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Blessing and a Curse
Andrea Clinton
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5 out of 5 books
Malika
is not an ordinary woman by any means. Looking at her you would see a
hardworking woman that is beautiful in her own right. She is
extremely busy with owning an art gallery and working on her own
pieces for the gallery leaves little time for having her hair done
often or to dress up, but when she does her beauty shines through and
through. What is extremely extraordinary about Malika is she has the
gift of seeing visions of the future and at times being able to read
someone’s mind. Malika at times feels like it is more of a curse
than a blessing. Although Malika can see into the future, the
one person she cannot seem to read into is herself.
Malika’s
husband Hooch is an ex-football star that is miserable on how his
life turned out. Looking at the perspective on how his life could
have been had he not have been injured years ago. Just the thought of
what he could have had with a career in the NFL is enough to make him
the angry person he is. Hooch takes his anger out on everybody within
the house. He has everyone walking around on eggshells because they
never know how he is going to act or react to things. On the day that
he tells Malika he is tired of going through the motions and is
leaving her, she wanted to break down and cry but refused to give him
the satisfaction of seeing that. All the mental abuse she taken from
Hooch and all the things she sacrificed for him, Malika made a quick
decision to take a vacation to get away from it all before he could
move out, leaving her stuck with the kids and the bills. The sad
thing is the only reason why Hooch told Malika he wanted to leave was
to scare her into paying him more attention. Now the question is did
Hooch push Malika too far?
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Blessing and a Curse by Andrea Clinton was a very good read! It is a
story about love, hate, family, friends and secrets. The characters
are easy to relate to and connect to in the story. The reader is sure
to feel the emotions of the character/s in the story. Ms. Clinton did
an excellent job in weaving together this story. I really enjoyed
reading this book and will definitely be reading Ms. Clinton’s
first novel One Who Loves You More and future works from her.
As
a side note: In the beginning of the story the only thing that kind
of bothered me was the fact that Ms. Clinton did not spell certain
curse words out. As I was reading this I had to ask, so I sent her a
message on twitter and asked her about it. She was quick to respond
back and her response to this was she “wanted to make it softer on
the eyes for those that hate cursing.” I had to respect
that.
Reviewed
by Leona
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