In the fall of 2010 I read The Candy Shop by KiKi Swinson and gave it a five star review. In part one, we were introduced to Faith the pretty assistant principal with a beautiful daughter and loving husband. She gets introduced to heroine by her best friend/secretary and ends up losing her job when she got caught snorting on the job. This caused her to spiral downward until she lost everything including her pretty little Lexus she was driving.
Part two starts with Faith checking herself into rehab. She's ready to get clean so she can get her husband and daughter back. She begs her way in and makes it through detox thanks to her lesbian roommate, Denise. After 10 days clean, Faith calls home to tell her husband the good news about being clean when he breaks the news to her that he's remarried and she can no longer speak to their daughter.
After this devastating blow, Faith gives up on rehab and leaves. (But not before finding comfort in the arms of Denise then robbing her blind) When she gets back to her hood and gets scraped up trying to turn a trick she runs into Slim. He invites her in to clean her cuts with peroxide then traps her. Turns out he's a crazy pimp who kidnaps women and forces them to work for him. Now Faith has to figure out how to get away from Slim with her life.
This book was good but a little too short. I love Faith. She's funny and real and I always get so wrapped up in her crazy life stories. KiKi Swinson does an excellent job of telling stories that are fast paced and non-stop from beginning to end.
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