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Back in the hood but movin' on up, Tasha and Trae Macklin have reformed somewhat but are still in urban grit mode. In Clark's latest street lit, her fourth novel in the Thug series, the couple's moved to L.A. although Trae briefly returns to the East Coast for some revenge killing after his cousin Shaheem's murdered. Three years later, Tasha has three children and it's all good except Trace opens up a flashy nightspot, Club New York. To do this, he makes a connection with Charles Li, a Chinese mobster, and his dangerous daughter, Charli. Then Sabeerah, a devious young witness to Trae's New Jersey crime, moves to L.A. and tries to blackmail Trae. In another plot line Det. Rick Bryant, the couple's neighbor, gets involved with Kyra, Tasha's old friend, whose hubby, Marvin, is using drugs. Clark, who started her writing career while incarcerated, depicts Tasha's travails and Kyra's problems with a brutally honest squint, but it's hard to care about extra thuggy Trae. (Aug.)
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Wahida Clark was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. She decided to write fiction while incarcerated at a women's federal prison camp in Lexington, Kentucky. Crowned the "Queen of Thug Love Fiction" by Nikki Turner, the "Queen of Hip Hop Fiction" herself, Wahida's style of writing is the template for urban literature. When you read her novels, they are so real you are convinced of one of three things: you know the characters, you want to know the characters, or you are one of the characters.
kristin_lorraine
Posted August 26, 2009
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wow i loved this book...i can't believe what went down with trae and tasha i love them i hope the baby is trae's and that they get back together...california messed them up for real...and kyra & marvin omg i can't believe she dies at the end that is so sad i love her...i hope she's not really dead and she comes back like snake did in thug matrimony...please please please let the 5th part come out soon im dying to know what's gonna happen next
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I'm giving up. :( this book was totally not what i expected. I know alot of ppl are pretty much talking about how tasha and trae ended up but i could really give a damn about that part, my thing is where is the progress!
okay so trae and tasha take the kids and move to l.a. he's out the game, they're starting a new, legit, honest life. If you ask me their interputation of a new, legit, honest life was much worse than the "thug" life. when trae got out the game, i realize he had to clean his dirty money but why why why why would he put his dirty money right back into a dirty business. A NIGHT CLUB?!?!? what real person would do that when crime associates itself with night clubs. you've got bar fights, the fire marshalls, undercover cops, drug addicts, and drug dealers who associate themselves in a night club. so regardless YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THE COPS' ATTENTION RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR STEP WHETHER OR NOT IF ITS POINTED DIRECTLY TO YOU. so that was just stupid on Trae's part. Trae goes back to jersey or new york, who knows, who cares, i dont give a damn. He takes revenge on the person who killed his cousin. Since he's such a "thugged out, smart gangsta" i guess he thought no one could touch him, yet he walked away from the murder with a witness. first of all thats unrealistic. How does a man who's smart enough to get out of the "game",without snitching to do it, how does he be dumb enough to stand basically in broad daylight, murder someone, AND get it caught on camera, not to mention the witness is alive. NOW BACK TO THE CLUB THING, LETS NOT MENTION THAT HE'S ACTUALLY WORKING WITH A MOBSTER TO LAUNDER HIS MONEY :| WTH. LETS NOT MENTION THAT THE WITNESS TO THE SHOOTING IS CONVENIENTLY THE MOBSTERS DAUGHTER, A LAWYER WHO JUST WANTS TRAE.
THIS STORYLINE IS REDICULOUS ALL THE PLAYS THAT SHE DID IN THE FIRST 4 BOOKS ARE A CONTRADICTION TO THIS BOOK. DID THE CALIFORNIAN SUN MAKE TRAE BECOME A DOFUS?
