Lady Sings the Cruels

by Eric Pete

Book Overview

Amelia Bonds is a singer with dashed dreams of stardom. Then a small gig at a local nightclub gives her a second chance at a career-and at love, when she meets Ike, a corrections officer who falls... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451219546
• ISBN13: 9780451219541
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

When It All Falls Down

In Eric Pete's latest novel, Lady Sings the Cruels, we meet Amelia Bonds. Amelia had dreams of becoming the next big thing. She had an amazing voice that everyone loved and had plans on going places. That was until her world was crushed when her long-time boyfriend, Bodie, was sent to prison for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. However, after helping out her cousin in a time of need, she was drawn back into the singing career whether she wanted to or not. Overall, things seemed to be going well. She met a new man and is finally started to let go of Bodie. Bodie was intent on getting out and getting back to Amelia. He had an undying love for her and would do anything to make sure that she would be in his life forever. He refused to accept that she did not want to be with him anymore. As Bodie sat in prison, he came up with a plan to make sure that things happened the way he wanted them to. I loved this book. One of the reasons why is because the characters seemed real to me. Eric Pete did such a good job with these characters and the descriptions of what was going on, that I felt I was sitting in the room watching everything play out. There were characters that I learned to love, while others made me want to reach into the book and shake some sense into them. Full of drama and action, Lady Sings the Cruels was a page-turner from page one all the way to the end. Shaquitta Leday APOOO BookClub

Though one can be confined, true imprisonment exists within the mind

Lady Sings the Cruels by Eric Pete is a wonderful series of intertwining events that dissolve into each other. Together they create a riveting yet toxic tale. With dreams deferred, life altering decisions made in a second, Lady Sings the Cruels explores how the choices made not only by our selves, but, by others as well can corrupt every event that follows. For every songbird that has given up, this tale will stir up any lingering hope. Anyone who has been incarcerated, is living a life likely heading there or whose life has been spent trying to be supportive of that type of person, this book will expose some of often underplayed blurring of lines between who should be on what side of the bars. Mr. Eric Pete's deftly forces the reader to feel and see every event that occurs. You will be transported to places where brutality rules and power is abused at every turn. The reader watches jealousies and envy corrupt . Through all of the many smaller stories woven into the fabric of Lady Sings the Cruels, the reader is drawn into the eye of a long brewing storm. Of the three central characters around which this vortex blows Amelia Bonds is the Lady who seems to suffer the most. Love for the misguided Bodie rips away her hopes at a crucial turning point in her life, Years have passed when Ike, a decent hard working prison guard, fights with the choices he is forced to make both in and out of work. His powerful presence adds new elements. When their worlds collide the maelstrom takes more than a few casualties. With believable personalities and a carefully told story, Lady Sings the Cruels is a must read. Ironically it is not my favorite of Mr. Eric Pete's books. So if this is your first or second venture into his literary universe, I strongly suggest you read all of them. You'll be glad you did. Insight

Excellent!

I absolutely loved this book! Eric Pete is a very talented author. He kept me on the edge of my seat through every page. There were so many twists and turns that I never expected. I hated the way it ended (only because I was hoping for a different outcome), but in no way does that detract from the novel.

WOW!!!

"Lady Sings the Cruels", is mouth dropping indeed. The author has a way of holding your attention and connecting you to the characters. The joy, erotic pleasures, sadness and anger you feel will amaze you. Eric E. Pete is a profound author. I am looking forward to his next book.

Non-stop page turner

In my opinion, novels that have true-to-life characters, situations, and down-to-earth personalities are what stimulates the reading. In "Lady Sings the Cruels," it captures those charateristics and then some. From the abrupt turn of events to the steamy sex episodes, it is what makes this book a non-stop page turner. I hope you have a great reading endurance because you won't want to put this one down.