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The Prada Plan
When Disaya Morgan is accepted into a New York organisation known as The Elite she quickly comes to realize that she's stepped into a world of sex and lies. When she meets Indie and falls hopelessly in love, she is determined to keep her lifestyle a secret - but everything done in the dark eventually comes to light.
264 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 2009
About the author
Ashley Antoinette
78 books6,367 followersASHLEY ANTOINETTE COLEMAN is one of the most successful female writers of her time. The feminine half of the popular married duo, Ashley and JaQuavis, she has co-written over 40 novels, including the bestselling Cartel series. Several of her titles have hit The New York Times bestsellers list, but she is most widely regarded for her continuing racy saga, The Prada Plan. Born in Flint, MI, she was bred with an innate street sense that she uses as motivation in her crime filled writings.
Picking up a deal with publishing powerhouse St. Martin's Press while simultaneously inking deals at Warner Brothers Studios and NBC/Universal, Ashley shows no signs of slowing down. She is currently hard at work on a new book series and two television pilots.
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Picking up a deal with publishing powerhouse St. Martin's Press while simultaneously inking deals at Warner Brothers Studios and NBC/Universal, Ashley shows no signs of slowing down. She is currently hard at work on a new book series and two television pilots.
To keep up with everything Ashley Antoinette follow her...
twitter @novelista
Instagram @ashleyantoinette
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June 29, 2017
Great series! emotional,thought provoking storyline,amazing characters and writing (paperback!)
November 30, 2023
LOVED IT!! This is the most chaotic book I have ever read. Sh!t was crazy, messy and over dramatic but definitely in the best of ways. A soap opera i did not know i needed.
October 13, 2009
Although the name Ashley Antoinette may not ring a quick bell for some, if you throw JaQuavis in the mix, you will understand that the two have made up some of the best street lit fiction to hit the shelves. With The Prada Plan we welcome Ashley’s solo debut.
At the tender age of 6 Disaya, better known as Yaya handily learns the quality of couture and the importance of having a plan in life, a Prada Plan. Disaster strikes Yaya’s world when both parents are eliminated, and is suddenly forced to forget an existence where she is the center jewel of their heart. Yaya is immediately defaulted to being a foster child, where she endures nightly molestation by her foster Mother’s son. Being raped of her innocence at 7, the only piece of hope and spirit she has left is the echoing of her Mother’s voice and her new companion, soon to be sister for life, Mona. Together they flee the house of misery and the story fast forwards to duos life at the age of 21. The pair is finally living some-what stable life a freedom, however Yaya has yet to attain her Prada Plan. While patience is a virtue, Yaya is not ashamed to admit that she’s merely a Rocawear chick and will go through great lengths to be recognized as a couture Mami. Following the same suit as her Mother and by being absolutely beautiful it’s no task for to Yaya to start selling herself to some of the most elite and highest paid individuals to receive top dollar. Once she is introduced to Leah, she begins engaging in same sex escapades and everything else in-between. A friendship/businesses relationship turns to into an obsession as Yaya attempts to put an end to Leah’s bizarre behavior and a life of hoeing after falling in love with Indie, the one person who can fulfill her plan. Leah’s addiction for Yaya if far from just physical its a dependency that is a psychological demon and she will go through any obstacle to hurt Yaya and everyone else in her life.
I gave Prada Plan 4 stars, while a couple situations in my opinion were unrealistic even in fiction form; the story and bombshell situations were enough to make me smile at the work of a mastermind in street lit. With pending answers, and the outcome of characters to be left unanswered I am desperately waiting for part 2. Pick of Prada Plan, you surely will not be disappointed.
At the tender age of 6 Disaya, better known as Yaya handily learns the quality of couture and the importance of having a plan in life, a Prada Plan. Disaster strikes Yaya’s world when both parents are eliminated, and is suddenly forced to forget an existence where she is the center jewel of their heart. Yaya is immediately defaulted to being a foster child, where she endures nightly molestation by her foster Mother’s son. Being raped of her innocence at 7, the only piece of hope and spirit she has left is the echoing of her Mother’s voice and her new companion, soon to be sister for life, Mona. Together they flee the house of misery and the story fast forwards to duos life at the age of 21. The pair is finally living some-what stable life a freedom, however Yaya has yet to attain her Prada Plan. While patience is a virtue, Yaya is not ashamed to admit that she’s merely a Rocawear chick and will go through great lengths to be recognized as a couture Mami. Following the same suit as her Mother and by being absolutely beautiful it’s no task for to Yaya to start selling herself to some of the most elite and highest paid individuals to receive top dollar. Once she is introduced to Leah, she begins engaging in same sex escapades and everything else in-between. A friendship/businesses relationship turns to into an obsession as Yaya attempts to put an end to Leah’s bizarre behavior and a life of hoeing after falling in love with Indie, the one person who can fulfill her plan. Leah’s addiction for Yaya if far from just physical its a dependency that is a psychological demon and she will go through any obstacle to hurt Yaya and everyone else in her life.
