Sunday night, I went to check  for some mail, hadn’t done so in a long time. To my surprise I had tons of new books waiting for me. I was confused as to what I should read first. I started with Damaged by Kia Dupree.

I couldn’t put the book down, although it was “street lit” I enjoyed every page of the book. I identified with the main character Camille Logan, as we watched her persevere through difficult times.  I recall the times in my life where I walked a lone and felt that no one was there to care for me. I remember being so upset and sad in my teenage days that the tears couldn’t come down.  Camille the main character is tormented by sexual abuse from her foster father, falling in love with a street king, trying to make the best of her life. She then finds herself  in prostitution at a young age and caught up in the “street life”. This story I am sure is the story of a lot of youth in America, that triumph despite their hurdles. I admired the character for her innocence, although she never felt love from anyone, she strives to find it, and finally discovers it in a street king. I also loved the way the book was written, the characters were described so vividly that you felt as though you knew them and could seem them.

It took me 24hrs to read this book I was so into it. I would be lying if I said I liked the ending though, left much to be desired. I wanted to know more and I felt the ending left too many open ended questions. Almost as a choose your own ending type of book. I was left wanting to know what happens to Camille?

I would give it a 4 out of 5

Have you read it? What do you think?

Here is an overview of the book

Camille Logan feels trapped. After she is sexually and emotionally abused by her foster parents, she turns to the one person she knows she can trust–her boyfriend Chu, a mid-level drug dealer. But when life finally starts looking up for Camille, Chu is brutally murdered. Again feeling abandoned and helpless, and refusing to return to the system, Camille finds herself living with a stable of women in a tiny run-down apartment building in Washington, D.C., working for Nut, a deranged pimp. Fed up with her life, Camille is forced to right her wrongs, and slowly learns that her past does not necessarily determine her future.