A review by tanya_tate
Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve by Drew Afualo

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

 Book Stats 

Stars: 4.5 Stars 

Start Date: 07/11/24 

Ending Date: 07/16/24 

Genre: Memoir/Self-Help/Feminism 

Form: Physical Arc/ Audiobook 

Page Count: 256 

Publishing Date: 07/30/24 

Point of View:  1st Person 

Setting: Los Angles, Ca 

My Blog: https://tanyasreading.wordpress.com/2024/07/20/loud-by-drew-afualo/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6664680722
 

Thank you Netgalley and MacMillan Audio and ALC in exchange for an honest review. 

I won the ARC of this book in a Giveaway! 

It’s funny how I come across this book because honestly I never heard of Drew Afualo until this point. 

Yes, I am on titktok but I never saw her content graced my for you page. So Edelweiss sent me an email  in April saying they have a webinar talking to authors and their future books called Macmillan Presents. There were three authors’ books that I had the E-arcs of so I signed up to hear them talk about their books that I was excited about.  I didn’t realize that the actual key speaker of the webinar was Drew’s interview with her publisher about her upcoming book and also it was a giveaway of an Arc copy of her book. I almost forgot to enter the giveaway until the day of the webinar. So I heard Drew speak for the first time and to be honest, she really didn’t sell me on her book for some reason. It sounds nice but I don’t think it was something I would pick up and read. So I got an email in May saying that I won the ARC copy of this book which I was floored that I won. Especially the fact that I entered the giveaway an hour before it ended and the fact I wasn’t sold on the book after listening to Drew talking about it. So I read a few pages but didn’t go back to it. It wasn’t until I saw NetGalley having the audiobook to it that I decided to request it and got approved. 

This book greatly surprised me because it feels so authentic and relatable. Drew uses her experiences with her family, love life, feminism, and the workforce to give advice on how to live life to the fullest to get what you deserve. I consider it a memoir and self help book because she does talk about her life but what she learns in life to help give advice. The way she talks about her family is so relatable because you can tell that she does not play about them at all. She most def doesn't play with her Mom and her sister. You can tell how much respect she has for Mom ( and her dad) which shaped her views on certain things she says in this book. Listening to the audiobook really helped as well since it was Drew narrating her story. So I enjoyed it, which I recommend if you need something quick to read and give you a confidence boost. Some of the things she said I already knew but sometimes you need to hear it from someone else who has been through similar things to help you out. 

Here's my copy!