Brooklyn

I just finished Brooklyn by Tracy Brown and here are my musings.

Brooklyn lives a repressed life. Devoutly religious parents stifle her so much that she dreams of the day she can escape. She finds some reprieve after bumping into her best friend's cousin. A hustler and much older than her. They start a secret relationship and he pays her to run drugs for him. Her best friend calls her and tells her that her cousin plans to get married. To someone else. Anger pulses through her and she confronts him. This is when her life spirals.

She ends up fleeing her family, stealing from their church and getting into the game for herself. When she meets Hassan and they start a relationship. Running drugs and making plans but things don't go as planned for Brooklyn .

Have you ever started a book and not had a clue what it is about because the title gives away nothing? That was me on this book. I went in totally blind and it did not disappoint me!

Brooklyn wanted a life free from constraint. She hated watching her parents live their hypocritical lives. I started off liking Brooklyn but towards the end of the book... I didn't like her anymore. She was selfish and cruel. She reminded me of her mother. She was the same.

I don't know much about the subject of drug trade but it seemed like the author knew what they were talking about. It felt real and I enjoyed the hustle. It was well paced and I was hooked right in. The ending was great, I wasn't expecting it. I was blown away to be honest.

I don't read many thriller dramas but this one has me thirsting for more.

4 stars!

Thank you to @netgalley and @stmartinspress for my gifted copy

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