A review by scoodle42
A Dallas Summer with A Thug by Khemistri J

dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Malik is the young hothead, always ready to ride and with all three of the older brothers in jail, he's got to ride alone. But then he meets Toi, his club's bartender, who is running from her past in a really unexpected way. And even with everything already at stake, Malik decides to help. 

So this was the finale, and I was intrigued enough to get to this point, which says something. I like Toi for Malik. She was the calm to his storm and even as he wrecked shit behind her and her child, she was making his home something worth coming back to. I like when the characters fill a space within each other like they did. I will say her past threw me for a loop and I'm not sure I bought all the way in. It felt like there was a little too much going on. 

As for how everything wrapped up with the brothers, I have to say it felt anticlimactic. The players, the puppet masters, even the reasons behind it all. It felt like... I wanted it to be more compelling. But it kept me until the end, so who knows?

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