Little Ghetto Girl

by Danielle Santiago

After a successful life in the drug game, twenty-one-year-old Kisa Kane plans to retire -- settle down, find a good man, and raise a family of her own. Done with the thug life, she has everything a ghetto girl would want: plenty of money, drop-dead-gorgeous looks, and two thriving legitimate businesses. Until she falls in love with Sincere Montega, a powerful drug dealer whose down-and-dirty money pulls Kisa back into the world she is trying so hard to leave behind. With lies, cheating, and conflict, Kai, their newborn, may be the only reason for this couple to stay together, but their lives are inevitably changed in the most unexpected way, the only way the streets of Harlem can.

Genres: African American, Urban, Crime

197 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Keyona · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book in exactly one day.I couldn't go to sleep with this book on my mind. I must say I always hesitated to pick it up because I hate the cover lol. However, I'm glad I did. I fell in love with the main character Kisa. She was hood but had a soft spot for the people she loved. The ending was pretty good and folks finally got what they deserved. Hopefully they'll be a sequel.

[Cedrica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book . It was one of my first urban books and Danielle Santiago knows how to use her words and her language. It keeps you wanting more I recommend too many people to read.

[Shayana · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Book Little Ghetto Girl is about a girl who has agreed and promise to stay out of the drug and gang violence,because she wants to change her life for good and start over new,when she began to start a new life she meets the love of her life but what she doesn't know that he's a big time drug dealer.Year's and year's go bye then her boyfriend finally tells her that he's a drug dealer but he doesn't know that she already knows as she explains that "the streets have been talking".So she tells him he either has to pick the streets or her,from that point on everything went from up to down strange people she has never seen in her life began to show up at her doorstep asking for her boyfriend and they don't leave untill the middle of the night.Little Ghetto Girl explains how someone you love can just come and change your life,in tis book she never leaves her boyfriend from that point on actions take place while she was with her boyfriend just doing what a couple do a shoot out happens a she gets shot,because they say her boyfriend owe some type of money they said "even we're going to get the money out of him or you".

[Taiyah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was by far the best book i have EVER read! i love kisa and how she and sincere are meant for each other. she got her own money and dnt need his and i love how he spoil her and protect her this is the perfect relationship. Her sister Shea is grimmy and jealous of her lifestyle and what she did to kisa a sister just shouldn't do no matter how jealous she was. Having her robbed was enough and then kidnapping your own niece yeah she deserved to die the second time. kisa spared her life the first time and she still took her daughter!! So if you havent read this book you needa go get it immmediatley because its a must read page turner..Danielle Santiago did her thang on this book!!

[Sabrina Rutter · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought I wouldn't like this, but by the time I got to page twenty I was really into it. The story was pretty good! Lot's of drama, romance, and of course lot's of shopping!
I would have given this book a higher rating, but the characters names were replaced several times with names that had never been mentioned in the story before. That was a little odd, but at least it was still easy to know which character was being written about. There were a few times when the punctuation made it a little difficult to tell when they were talking or not, but that didn't heppen too often.

[Elizaeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love this book! i read it in one day. it was amazing. i wish Danielle kept going i want her to make a sequal too it. i couldnt put this book down. and im the kind of person that can enver find an intreting book, i dont like really ridiclous things to read, this seemed real, and i pictured it in my head the entire time i wa reading it. i love it! if you havn't read it READ IT!
(:

[ReadnliftwithShar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Little Ghetto Girl is a fast paced page turner. I was equally frustrated and impressed with Kisa and Sincere’s story. I loved how Kisa went so hard for her family; she was the definition of, “head b- in charge”. But, her immaturity was a lot at times. I felt like I was watching a movie scene, I can totally picture Kisa with her furs and expensive jewelry-sis was fly, okay! Lol. I truly got a good dose of the early 2000s while reading this book. It kept me entertained and the drama was very much appreciated. Good read!

[Deon Cecile · Rating 3 out of 5]

How do I describe this book? Hmmm...interestingly ghetto maybe, not sure. Lots of drama, hood-talk, and what I call fantasy living on fast cash. The book does delve into lessons about the choices we make in life, relationship commitments, love and loyalty etc. However the writing style became slightly annoying after a while and the grammatical errors never helped in that regard.

As always, read reviews, but make the decision to read or not to read on your own terms.

[Shannon Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

My All-Time Favorite Book

I fell in love when I read this book for the first time. This was one of my first hood reads and I have been hooked ever since. I love the author and everything she has put out. Sincere is my all-time favorite book bae. I always recommend this when people ask what should they read. I have read it so many times and it never gets old.

[Gabrielle Gavillan · Rating 5 out of 5]

KISA, KISA, KISA. one of the very first books that fully gave my attention. i was about 21 finding it in Walmart. making me feel at home reading this book since some of it was based in New York City in the early 2000's. I RELATED. glad this came to my hands.

[BrittNee Chanel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic

This will forever be one of my favorite books I had to run it back ! Just because I missed them !

[Joy McGuire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fight For Your 💯🎯💯

This book took me through so many twist and turns I didn't know which way I was going..... rollercoaster, but I'll do this ride all again💯🔥💯 GREAT READ 💯🎯🔥

[Arnell Peterson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty good. I’m late on reading this and I’m so glad that I did. Kisa was soo strong and baby didn’t play!

[Natasha Hagen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I took one look at this book and was not sure I was actually going to read the book, but my curiosity got the better of me. After the first chapter I was drawn in and felt like I was living the life of a highly paid drug dealer.

