Murderville (The First of a Trilogy)

I loved the book but i have to give it 3 stars bc i absolutely HATE how it ended . I’m so pissed that’s all i have to say. and I’m not even gonna waste my time with part two

Love this book, and the fact that I got all three are the books makes it even better. Great story line.

Would have expected better from Ashley & Jaquavis but I think the other books to follow will be good, can’t wait to read.

I would have given it four stars because although the story line was a bit depressing it was well written and a page turner. However, as a brown skin black woman-as Im sure a lot of their readers are- I found it very offensive w/the authors incessant obsession w/subtly promoting lighter skin or mixed characters as better looking or in a better light than dark or brown skin characters. Liberty one of the main protaganists was held in high esteem for her looks-as it was noted because she was a light skin African and later noted had white genetic make up mixed in there. They also HAD to let us know that another one of the main female characters who was lauded for her beauty had beautiful locs but not the right texture for it. What this does is let us know she doesnt have full on kinky hair so subtly telling us she has some mixed heritage in there as well. Ah ha-no wonder shes beautiful! Both of the most beautiful women in the brothel were not black at all. On the flip side, I can only recall one brown skin woman noted in the book-and she was never described as being pretty but was shamefully dismissed by both men she was in contact with. Also, two dark skin men who were I believe described as being black as tar or something to that effect were in short just evil. As black people we have to be diligent in actively rejecting these subtle or direct notions that somehow if youre mixed youre beautiful and if you just regular ol black folk your beauty is not worth mentioning-if its even believed to be there. It is important. Whether this was intentional or not it still has the same effect-black is not beautiful. And I actively reject it out loud! And its even worse when it comes from our own. They have to be aware of it too. I wont be reading the other two simply because I dont want to unconciously internalize any of that nonsense! Thats more important to me than a decent read.

Love to read

Very interested from beginning to end!

A great love story with a tragic end. In life we wish for money love and great sex. But at what expense. Well in this book we see it all play out. Wanted and unwanted.

This book is AMAZING!!! I literally read it in 2 days !!!! I think my heart stopped and I forgot to breath a few times from all the excitement !!! THIS IS A MUST READ !!! Well done Ashley and JaQuavis !!!

Once again Ashley and JaQuavius have done the unthinkable! This is gonna be one of my favs! My heart goes out to Liberty! She deserves happiness... I cant wait for part 2!! Im on the Murderville bandwagon!!! But Im wondering if some of the Cartel characters are gonna come back...

Always been a fan of these writers and never understood y I havent read this book. IM GLAD I FINALLY DID. This book was wonderful but thats what to be expected from 5 star authors.