Camika Spencer has an entertaining debut novel out entitled, When All Hell Breaks Loose. The 'Hell' in Spencer's book is like a mother's shoe. It is destined to fly through the air and hit the back of your head but 'when' is the question.The first half of the novel maintains attention through anticipation, just the way Spencer had planned.
The main focus, Gregory Aliston has three women in is life, two of which successfully drives him crazy. The first is his sister Shreese, the 90's contemporary version of Ester Anderson from Sanford and Son. She is able to iritate like none other through finger pointing questions and endless scripture quotes. She has never had a boyfriend but when a big cheese grinning, gold nugget wearing preacher begins taking up time wiht his sister, Greg jumps into 'protective brother' mode without hesitation.
The second woman is his mother, Louis, a jazz singer who walked away from the Alston family when Greg was eight years old. Louise made occasional visits and phone calls but this change in family life has cut her son to the quick and is taking a slow time healing. Greg is focused so much on what has happened with his mom instead of what is happening.
The third woman is his fiance, Adrian and she is perfect. The champagne colored Lexus she drives is provided through the lucrative hair salon she owns. She has no children and is attempting to move forward through her business. According to Greg, Adrian knows her man. She doesn't ask to many questions and the ones she does are non threatening. Sometimes the fact that his sweetheart fails to ask more questions piques his curiosity once in a while but he is very proud of his relationship with her.
What's more he has asked his Queen to marry him and his male friends communicate how lucky Greg is to have found a woman as smart and sexy as Adrian.
Once in a while Greg's friends takes the focus through their typical conversation about sex and women. Some of the men, their situations and conversations, wear a familiar ring of reality, a definite plus for Spencer.
Greg Alston's character definitely has a lot to say and is very opinionated, sometime too much for tastes. Camika Spencer did not create an upright citezen with prevailing clear thoughts. Greg is three dimensional and has feelings of his own, right in his own eyes, much like people we know. The dialogue is syncronised and executed through Spencer's writing excellently. A sneak peek into the minds of men always proves to be entertaining and 'educational'. Camika Spencer will earn your attention with When All Hell Breaks Loose.
The main focus, Gregory Aliston has three women in is life, two of which successfully drives him crazy. The first is his sister Shreese, the 90's contemporary version of Ester Anderson from Sanford and Son. She is able to iritate like none other through finger pointing questions and endless scripture quotes. She has never had a boyfriend but when a big cheese grinning, gold nugget wearing preacher begins taking up time wiht his sister, Greg jumps into 'protective brother' mode without hesitation.
The second woman is his mother, Louis, a jazz singer who walked away from the Alston family when Greg was eight years old. Louise made occasional visits and phone calls but this change in family life has cut her son to the quick and is taking a slow time healing. Greg is focused so much on what has happened with his mom instead of what is happening.
The third woman is his fiance, Adrian and she is perfect. The champagne colored Lexus she drives is provided through the lucrative hair salon she owns. She has no children and is attempting to move forward through her business. According to Greg, Adrian knows her man. She doesn't ask to many questions and the ones she does are non threatening. Sometimes the fact that his sweetheart fails to ask more questions piques his curiosity once in a while but he is very proud of his relationship with her.
What's more he has asked his Queen to marry him and his male friends communicate how lucky Greg is to have found a woman as smart and sexy as Adrian.
Once in a while Greg's friends takes the focus through their typical conversation about sex and women. Some of the men, their situations and conversations, wear a familiar ring of reality, a definite plus for Spencer.
Greg Alston's character definitely has a lot to say and is very opinionated, sometime too much for tastes. Camika Spencer did not create an upright citezen with prevailing clear thoughts. Greg is three dimensional and has feelings of his own, right in his own eyes, much like people we know. The dialogue is syncronised and executed through Spencer's writing excellently. A sneak peek into the minds of men always proves to be entertaining and 'educational'. Camika Spencer will earn your attention with When All Hell Breaks Loose.
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