The book is heavy on religion and metaphysics and I found it dark and hard to get through. Pushed as an urban fiction novel, Life After Death actually reads like a paranormal story.

Urban Fiction? Paranormal? Sci-Fi? Magical Realism? It also didn’t help that I predicted the twist from the beginning so I didn’t even have the satisfaction of that to help how I would rate it. There is a bit of a twist at the end, but unfortunately for me, it was not enough to save the book. What in the American Horror Story is going on here? Neither heaven nor hell, she floats around in a kind of purgatory. The rest of the book are the details of Winter’s experience in the after-world. But before Winter could make her grand debut, she gets shot.Īnd this is where the story goes to a place I did not want to go. Winter Santiaga is still in prison and negotiating a deal with her brother-in-law, Elisha, for a reality TV show on her release. The first thing I noticed is the plot is in the title. Life After Death is the much anticipated second sequel to Sister Souljah’s explosive bestseller, The Coldest Winter Ever. That was nine months ago, and I want to deliver on my word. Unwilling to lose, this ghetto girl will doįeaturing a Special Collector's Edition Reader's Guide-including an author Q&A, detailed character analyses, and the author's own remarks about the meaning of her story.I purchased this book when it dropped in March and promised to share my thoughts. But when a cold Winter wind blows her life in a direction she doesn't want to go, her street smarts and seductive skills are put to the test of a lifetime. Quick-witted, sexy, and business-minded, she knows and loves the streets like the curves of her own body.

Ghetto-born, Winter is the young, wealthy daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing family. I came busting into the world during one of New York's worst snowstorms, so my mother named me Winter. Renowned hip-hop artist, political activist, and bestselling author ofīrings the streets of New York to life in a powerful and utterly unforgettable first novel. '50 Most Impactful Black Books Of The Last 50 Years'. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's

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