Kisa was very successful at a very young age. Once she turned 21 she felt like she was ready to settle down and start her own family and get out of the game. That all changed as soon as she fell in love with big time drug dealer Sincere. He provides a lucrative lifestyle for her which is very hard to resist. She has everything that she will ever need, but with that she slowing gets drawn back into a lifestyle that she was trying to leave behind.

Their life together gets off to a rocky start and seems like it was going to fall apart, but their newborn baby girl Kai seems to keep them together fighting for a better life together.

This book is a very easy read and was every entertaining.

[SerenaBeReading · Rating 3 out of 5]

There weren't too many characters in this that I liked but they were real. I wanted Kisa to end up with Coco but yeah he was shady for sending Milani like that to seduce Sincere. Sincere wasn't ish. I hope he stops with the cheating. Kisa no matter how crazy is a good woman. One thing I didn't like was Kisa constantly flaunting her material things. I'm still not sure why Shea was so jealous of her when Kisa would give her money and help her out. I'm glad baby Kai wasn't harmed but truth be told Kisa should have done something to Shea the first time Shea showed her true colors and Kisa got beat up. Can't wait to read the second one in the series. Also love that Danielle Santiago writes about Charlotte, the city I'm in. I'll be reading more of her other work also.

[Misdajania · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kisa was once deep in the drug game. She was wild and just didn't care. She got it anyway she could. Soon she relizes that;s not the life she wants. She gets out the game and settles down. Howeer her fiance is a powerful drug lord. Her relationship stays giing her dangerous situations. Never being one to gie up. She oercomes all of them. Though it was no easy task.

This book was good because a enjoyed reading about a strong femal character. I realy respect how tough Kisa was. With that being said she was alos ery lady like. I really admired how she was able to bounce back from hardships.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone needs a little urban fiction in their lives. After reading a slew of strictly literary novels (trying to catch up on 'classic' titles), I read this is one day and have been thinking about it ever since. I want and NEED to read the other two works in the trilogy. I may just skip the second and go straight to the third. I love Kisa and Sincere's relationship. I would have liked to also read more about Eisani's character -- Danielle Santiago started on it, then didn't give the readers much. But she seems to have a story to tell that I think would be quite interesting.

[Monica · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would really rate this book a 2 1/2. It was ok but compared to other books I've read, it didn't keep me hanging on to find out what happens next more than maybe 1 time or 2 at the most. The morale of the story did it for me. It simply showed that "the lifestyle" of over-emphasized money and hustling is not in the end what it's cracked up to be. I loved the character of the mothers, there was true substance to them and everytime their part came in, I could feel realness and love.

[Racquel]

I read this in 8th grade. It was pretty sexy for me back then and it was the greatest thing ever. I read it because a friend who doesn't read told me it's good so she had to to be right. I can't remember if she had her own copy or we checked it out from the school's library. If this is lurking in a junior high library, plenty of 7th and 8th graders are gonna have the sexy romance reader awakened in them lol

[Kianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was really good. i thought i could of had a better ending but other than that it was really great. It was about a girl named Kisa Kane and the life of danger and drugs that she had to deal with while her husband was in the Game that she had just gotten out of because of the baby girl that she had just had.

[Alicia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ah, so typical. Hustling girl meets hustling boy and they think they want a relationship. Instead one's cheating the other is spending and snorting. There is "hot" make-up sex dashed with a baby and some designer labels.

The writing is atrocious (I would love to give an example but they're almost too comical) and there is no real story. But, the kids will love it.

[Shay Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved the book it was clear that Sincere and Kisa loved each other; they'll go out of their way for each other/their family I was happy they ended up back together at the end;Kisa didnt die and Kai still had a mother and a sibling :) Shea disgusted me she was wrong for how she did her little sister she was too sneaky and jealous for me but I loved the book

[rochelle pettrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a action packed, fast paced love story that brings you drama and mayhem in the lives of The King n Queen of NY's drug game Kisa n Sincere which was filled with jealousy, betrayal, deceit,murder, kidnapping backstabbing and many more twists n turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat, will love conquer all or will love not be enough? Find out now grab this great read

[Felicia A Sullivan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ghettofabulous and over the top. A life I could never imagine, LOL. A good story but just about the dumbest last line I have ever read in any book in my whole life. And I have read thousands of books.

[Krystal]

I think the storyline was great but it was poorly written. Anyone could've thrown this story together. No creative writing techniques used whatsoever. I have to say I was disappointed and just finished this story just to have something to read.

[Diana Townsend · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, I like Danielle Santiago as an author and while her book was not awful, unfortunately it held the same cliche's I have been reading in ALL of the Urban Fiction books lately and it's just getting old for me.

[Alysia · Rating 1 out of 5]

I could not get to page 10 of this book. I like stories like this book but I dont care for the author's style of writting. Reminds me of a elementary book. I just dont dig the way she writes. You should be able to jump right in a good book by page 10 and that just didnt happen for me.

[Alicia Mckenzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE this book. This is the first book I fell in love with. I read this book many times and it never get boring to me. This is a must read book, I guaranty if you read this book you would love this just as must as I do. This book will leave you wanting more.

[Destiny Mariee . · Rating 3 out of 5]

So far this book is pretty good. I am only on Chapter 2 though . These chapters are a lot longer . But right now the book's alright , Their is already some crazy drama being. And can't wait to read the rest.

[Destiney Brionne' · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is by far the best book I've read. I could barely put the book down it was so good and I finished it in like 2 days which is very abnormal. But I don't want to ruin the story, you have to read it for yourself to find out what happened.