Girls from da Hood 8

The Girls from da Hood Series, Book 8

By: Treasure Hernandez, Natalie Weber, Buck 50 Productions

Narrated by: Mishi LaChappelle

Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

Urban Books' popular Girls from da Hood series is back, bringing listeners more dramatic tales about the lives of some tough, resourceful women who can hold their own when things get rough on the streets.

Gabby Davenport spent the first 15 years of her life in the suburbs, living a privileged and sheltered existence. When her mother dies unexpectedly, she is forced to move from her middle class neighborhood into Cumberland Projects in Brooklyn. Gabby's life will never be the same.

Mika, the queen bee of the projects, doesn't appreciate the arrival of this private-school good girl. Mika and her posse are on a mission to make Gabby's life miserable, and things only get worse when Mika's "friend with benefits" B-Waite decides he wants to make Gabby his girl. Mika is ready to go to war to win back her man, and she doesn't care who she has to take down in the process.

Keisha, Shawna, and LaRhonda are best friends forever, as the saying goes. Nothing will tear apart this tight trio - or so they think. When Keisha steps out of her box to become more of her own person, tension builds among the girls. In the eyes of her trusted friends, her lifestyle has become questionable. What happens when her secrets and desires are revealed?

Shawna's life is just starting to look up. She's been hired at a major record label, and she's making enough money to move out of the projects for good. When her good news is met by fake smiles, Shawna gets a new perspective on how her girls really feel.

LaRhonda sees each of her friends moving up while she's still struggling in the confines of the ghetto. After she gives birth to her second child by the age of 18, she feels like her dreams are out of reach. Her growing jealousy isn't easy to hide. What will happen when her misery wants company?

©2013 Treasure Hernandez and Natalie Weber (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks

One of best in series

First story starts immersive in getting cat-called by young NY slouches. Her single mom has ovarian college while she’s on track to enter Ivy Leagues. This is a nice departure from the normal poor girls who become involved in drugs and SW in the series. A smooth, nice boy named Damon knocks on her door, saying she grabbed his bag by mistake. Predictably, it’s full of drugs to sell but he seems more concerned about her sad living situation and the street kids who tease her preppy attire. She’s never had a boyfriend before, so focused on her studies and annoying aunt. Very cute. The story also involves her finding out about her father and how he wasn’t so different than D, getting rid of her creepy uncle and helping her depressed turned crack addict aunt. The end is a bit quick but good and final enough to be kept as is or have a sequel.

The next story is about three ratchet girls celebrating a birthday, getting blitzed. One is about to get an abortion, another preparing to go to school for music (Shawna), another w/ a belligerent mom (Ronnie). Keisha’s mom is similar, a ho, and when people don’t take her serious because of it, she burns bridges. Already a pariah, she doesn’t wanna tell people she’s les. They don’t sound too different from one another, like they’d be the crowd squeal fighting at 7AM in high school. Not a bad story at all but not a great intro to sort things out. Also it goes on for a little too long with too many topics to cover. Usually these series have 3 stories but this second story is about as long as two.

Loved, Loved, Loved

These short stories were very well written, intriguing and gave me the closure I needed. Some of the others left me wanting more and disappointed but this book was gratifying.. good job!

Thank you.

Thank you, for writing a book where in the end the girls from da hood win. Because we need to hear that to every once in a while story. Every story form da hood is not a tragedy. When you come from the hood is just hard. Some of us living it, some of us want. Some if us make it out, Some of us don't but we all gotta find a happy ending somewhere.

One of the better books in the series

I liked this book. Both stories and the narrator. It was refreshing not to have to read about the same old dumb stupid ghetto girls doing stereotypical shit. It was entertaining and the narrator did her thang!

Ehh

I really don’t like the narrator she never really keeps me Interested at all, the stories in this book was okay though to each it’s own when listening to the narrator.

New narrator pls

Yuck the narrator makes the first story drag it felt like she was trying to hard

Boring

After the first 3 books I have been disappointed but I keep reading thinking it will go back to keeping us entertained. I get it these girls are from the hood but do all of them have to be clueless airheads.

A Snore

This book was sooo boring no excitement no nothing! The reader was boring too ! Waste of time

Not Great

I’m guessing my expectations were too highs because there seem to be some missing details in some of the story in the second book. The ending was rushed through but the beginning had detail. The voice didn’t not match the character type. She sounds older.

Missed the mark

Most of the girls from the good books are really good .. BUT the story line for this one was really weak ... what a waste