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KoKo: a Novel
Confident and determined, video vixen, Koreen Wilson has it money, fame, supportive friends, a loving daughter and an adoring fiancé. What happens when Koreen continues to risk it all for her insatiable sexual appetite? Meet Koreen's closest Ivonka Roux is the finest attorney money can buy. With her 38th birthday looming, Ivonka is desperate to find Mr. Right and start a family…..even if it means ignoring red flags. Mother of six, Desiree Loren regrets ever marrying her adulterous husband, a man three times her age. Keeping her suicidal thoughts a secret, her friends soon become suspicious after Desiree begins to exhibit some unusual behavior.
184 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 1, 2018
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Bien-Aime Wenda
70 books20 followersBien-Aimé Wenda is a Florida native. She enjoys writing mainly short stories and novellas and is an advocate for mental health awareness.
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May 12, 2021
This book was a hot boiling mess of drama, drama, drama. Lawd, these were some of the most dislikeable characters I've ever read about. I'm embarrassed at the stupidity displayed by these female characters. The story picks up three years later after the prequel. KoKo finally divorced Bernie's trash azz. She's engaged to her fitness trainer and they have a two year old daughter. KoKo is essentially living the American dream. Her family life is on point and, after being stagnant for awhile, her career is poppin' again. But, as with most females, we can't just be grateful for what we have. KoKo has been cheating on poor Pierre for damn near their entire relationship. Not only is she cheating on the man but, she cheating with four different people including a woman! When I tell y'all I was so disappointed in how KoKo completely changed. This was not the KoKo we were introduced to in the prequel. It's like she did a complete 180 and turned into the female version of Bernie. She did poor Pierre so dirty and he was completely oblivious. And, to make matters worse, this heffa gets pregnant and doesn't know who the father is!!!! Oh, and one of the possible baby daddies is Bernie! The same Bernie who she caught in bed with her cousin Gary in the prequel! Fix it Jesus! Then we have Ivonka's clueless azz. This chic was so desperate to have a man that she completely ignored all kinds of red flags wavin' and blowin' in her face. How you meet a man and, three weeks into the relationship, you're buying his daughter a brand new luxury car, putting a down payment on a car for him, and letting him move into your house?!!! Then, he informs you he quit his job and wants to become an entrepreneur and expects you to foot the bill. Again I ask, how was none of this suspicious to Ivon?!!! Jesus be a box of common sense because, this chic was just dumb. Nobody is that gullible right?!!! Adrian wasn't nothin' but the devil. When the plot twist revealed who he really was, I almost did a Maury Povich run around my house! Chiiiiiiiile, come to find out Adrian was Moet's broke azz husband. Now, in case y'all don't know who Moet is, she's the woman KoKo was cheating with. Adrian's deceitful azz targeted Ivonka to get back at KoKo. What did I tell y'all?!!! Drama, drama, drama! Finally, we have Desiree. She's been married to Lucas for 8 years and he was cheating before the ink was dry on their marriage certificate. At least KoKo tried to hide her cheating. Lucas just didn't give a damn. He didn't even bother to show up for the birth of their last baby. In between all that cheating, Desi managed to spit out 6 kids. Not only does he keep knocking up his wife but, Lucas is knocking up his side chics too! Poor Desi. She's unhappy and stuck in a marriage with six kids she desperately wants out of. She thinks the only way out is to kill herself so, she takes a handful of pills but, winds up in the hospital having her stomach pumped. The female characters in this book were disappointing. They had no likeable traits and none of them displayed a single ounce of common sense. While the characters were the worst, KoKo was really a good book. My only complaint is, the author didn't tell us who the father of KoKo's baby was. Apparently, the story was suppose to continue in Armani the Hottie which, is a sequel to KoKo but it's no longer available on Amazon. So, I guess I may never know who baby Kiana's daddy is.
April 17, 2018
I am not usually one to read about the life and times of a video vixen, but the book cover intrigued me so I gave it a chance.
I still am not crazy about the storyline and the main character got on my last nerve.
