A Sequel

So I'm a Tracy Brown fan. Whenever her books come out, I usually have them on pre-order. I want her books the first day they are available. LOL. I just finished The Aftermath: A Snapped Novel about twenty minutes ago, and I must say I feel some kind of way about it. The very first novel I read by Tracy Brown was White Lines. I have read that book at least four times. I remember reading the first time I was deployed in 2007. I received the book in the mail, and all I could think is "This book is 500 pages." Well inside of three days, I finished those 500 pages and I wanted more. After that, I read all of her books. Dime Piece, Black, Criminal Minded, and Twisted. I'm still working on reading her short story Flirt..but you get my drift. White Lines left such an impression that I wanted to read all of her books. 

So here I am at her latest two books...Snapped and the sequel The Aftermath. I must say that I am not all that impressed anymore. Truthfully, I could probably throw Trapped in the same category as her latest two books. I think she has excellent stories, but I just feel like there could be so much more. She has yet to match a book on the level as White Lines. I would say that Black and Criminal Minded are as close as you will ever get to the great story of White Lines. Every time I read one of her books, I'm longing for that feeling of wanting more and more of the story. With Aftermath...I was ready for the story to end.

Honestly, I mainly bought Aftermath because Snapped ended with a cliffhanger, and I just had to know Misa's story. I really don't know how to describe either book without giving away too much plot. I will say one of the things that disappointed me about Aftermath was that Born (one of the main characters in White Lines) was brought onto the scene...but the time line wasn't relevant. Born mentioned something about Jada, but if you look back to the dates referenced in the White Lines, Jada and Born weren't on speaking terms in the time frame of Aftermath. That really annoyed me for some reason. Born has been brought up in other novels, but I never saw a time line problem like this one.

A basic summary of Aftermath: It picks right up after the last page of Snapped. The whole book is basically about Misa's trial, Frankie and Camille's divorce, Frankie and Gillian's affair, and Tracy also gives us more background into the other characters. I can't say I recommend either book. I want my White Lines Tracy Brown back.