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Crazy Summer
Summer begins her journey in the streets at the tender age of fourteen. Growing up in a notorious South Augusta neighborhood called Barton Village, infested with goons and heavy weight drug dealers. Summer made it her business to get in where she fitted, using her well-shaped body and looks to get her where she wanted to be. Regardless if it was male or female, Summer was taking all invitations and wasn't turning nothing down but her collar.
Highly motivated by the streets and the material life that came with it, Summer becomes a mother of twins at sixteen and a mother of four before she's twenty. Soon tragedy strikes for Summer and she looses her first real love along with her dear brother and furthermore she looses her mind. That's if you let the public tell it.
As she picks up the ball where her brother and baby daddy fumble she begins to evolve into one of the most treacherous women that the city of Augusta would see. After being released from a women federal prison. Summer is back and she feels that the world owes her. With a new mind frame and ambition out the roof, Summer is heartless and ruthless towards any and everyone. The Pawns are set in place but when she make one wrong move all hell breaks loose.
Crazy Summer is a captivating tale that's written from the imagination of Cole Hart with strong dialect and believable characters that'll keep you on your toes from the first page to the last one.
Highly motivated by the streets and the material life that came with it, Summer becomes a mother of twins at sixteen and a mother of four before she's twenty. Soon tragedy strikes for Summer and she looses her first real love along with her dear brother and furthermore she looses her mind. That's if you let the public tell it.
As she picks up the ball where her brother and baby daddy fumble she begins to evolve into one of the most treacherous women that the city of Augusta would see. After being released from a women federal prison. Summer is back and she feels that the world owes her. With a new mind frame and ambition out the roof, Summer is heartless and ruthless towards any and everyone. The Pawns are set in place but when she make one wrong move all hell breaks loose.
Crazy Summer is a captivating tale that's written from the imagination of Cole Hart with strong dialect and believable characters that'll keep you on your toes from the first page to the last one.
342 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2012
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Cole Hart
50 books282 followersCole Hart is a National Best-selling author that has written at least twenty novels under the street-lit and urban romance genre. He also published hundreds of novels between his former company Cole Hart Presents and his current Cole Hart Signature. His writing career began while imprisoned in 2001. To the date, he's sold nearly two million ebooks just on Amazon alone. With a hot roster of female authors, he's ready to take the publishing industry by storm.
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July 29, 2012
Lately, I have had the pleasure of reading urban fiction. Normally, I would pass by this genre because it would be a little too real and gritty for my traditional reading and writing taste. I have since changed my mind. I started reading Augusta’s own, Cole Hart’s, Crazy Summer, and was hooked.
From the moment the story opened with 16- year old Summer in a hotel room with a married man, I furrowed my brow. When the gentleman’s wife showed up and Summer cut the woman’s face with a knife, I was intrigued. After Summer spent the weekend in the Richmond County jail, the story’s paced picked up and was a non-stop sprint to the end.
As I read the story, I was very familiar with the neighborhood or rather the setting for this story. Mid way through the book, I got in my car and rode around Barton Village looking over the neighborhood that Mr. Hart wrote about and could see traces of the rough neighborhood that he depicted in the 80’s drug craze. The prose that is used in the story draws you into the life of a young lady who uses her body as a bargaining tool with men who are poised to take advantage of a young girl.
What I like about this story is the heroine is no one’s victim and soon becomes a bit of a predator herself in a business that is based on bodies, baggies and bullets. Through a series of events that the author unfolds before your eyes, you see the evolution of a selfish young girl that grows into a woman who means business. Sweet sexy Summer turns into a hardcore thug that learns to play the game as well, if not better than her male counterparts. The characters are believable and relatable and Hart’s strong literary voice keeps you reading.
What I did not like about this book is that I was halfway through chapter five and had no idea what the story was about. Although the main character used sex to get what she wanted, there was an abundance of sex in the book that really added nothing to the plot. There were moments when the story lagged and I wanted it over yet I was drawn back like a B movie just to know how it ended. I appreciate Hart’s due diligence to detail, but some of the details seemed a bit like fluff that detracted from the story.
