Loved itwhich is the beautiful and heartbreaking story of a young black girl who just wants to be a singer but she unexpectedly gets caught in a detrimental cycle of abuse by her music producer
Grown (2020)
Others: Mostly positive "When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey's charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he's dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point to Enchanted"--
- ISBN:
- 9780062840356
- Length:
- 384 pages
Genres: thriller, young adult
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Loved it
Loved iti devoured this book in a few days when i read it the first time and absolutely loved it
Loved itthe next one that i loved very deeply is grown by tiffany d jackson this book is another really freaking sad one
MixedI really loved the story that was told. I do think the villain kind of ended up being a little from left field, I think, and I didn't really like how that all wrapped up, but the story itself was amazing.