Diamond Life, Aliya S. King
Diamond Life, Aliya S. King
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Diamond Life

Author: Aliya S. King

Narrator: Patricia R. Floyd

Unabridged: 14 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/18/2012

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Urban


Synopsis

A New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist with publishing credits in Essence and Vibe, Aliya S. King uses her experience covering celebrity culture to create juicy tales of sex, ambition, and betrayal. In Diamond Life, Alex Maxwell's rapper husband Birdie sees his album go multiplatinum-but life in the spotlight might be too much for his marriage to withstand. "Readers will enjoy guessing which real-life celebrity dramas might match their fictional counterparts. A solid page-turner." -Publishers Weekly

About Aliya S. King

Aliya S. King is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Keep the Faith. She has held editorial positions with Billboard and the Source, and her articles have appeared in Essence, Ms., Vibe, Vibe Vixen, Uptown, CMJ: New Music Monthly, Teen People, Black Enterprise, and many others. She is currently a senior writer for Giant magazine and a contributing editor for Upscale magazine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Monique

So just finished this long overdue sequel to a novel I read last March called Platinum, and basically I forgot the entire storyline LOL luckily you get a refresher throughout the story on all the drama you forgot--Alex the celebrity writer with the upcoming rapper husband Birdie..Cleo the infamous g......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl

Big time record producer, Jake, would rather drown his sorrows in Jack and Coke or what ever else his poison is than grieve for the loss of is wife, Kipenzi. Kipenzi died in a plane crash. Although, the loss of his wife does not stop Jake from gaining an interest in waitress, Lily. Lily is not impres......more

Goodreads review by Shanae

I read Diamond Life wondering how on earth it could have received 3 or 4 stars from most of the reviewers on Goodreads - now that I've finished the novel, I know exactly why. I'm a pretty big fan of King's...I mean, I really enjoy her works. Platinum, Keep the Faith, and Original Gangster are all ve......more

Goodreads review by Danyell

I really enjoyed this book. It was a satisfying sequel to Platinum. It did leave somethings open which hints that there may be another sequel but this book gave a lot of updates to the characters so that I didn't feel cheated. I would recommend this book.......more

Goodreads review by Chanita

This was a fine follow up to Platinum Life. At time certain story lines seemed a bit slow but overall it was a quick read. The ending was a bit MEH for me.......more