Here's something i couldnt stand Tasha became submissive. And another thing I HATE THAT SHE BASICALLY CHANGED HER NAME FOR TRAE LIKE WTH HER WHOLE LIFE SHE'S BEEN ROSALYNN OR WHAT EVER THE HELL HER NAME IS THEN HE COMES ALONG AND DECIDES HER MIDDLE NAME IS MORE SUITABLE FOR HER. WTH WHO MADE HIM BOSS? ITS LIKE EVEN WAHIDA FORGOT THAT TASHAS NAME IS NOT EVEN TASHA.
so anyways tasha becomes submissive to trae, jumping when he says jump and flinching when he jumps back, its ridiculous, she brings another woman into their life to "spice up" their already spicy sex life. What strong woman does that? oh okay. then jumping to the end, trae beats her down quite frankly i think that was an ass whipping waiting to happen. First of all THEIR WHOLE RELATIONSHIP IS BASED ON SEX! SEX AND DRAMA THATS ALL THEY KNOW. THINK ABOUT IT, IN EVERYTHUG NEEDS A LADY, THEY ALWAYS HAD SEX, THEIR RELATIONSHIP STARTED WITH SEX AND IT LOOKS LIKE ITS ENDING CUS OF SEX. the reason i say it was an ass whipping waiting to happen is because they never communicated much in the books, they were always having sex, he was in a coma or away in jail or away on drug business, really? they had no geniuine relationship. it is all based on sex Maybe thats why she stays pregnant.
to me, the book was predictable, its the same ol same ol. Hopefully Angel and Kaylin's relationship doesnt go sour. whats gonna happen next wahida? will Kaylin turn gay and give angel aids cus she has an affair with her mom's new boyfriend?
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Posted August 20, 2009
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OKAY,NOW YALL KNOW WE GOTTA GIVE IT TO WAHIDA FOR THIS ONE. HOW MANY AUTHORS DO YOU KNOW THAT CAN KEEP YOUR ATTENTION AFTER PART 2 OF THERE BOOKS,SHE ON BOOK 4 AN I CANT WAIT FOR BOOK 5 GIRL YOU NO YOU DID DAMAGED IN THUG LOVIN.I CANT BELIEVE TASHA AND TRAE CAN GET DOWN LIKE THAT,IM NOT TO MAD AT TRAE S**T I WOULD DO THE SAME THANG,NOW TASHA YOU WRONG DAWG YOU KNEW THE JOB WAS DANGEROUS WHEN YOU TOOK SO GOOD LUCK TO YOU BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU TRAE STAY TOGETHER.KYRA AND MARVIN WHAT THE F**K HAPPEN TO YALL,MARVIN HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO YOUR BABY GIRL BUT KYRA WASNT NO ANGEL EITHER SO WHAT HAPPEN TO KYRA.........I DONT KNOW WHEN COMES TO YOU IM LOST LIKE EVERYBODY ESLE.UMMA LEAVE AT THAT.WAHIDA YOU HURRY UP WITH PART 5 NOW DONT KEEP A SISTA WAITING TOO LONG AND KEEP DOING YOU.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.OMG, This book is sooooo good I can not believe what is happening I know their must be a seqeul and I cant wait for it can somebody please tell me when is it coming out? I recommend if you have not ready any of Wahida books and you love urban fiction this is where to start books by Wahida keep up the good work.
P.s- I am serious I cant wait for the sequel to 'Thug Lovin'.
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Posted December 2, 2009
this book lwt me down after waiting all this time i threw it in the garbage that was not the wahida i know the book was filled wit everybody havin sex wit everybody unprotected getting stds and pregnant for nuthin and to top it off one of the main characters died. overall i will no longer be reading any more of her books because i feel ripped off, if u like it u dont knw a good book wen u read one sorry wahida but i want my money back...
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Posted October 17, 2009
She is not writing the same way she use to write, Her books isn't holding your interest as well as before.
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Posted September 30, 2009
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I have waited for this book for along time and when I finally had a chance to purchase and read it then toss it in the collection. I was highly upset it was 100% north of what I was expecting and for that i hope she can write one more in the thug series and correct this mistake. Do not get me wrong read it for your enjoyment but as a fan who has read all of her books more than 20 times each I was so pumped and let down. I kept picturing her killing trae or kaylin and that was 280 degrees of what happened. I will try to read it again but I do know I still will be disappointed...Hey my personal opinion...