This book is recommended for lovers of urban literature and those bound by the game. It is a gritty read that leaves the reader wanting more. Crazy Summer also brings the reader to a full blown stop when mid-way through “that” sentence you realize that maybe the only people who are actually sane, are the ones many think are crazy. I give this read three pens and pencil, because I want to see more of what Cole Hart, Street Lit Author, has to say.
From the moment the story opened with 16- year old Summer in a hotel room with a married man, I furrowed my brow. When the gentleman’s wife showed up and Summer cut the woman’s face with a knife, I was intrigued. After Summer spent the weekend in the Richmond County jail, the story’s paced picked up and was a non-stop sprint to the end.
As I read the story, I was very familiar with the neighborhood or rather the setting for this story. Mid way through the book, I got in my car and rode around Barton Village looking over the neighborhood that Mr. Hart wrote about and could see traces of the rough neighborhood that he depicted in the 80’s drug craze. The prose that is used in the story draws you into the life of a young lady who uses her body as a bargaining tool with men who are poised to take advantage of a young girl.
What I like about this story is the heroine is no one’s victim and soon becomes a bit of a predator herself in a business that is based on bodies, baggies and bullets. Through a series of events that the author unfolds before your eyes, you see the evolution of a selfish young girl that grows into a woman who means business. Sweet sexy Summer turns into a hardcore thug that learns to play the game as well, if not better than her male counterparts. The characters are believable and relatable and Hart’s strong literary voice keeps you reading.
What I did not like about this book is that I was halfway through chapter five and had no idea what the story was about. Although the main character used sex to get what she wanted, there was an abundance of sex in the book that really added nothing to the plot. There were moments when the story lagged and I wanted it over yet I was drawn back like a B movie just to know how it ended. I appreciate Hart’s due diligence to detail, but some of the details seemed a bit like fluff that detracted from the story.
This book is recommended for lovers of urban literature and those bound by the game. It is a gritty read that leaves the reader wanting more. Crazy Summer also brings the reader to a full blown stop when mid-way through “that” sentence you realize that maybe the only people who are actually sane, are the ones many think are crazy. I give this read three pens and pencil, because I want to see more of what Cole Hart, Street Lit Author, has to say.
July 4, 2012
This is the second book I read by Cole Hart and I really enjoyed this story. There was a lot of action and surprises in this book. I would definitely reccommend this book!
July 11, 2012
Wow! This was definitely a page turner. There was action, drama, comedy and it was a thriller all wrapped in to one. I stayed up all night reading Crazy Summer and it was well worth the time and the money I spent on this book. I am new to Cole Hart, but he is now included in my must-read collections of authors.
February 24, 2017
It was interesting. The author seemed a bit obsessed with long hair and Summer's physical desciption. The story fell apart for me after she and Bookie "separated". After that, nothing made sense to me.
August 28, 2012
Lacked structure, the storyline/plot was never fully defined. 2.78
February 27, 2021
Unexpected story
I loved the book because it had me on my toes the whole book.awesome read if you line gangster reads .
I loved the book because it had me on my toes the whole book.awesome read if you line gangster reads .
August 13, 2013
Ending felt forced and unnatural and it kind of ruined the book for me...
August 28, 2012
So confusing
October 14, 2012
This book was amazingly entertaining. A must read in my opinion.
August 7, 2013
I loved this book it was filled with so much drama I couldnt put it down..
January 11, 2016
Weird
Crazy summer doesn't even begin to describe this book.
Cole Hart, I just hope non of this story is based on Fact.....
Good read.
Crazy summer doesn't even begin to describe this book.
Cole Hart, I just hope non of this story is based on Fact.....
Good read.
November 4, 2012
yes it took me awhile to read it..but it was excellent.SUMMER is crazy for real.com
July 28, 2013
Omg! I was not expecting that at all!
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