B-More Careful by Shannon Holmes / 276 pages. Read in 3 days

Netta is no joke when it comes to running dudes for money. As a young girl with no father, and a mother who knows nothing more than a crack pipe, she had to fend for herself. Netta learned what she could about life from her neighbor Miss’s May. But as Netta got older, the only “fending for herself” plan that she was aware of, was hustling. Netta begin a side hustle clippin clothes for a living. While on a clippin spree, she meets Mimi, who helps her escape a lock up. Mimi family takes Netta in to give her the family she never had Even though Mimi has her own clique of friends, “The Pussy Pound”, and Netta showers her with all the sisterly love friends could share, Mimi still finds herself jealous of Netta and her freedom to get it in with the dudes and the paper. Netta also learned that she can hustle by using her beauty and body until she meets her ex-lover and killer Black. Prior to meeting Black, Netta had already lost two lovers to the game,and was not into taking things serious with someone else. However, Netta meets Black by chance. Black puts it all on the line for Netta, letting her know he has truly fallen for her, but when he gets locked up, she became MIA. Netta went as far as putting a block on her phone to avoid calls from Black. After four years behind bars, he is determined to make her pay by attempting to killing her, but after letting her escape death once he is guaranteed to not let it happen again. Netta oblivious to how serious Black is until she is faced with death twice, goes on her on killing spree, killing her best friend and what turns out to be, her real sister (Mimi). Like the saying, when someone dies, another is born. Netta finds out that she is pregnant by her latest lover Tone, who does not escape death as easy as she did. So, Netta is left with a child and no father.