Wifey Paperback – Large Print, March 15, 2013

Los Angeles, CA. Rodney (25), proposed/married P.V. (22, West Indian, daughter, Bourgie, aka Wifey).She came from Miami, Fl.Much later, Nani (P.V.’ s maternal grandmother) came to check on her.Warning: This book contains extremely graphic adult content, violence, or expletive language &/or uncensored sexually explicit material which is only suitable for mature readers. It may be offensive or have potential adverse psychological effects on the reader.I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. Only an honest one.A very awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very unorthodox written satire book. It wasn’t very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & several dull moments. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great set of unique characters to keep track of. This book unfortunately went downhill real fast. I would be lying if I said I understood the context. That said I will only rate it at 3/5 stars.Thank you for the free author; Goodreads; MakingConnections; Making Connections discussion group talk; Pink Purse International (Wharton King, LLC.); Amazon Digital Services LLC.; bookTony Parsons MSW (Washburn).

It's a full and captivating read. While many reader's found the language to be "common" , the writing was accessible.I knew the characters, understood where they'd been. The themes are heavy but pertinent.

REVIEWThis novella is a story of a marriage that was destructive and dysfunctional. P.V., Pallavi Victoria, needed to find freedom from her well to do Trinidadian family who lived in Miami. She went to Los Angeles. She was 22 and met this gorgeous player named Rodney.. At the young age of 22 she and Rodney married. Rodney's friends think P.V. is a real fun loving girl. They called her Boozhe P which is short for bourgeoisie princess. Rodney calls her Wifey and he is always putting her down. Her mother warned her that Rodney couldn't love her, he beat her and left scars and bruises. She tries her best with their new life in Texas.That is pretty hard to do when Rodney begins to drink too much and takes drugs. P.V. makes new friends with Juanita and Georgina. She has loved to cook and decides to start throwing dinner parties while her husband is out doing whatever he did with his friends.One night he comes home and finds "Wifey" a little too chummy, or so he thought, with a friend. That's when the final showdown comes in play. The author takes us through the story of husband and wife where the woman is nothing. The marriage is built around Rodney's demanding ways. The marriage begins with what P.J. thought was love. There is so much tension and discord between then. P.J. wants to be free but she has difficulty doing anything towards that goal. She is rather quiet with all the uproar all around her. A horrifying morning dream set off a dark and pain filled journey that led down a dark one way road that leads to a unbelievable end. The author wrote an amazing book on how different people use their power and how others let them. The author showed how Rodney thought he was the most powerful man by telling P.J. what she could and couldn't do. That hitting a woman made him a man. P.J. had the power to get out but she didn't use it. I'm not sure why. Was it fear? Was it lack of strength and willpower? The strength that power gives you is good if it is used in the right way.I would give this book 4 BROKEN HEARTS.I was given a complimentary copy of WIFEY by Fey Ugokwe from PumpUpYourBook for my review of which I received no compensation.

***(Contains spoilers)***This book presented the reader with a touching and important story. I enjoyed it.The only difficult part of the book was trying to read the different accents of the characters. you do get used to it, but it is a little of an adjustment at first. In fact I commend the author on being able to convey different accents in her writing (including Trinidadian, Hispanic, Southern drawl, and street thug)- not an easy feat.Ugokwe successfully captures what it is like inside a secretly abusive relationship- built up over time from the beginning of the relationship. Rodney changes his language and refuses to call her by her name. He isolates her. He makes fun of her. He doesn't work and is basically an overgrown boy. He begins raping her on a regular basis and becomes enraged at any signs of independence she shows.Rodney's ignorance and lack of education comes out in everything he says. It also makes him worried when she puts up fight.However, he does not "hit" her, and that makes him justify his actions.it is a very real portrayal of the psychological/physical/and sexual abuse experienced by many women and men.I do know, by how the story ended, that PV will be ok. I appreciated the spiritual side of things. I would have liked to see her stand up to him more. To realize she is worth more than that and to learn to stand up for herself. It also would have been interesting to hear from her girlfriends after the party where Rodney comes home.I think for a first novel this was a good story and I look forward to reading her again. It will be nice to see how her writing changes and improves over time.

This book was an interesting look into domestic abuse. I loved that the main character was Caribbean and the story gave some perspective on the family and career pressures of that culture. It seemed infathomable that she would stay with the husband after all of the strife she endured, but you also understand the factors that made her stay. It seemed she was trying to save him more than herself. The book started slowly and the language style seemed cumbersome at times to moving the story along, but, overall, it was a good read.I was given this book to review, but all the thoughts are my own.

A gritty read about hidden domestic abuse. My only problems are:The brevity - 150 pagesReal problems with the dialogue which may well be authentic but makes reading very hard. i did not know there were that many apostrophes - I hate to think what a spell checker was seeing.The lengthy verbal abuse scenes are I think overdone and become repetitive.In the end this promised more than it delivered.