Get Money Chicks

by Anna J.

For Mina, Shanna, and Karen, using what they had to get what they wanted was always an option.
Best friends since day one, these Get Money Chicks always had a thing for the hottest gear, luxurious lifestyles, and the ballers who made it all possible. All of this changes for Mina when a tragedy makes her open her eyes to the way she's living. Peer pressure and loyalty to her girls collide with her own morality, sending Mina into a no-win situation.
Will street life and fast money keep Mina trapped in the game or will she walk away from it all? Friendships are tested and life comes at you fast in the pages of Get Money Chicks.

288 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2007

About the author

Anna J. started writing as a child, creating short stories in her creative writing classes. This later turned into writing poetry in high school. In her early twenties she entered a short story contest, and her first work of fiction "Stories To Excite You: Menage Quad" was published. Always an avid reader, Anna J. saw a void in the industry. The types of books she wanted to read hadn't been written yet. With that in mind, she penned her first book "My Woman His Wife", published in 2004, which quickly became an Essence Magazine best seller. Anna J went on to pen 12 novels. She also participated in 9 short story compilations, and self-published 9 works of fiction.
Anna J. Is currently at work on future releases.

Reviews

[K.augustine]

Karen, Mina, and Shanna are self proclaimed get money chicks living large in the Philly projects, but things are never really what they seem with these three. For one, these best friends seem more like secret enemies several times throughout this novel. They talk trash behind each other's backs, lie habitually, and sleep with each other's men. I thought they would completely turn their back on one another at any given moment. I honestly don't see why they became and remain friends when Mina and Shanna didn't like Karen from the beginning. It isn't like they need each other to get money so I wonder why they tolerate each other.



Karen comes from a very wealthy family and there is never a clear indication as to why she chooses to live this dirty dangerous life. She is the stand out of the group not entirely due to her being Caucasian but because she has a surprisingly curvy body and exudes class that the other two lack. Not only does she move herself into the projects from her posh neighborhood, she also sleeps with wealthy men for a quick buck, and secretly helps run a growing drug cartel. Her dying father declares in his will that all of his businesses will be left solely to her and not her racist mother if only she obtains a business degree which she isn't far from receiving. This alone leaves the reader confused and not able to understand why she is out there needlessly getting her hands dirty while putting her reputation, health, future, and freedom on the line when money was not, is not, and will never be an issue for her.



Mina is undoubtedly the sexiest of the bunch but definitely not the smartest. Early on in the novel she faces a tragic life shattering scenario that leaves her shaken when she finds out that the blunt she laced with embalming fluid caused someone's death. After that it seems she wants to change the life she is living and get on the straight and narrow but that doesn't last for long. She obviously doesn't learn much from her mistakes because she is back to her old tricks in no time flat. Addicted to money, she foolishly agrees to be a drug mule regardless of the possible consequences. I had high hopes for Mina since she is the only one with a legitimate job, a 9 to 5 at that, but she continually disappointed me.



Shanna is the dumbest but the only one who doesn't lie to her best friends. She is sleeping with just as many random men as her counterparts but Chilae is the main man sponsoring her lifestyle. When he pisses her off she ignorantly plans to sleep with his arch enemy for revenge. Her friends warn her against it but she naively dives head first into her plans and into trouble. Her actions open up a can of worms that she was in no way ready for and her before she knows it her choices come back on her and others in shocking methods she would have never expected.



This novel was interesting but I feel it had a very weak plot. Nothing seemed cohesive and the story lines went in circles and didn't add up in many instances. Towards the end the climax finally emerged and quickly disappeared. Very disappointing to say the least. It was also highly confusing when there was a secret yet somehow the other characters slyly knew about it somehow. Occurrences like so were not always clearly explained to the reader. I also don't understand why Chilae had his own chapters when the main focus of this book was supposed to be about the get money chicks. Lastly, not only was the conclusion of this novel very open ended but there are questions from throughout the book that never got answered, and circumstances that never got followed up on. Again, disappointing.

[Juanita]

I have learned that many girls around the world knows what they want and need in a man thats money lolz

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring! Took so long to read cause it was soooo sloow

[Monique · Rating 4 out of 5]

Get money Chicks was a pretty good book. It is about 3 friends whose main intention is to like the book says Get Money. They hook up with dudes, drug them , have sex with them and bottom line expect to get paid.

At one point they all end of dating one man without all of them knowing. This may be the downfall of the Get Money Chicks.

I did the audio book. The narrative was ok. The voice of the reader did not have me too excited. But I am ready for part 2. With this ending I gotta know what happened next.

[Lesa Divine · Rating 3 out of 5]

A ok read here.
It was a little slow in the middle but, then it started moving along at the end mainy the last 6 chapters or so of it.


Shanna, Mina and Karen is women that are all to get money anyway they can. They start off by sleeping with me but, mainly getting them so high that they men go to sleep and they take they money.

Well Mina was getting greedy with her money and it cause Shanna and Karen not to trust her.

Shanna was involved with this drug-dealer name Chilae.

But, then Karen and Mina also sleeping with him as well.
Mina started transporting drugs for Chilae.

But, soon you find out taht Chilae isn't the head leader of this drug business that he got going on.

Shanna started dealing with this other drug dealer name Jarrell that is enemies with Chilae. She was supposed to get information about Jarrell for Chilae but, Shanna didn't want no part of that.

The ended was blown away. Anna J did somewhat ok with this book. It was a lot of repeating of conversary and that I didn't like.

But, a ok read by Anna J

[Eva-Marie Nevarez · Rating 3 out of 5]

My first Anna J. book and it was definitely good. It's not as great as Miasha and La Jill Hunt and them but maybe that's just me. I have a few more by her and hopefully I'll like them a little more. There were a few things not answered for me here, like how Mina found out that Karen was big-time involved in "Chilae's" so-called empire. The fact that Shanna was let go so normally after seeing so much of Jarell's operation struck me as strange also.

[REO Bookwagon · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is full of "ghetto drama" (like you can't tell from the cover?!), has several typographical errors, and reads at a middle school level. I cannot recommend this book for pre-adolescents as there are plenty of sex scenes, cursing, and illegal activity. I only finished this book because a seasonal cough/cold kept me up all night.

[Sharaine White]

i really didnt like this book at all i felt like the author kept repeating the same incident in each chapter...which is disappointing because i read "My woman his wife" last year in high school & i liked the book wayyy better then this one.

[Kianna Chaplin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book because it left me anxious to know what was next. I also liked the fact that the author didn't allow me to only bond with one character, I was getting the perspectives of all characters which allowed me to walk in all of their' shoes.

[Takisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book

[Glam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anna J. did her thing with this one

[Starlita · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did not like the way book ended. The book is one of her earlier works.

[♥D.G♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This Book was fantastic.