If I Was Your Girl by Ni-Ni Simone
By Leona Romich • Dec 21st, 2008 • Category: Book Review •
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Seventeen year-old mother of a baby boy, Toi McKnight realizes that things are not the way she imagined they would be. Gone are her dreams of being a family with her baby’s father, Quamir, chilling with her friends, dressing in the flyest gear and attending college to become a teacher. She soon realizes that along with being a mother comes responsibilites and priorities come first.
With all the drama that comes with being with Quamir, his doggish ways, cheating and having babies all over town, will she finally let go and realize that she deserves better? With her mother constantly on her back, will she realize that it is only with her mother’s love that she just doesn’t want to see her go through some of the same things she went through? Will she realize that with patience and determination that anything is possible?
If I Was Your Girl by Ni-Ni Simone tells the story of a teenage mother and her struggles to be the best mother that she can be and pave the way for a brighter future for her and her child. I believe that all ages can benefit from reading this book. Especially if you were a teen mother at one time or have a child that is a teen mother. It shows the strength of a mother determined to see her daughter succeed to be the best she can be and helps her to realize that just because you have a child your dreams do not have to die. It shows a young girl grow into a responsible woman.
IF I WAS YOUR GIRL was an excellent read that definitely deserves five stars! It was a fast-paced read, I literally could not put this book down. It had me laughing out loud with the crazy antics of some of the characters, such as: Cousin Shake, Ms. Minnie and her son Lil’ Bootsy. I encourage everyone, young and old to pick this book up, because it is just that good. I am not gonna lie, I was a little hesitant to read this because it was a young adult novel, but I am so glad that I gave it a chance. I throughly enjoyed it.
Reviewed by Leona R.
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Leona Romich is a Ohio native. Since 2008, she has been a member of APOOO. She is also the founder of Street Lit Clique on shelfari.com and a member of the APOOO Exchange Team and an independent book reviewer. You can find her reviews on amazon.com. She is an avid reader. Reading has always been a passion of hers, a means of escape to another time and place by the characters she reads about. Her favorite street-lit author is Al-Saadiq Banks, author of the BLOCK PARTY series. Her favorite AA author would be Bernice McFadden aka Geneva Holliday. She enjoys a variety of genres.
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Love the review and the idea of the book. I was a teen mom. My parents and his parents were great, (we both went to college and got help with our daughter) but I have friends who had big struggles. I am going to have to add this to my ’09 reading list.
I give TEN thumbs up for Ms. Simone…………….It’s funny, I picked her book up originally because my nickname is Ne-Ne, and I thought, what a cute pen name……….What I didn’t know was that this novel was for young adults…….Then I definitely didn’t expect to LOVE it as much as I did….Girl, you are the BOMB!!!! I can closely relate to Toi’s story, and I’m 25 years old!!! But the lesson was one worth learning……………..
I haven’t read this book yet but im sure it is great!! I have read Shortie Like Mine, and it was a very good book. It had me turn the pages and i finished that book in some days. So im sure this book will be good as well.
I really enjoyed this book i tis one of the most interesting book i have ever read