Reviews

The Cartel by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

chelleyrenee's review against another edition

3.5

The plot holes are holing lol
And the instalove is wild. I don’t see any reason why Carter and Mia would love one another. Their relationship was completely sex based. When i love you was said it felt so random and put the blue. 
This whole family is a hot ass mess

cleches's review

dark tense fast-paced

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kamrynjo's review against another edition

the way the Haitians were written is just blatantly racist, the way they make them talk, for example saying me instead of my and chu instead of you. also the sex on the beach was just unbelievable because they barely knew each other and yet they’re already “in love”? 

dwon_reads_a_lot's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

1.75

 I don't even know. I wanted to DNF so many times but I powered through. I cringed through. I grimaced through and I will not be continuing to the next book.

Interesting in it's own particular way, and definitely for someone else (may cousin loved it) and I'm super happy she did because it belongs to her now, but just not for me. 

carolinareader910's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

unapologeticallyniy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

april034's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

mstriceyb's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Book 3 of 2023

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Young Carter… Miamor, The Murder Mamas… Breeze…
I never saw any of the twists coming. This is another great book by Ashley and JaQuavis! 
Part 2 soon! 

bubblewombat's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

I had such high expectations for this after reading the prequels, but unfortunately this book didn't meet them.

I fell in love with Carter Diamond in those prequels, and here he dies in the very first chapter??? We barely even got to know him, since his kids immediately take over. And yeah, we have Carter junior, and I did want to read about him too, but eventually not immediately.

Maybe there's more of Carter senior sprinkled throughout the other books, but I don't feel like reading them right now, perhaps some day in the future.

On top of that, the storyline wasn't as engaging as it usually is with these authors for me. The writing bugged me too, although I can't pinpoint exactly why? Just something about it and the vibe wasn't right.

I really wanted to love this, I'm sad I didn't.

dominicangirl's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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