about assassins, thieves, gangsters, etc.… (mer)