Koko seemed to think she left behind her wild days of being Koreen the Dream, but she was sadly mistaken. For some reason her brain made her think that just because she was engaged and had a daughter with an upstanding man, she was somehow different.
Koko remained the same person throughout the book. At the beginning she complained about her first husband and their relationship getting ruined because he was caught having sex in her bed with her male cousin. Oh, I failed to mention this took place as the cameras were rolling for her reality show. Things went on a downward spiral for a while, but her career as the best video vixen in the game still flourished.
Apparently she was the spokesperson for chocolate sistas in the entertainment industry. She thought she was better than the rest, but ended up perpetuating the stereotype by sleeping around with several people. She was engaged to a gorgeous personal trainer who treated her way better than she deserved. Her reason for cheating with several men and one woman on a regular basis: her man was boring!
This was the same man who loved her like she was a queen, respected her and lovingly cared for their daughter. This woman had standing appointments for sex, but went home to her man every night. She claimed to love her fiancé more than anything, but whenever she spoke of him, she had nothing good to say. They had absolutely nothing in common and she never spent any time with him or their daughter. Ant to top it all off, she gets pregnant, but can't determine who the father is because of her multiple partners. Apparently she never heard of condoms. I was like really? You have issues. Even at the end of the book, she never learned her lesson. Smh.
The story also includes her two best friends and the shambles of their lives. Ivonne was a former video vixen turned housewife. She married a much older man who refused to stay faithful. Old girl had six kids by him with a seventh on the way and he refused to allow her to go back to school to better herself. She was depressed and suicidal.
Desiree was a lawyer who was habitually single, but desperately wanted to get married and have a baby. Her biological clock was ticking and she allowed men to use her for her money. For a book smart lady, she sure was dumb when it came to men. I won't say more because I don't want to give away the plot, but it was a good shocker with her story.
Karma is a mean sista and she does not choose sides.
I still am not crazy about the storyline and the main character got on my last nerve.
Koko seemed to think she left behind her wild days of being Koreen the Dream, but she was sadly mistaken. For some reason her brain made her think that just because she was engaged and had a daughter with an upstanding man, she was somehow different.
Koko remained the same person throughout the book. At the beginning she complained about her first husband and their relationship getting ruined because he was caught having sex in her bed with her male cousin. Oh, I failed to mention this took place as the cameras were rolling for her reality show. Things went on a downward spiral for a while, but her career as the best video vixen in the game still flourished.
Apparently she was the spokesperson for chocolate sistas in the entertainment industry. She thought she was better than the rest, but ended up perpetuating the stereotype by sleeping around with several people. She was engaged to a gorgeous personal trainer who treated her way better than she deserved. Her reason for cheating with several men and one woman on a regular basis: her man was boring!
This was the same man who loved her like she was a queen, respected her and lovingly cared for their daughter. This woman had standing appointments for sex, but went home to her man every night. She claimed to love her fiancé more than anything, but whenever she spoke of him, she had nothing good to say. They had absolutely nothing in common and she never spent any time with him or their daughter. Ant to top it all off, she gets pregnant, but can't determine who the father is because of her multiple partners. Apparently she never heard of condoms. I was like really? You have issues. Even at the end of the book, she never learned her lesson. Smh.
The story also includes her two best friends and the shambles of their lives. Ivonne was a former video vixen turned housewife. She married a much older man who refused to stay faithful. Old girl had six kids by him with a seventh on the way and he refused to allow her to go back to school to better herself. She was depressed and suicidal.
Desiree was a lawyer who was habitually single, but desperately wanted to get married and have a baby. Her biological clock was ticking and she allowed men to use her for her money. For a book smart lady, she sure was dumb when it came to men. I won't say more because I don't want to give away the plot, but it was a good shocker with her story.
Karma is a mean sista and she does not choose sides.
August 10, 2020
the author did a good job of giving you a complete story with room to grow. however, the narrator didn't quite deliver. and it was only when she attempted to perform certain characters with accents. you had to listen really closely to understand what was being said.
May 31, 2025
Great read
December 17, 2022
Armani the Hottie (the official sequel) is now available on Amazon. Sorry for the wait.
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