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Posted September 26, 2009
I was a huge fan of the "Thug Series" presented by Wahida Clark. I eagerly awaited the release of this book and was HUGELY disappointed. Every character that she built in the previous 3 books lost their dimension. The plot was stereotypical and simple minded... to say the least. The back cover of the book gave more information than the actual book. The love that Tasha and Trae built was tainted by unnecessary affairs and drama that was beneath the depth of their characters. I am a general fan of cliff hangers, but this book ended weird. Its like the author was running out of time and just put together an end within 3 pages. A complete JOKE Seriously!!!! At the end of the day I believe that the love of Tasha and Trae should have endured and not given way to the everyday stereotypical lust that looms married couples. SO UNHAPPY. If she does write a new book I hope it begins with this one being a nightmare.
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Posted August 25, 2009
I LOVE THIS BOOK --PLEASE DON'T LET KYRA DIE -YOU ARE TALENTED AND REALLY HOPE THEY TURN THIS STORY INTO A MOVIE ? I REALLY LOVE YOUR WORK --AND I'M WONDERING WHO THE FATHER OF TASHA'S BABY OR IS SHE JUST STRESSED OUT OVER TRAE'S INFIDELITIES --I WAITIN FOR THE NEXT PART TO COME OUT --
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Posted August 24, 2009
i love this book so much i can't wait for part 5 please hurry
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I read books one through four in 4 days. I can't wait to read books 5 and 6. I love this series!!!
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Posted January 7, 2012
I've read a few of Wahida Clark's books, and liked them. I read this after "Thugs and the women that love them" so I have some background, but I will say this. This book is so over the top and unbelievable I didn't know what to think. Some of the mistakes these "thugs" make actually made me laugh, even I'm smarter than that! I generally like the authors style, but I had to ask myself, what is the point if everyone is gonna do the same things, in or out of the game? Can we get some progress? All this shows me is that thugs really can be dumb in or out of the game!
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Posted December 30, 2011
This series didn't do me any good lol. I was caught reading these books at work every other day. I just couldnt put them down!!!!! Loved the characters & the storyline!
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Posted May 24, 2011
OMG, TASHA AND TRAE GOT TO STAY TOGETHER, I DREAM OF MY RELATIONSHIP TO BE JUST LIKE THAT. ANGEL AND KAYLIN, THEY GOTTA STAY TOGETHER. OMG I GOTTA GET THE NEXT TWO BOOKS FO REAL.
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Posted April 28, 2011
This here was awesome. Just finished reading it.I am about to download 5th book right now!
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Posted April 6, 2011
I hate the way everyone is trying to down grade this book because I actually think it is a wonderful book. Even though Trea did some things that was against his marriage he was still trying to fix things and make it back the way it should have been. So I highly recommended this book and for the people who thinks it all backwards I think they so think about the way Ms. Clark wrote this books because it was based upon the couples.
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Posted April 4, 2011
OMG I was so mad how Wahida left us hanging......and for sooo long!! Even though Kaylin and Angel are my favorite couple...I can't get enough of Trae and Tasha.....all I know is they need to get it together!!!
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Posted March 2, 2011
I could'nt put my nook down! i just love tasha and tra'! they remind me of Pamekia and Dre'! can't wait untill Apirl!!
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I absolutely LOVE the Thug Series! I'm hoping there's another coming.
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Posted January 29, 2011
What's next? i can't wait Wahida you have done it once again. I have to know what Tasha is going to do. i ready for the sequal.
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Overview
Tasha and Trae, the hood's favorite couple, are still together following the events of Thug Matrimony. Even with their relocation to sunny Los Angeles, the drama of New York cannot be escaped. From running a nightclub to dealing with models, shady lawyers, big money, new kinds of temptations, seductions, and drugs-not to mention new love interests-can this infamous couple weather all the storms and keep it together?