Whats Really Hood!, Edited by Wahida Clark Stories by Victor L. Martin, Bonta, Shawn Trump, LaShonda SidberryTeague, and Wahida Clark
Whats Really Hood!, Edited by Wahida Clark Stories by Victor L. Martin, Bonta, Shawn Trump, LaShonda SidberryTeague, and Wahida Clark
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Whats Really Hood!
A Collection of Tales from the Streets

Author: Edited by Wahida Clark; Stories by Victor L. Martin, Bonta, Shawn Trump, LaShonda SidberryTeague, and Wahida Clark

Narrator: Jessica Pimentel

Unabridged: 8 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/24/2010

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Life in the streets take on a whole new meaning in this urban anthology of "hood" tales compiled by New York Times bestselling author Wahida Clark. Black Is Blue by Victor L. Martin delves into the life of a corporate woman who falls in love with a thug and finds out just how easy it is to stray from the straight and narrow. Eighteen and hungry Wiz's only addiction to drugs is the money it made. But Crystal changed all of that and shows him just how powerful a woman can be in The P is Free by LaShonda SidberryTeague. In The LastLaugh by Bonta, Bobo, a member of the infamous EightTrey street gang, learns that gang life isn't all it's cracked up to be as "street wars" take on a whole new meaning. Shawn "Jihad" Trump tells the story of loyalty, love and honor, when The Point Blank Mob is brought to its knees leaving the crew fighting for their lives and freedom in All for Nothing. And New York Times bestselling author, Wahida Clark, introduces Nina, a woman tired of being disrespected by men who takes revenge to the ultimate level in Makin' Endz Meet.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eva-Marie on August 23, 2010

Being that I've been extremely disenchanted with almost the entire urban fiction genre lately I fully expected to be bored through these stories. I'm very, very tired of reading about characters and only getting a sense of who they are from the brand names they wear and their measurements. I know fo......more

Goodreads review by OOSA on August 29, 2010

Not Really Hood “What’s Really Hood” is a compilation of five short stories depicting hood life. In the first story, ‘Black is Blue,’ Victor L. Martin relates the story of Tyrone aka Polo, a thug vying for the love of Desiree, a legal assistant trying to make a better life for herself, which includes......more

I HAVE TO SAY THAT I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WHEN I RECEIVED THIS BOOK.I LOVE READING SHORT STORIES AND WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS COLLECTION.THERE ARE 5 STORIES IN THIS COLLECTION AND EACH ONE WAS AN EXCELLENT READ. EACH STORY HAD ITS OWN IDEATION OF WHAT'S REALLY HOOD! IN THE STORY "BLACK IS......more

I listened to this book on audio maybe it was the narrator but it was a good book wasn’t a fan of the narrator but these stories are truly hood inspired !......more

Goodreads review by Max on November 12, 2020

I enjoyed this collection of hood stories...some more than others, of course. Some authors I knew and others I read for the first time, but I am always open to new people. I would recommend this book to a lover of hood books, because you will truly enjoy it.......more