I gave Prada Plan 4 stars, while a couple situations in my opinion were unrealistic even in fiction form; the story and bombshell situations were enough to make me smile at the work of a mastermind in street lit. With pending answers, and the outcome of characters to be left unanswered I am desperately waiting for part 2. Pick of Prada Plan, you surely will not be disappointed.
June 19, 2010
OK first of all I will like to say is this book is RAW. So for you sensitive people read carefully. It tells the story of a girl whose mother has been shot by a jealousy lover and a father who was the Pimp, that has been sent to jail for her death. She is placed in foster care at the age of 6 and becomes very close to another young lady the same age because they are being rapped by the foster mothers 16 year old son EVERY night until they are 12 when he brutally beats and tries to rape the friend. The foster mother and YaYa walks in on this and decides to burn the house down when the foster mother blames them for what has happened all those years, with the foster mother and son in it. They go on to survive on the streets and become 21 yrs olds only to fall into the ring of prostution that causes one friend to become HIV positive and the other to meet up with a crazy woman that will do anything to have YaYa as her very own. But YaYa does not get down like that and leaves her for a guy that has taught her that she is more then that and needs to respect herself and makes her feel like she is worth something. The crazy woman and I do mean crazy, kills the new found guy brother after she makes herself look like YaYa on tape and sends it to him. He beats YaYa half to death and leaves her only to get caught up with the crazy woman. Read to find out more!! I do believe this is a good FICTIONAL (for some of you) read that is just plan ol’ entertaining. It is not supposed to be REAL life down to somebody saying, “Oh snap that happened to me too!” and who knows maybe it did. Come on people. For real! Let’s not take the book and dissect it page by page, paragraph by paragraph. If that is the cause, I am still waiting for that clown in It by Stephen King to come out the sewer and get me! OMG! You write something and let’s see how that goes! I look forward to part 2.
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May 12, 2023
I hate Leah. That's it.
October 12, 2021
I'm looking for Ethic... But Laila needs her ass beat. 💃🏾🥴🥴🥴🥴
February 4, 2017
This book was amazing! I've only read one other book by Ashley Antoinette but she didn't disappoint me in either book! I can honestly say that this is now one of my many favorite urban lit books.
The main character, Yaya, was born into the street life. She had a mother for a whore and a daddy for a pimp. Despite losing her parents at a young age, Yaya was able to provide for herself, find love, and ultimately change for the better. Unfortunately for her, drama still found a way to follow her.
This book contained a lot of dramatized and unrealistic events. So if you don't like that kind of fiction, I don't recommend this book for you. But if you're like me and love dramatic books, definitely read this one!! It's a page turner and there is never a dull moment.
Side note:
This was my actually my first audiobook and I unexpectedly took a liking to the format. Definitely recommend audiobooks. It's very easy to multitask with.
The main character, Yaya, was born into the street life. She had a mother for a whore and a daddy for a pimp. Despite losing her parents at a young age, Yaya was able to provide for herself, find love, and ultimately change for the better. Unfortunately for her, drama still found a way to follow her.
This book contained a lot of dramatized and unrealistic events. So if you don't like that kind of fiction, I don't recommend this book for you. But if you're like me and love dramatic books, definitely read this one!! It's a page turner and there is never a dull moment.
Side note:
This was my actually my first audiobook and I unexpectedly took a liking to the format. Definitely recommend audiobooks. It's very easy to multitask with.
December 8, 2019
I read this book back in 2010 (when I was 18) and thought it was amazing. So amazing that when I saw it in the store i picked it up to re-read it. BIG MISTAKE. The storyline is wildly unrealistic and over the top. Now I've read majority of this series so I know more of what Leah's motives were. But I just kept finding myself sighing and shaking my head at how immature everyone really is in the story (and I mean everyone). Does no one notice that Disaya and Indie meet once before deciding they're so in love with each other, and they're engaged and expecting all in under a few months of knowing each other. 18 year old me ate it up, but 27 year old me is not about it at all!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 12, 2022
Whew! Loved it!
Let me get started on book 2.
Let me get started on book 2.
April 16, 2015
DNF. Couldn't relate to subject matter. No judgments --just not interested in pimps and hos. Foolishly thought the story arc was more about rags to riches, revenge and redemption, especially after such a stark beginning with foster care and sexual abuse.
March 21, 2021
Let me start by acknowledging that I hate reading erotica, but I read this, the entire ridiculous, poorly written thing because I promised a friend of mine, who had inadvertently downloaded this book on Audible because it had so many good reviews, in order to confirm her opinion that this book was horrendous, despite the numerous five-star ratings. I would give this book zero stars if possible. In fact, I wouldn’t have even finished reading it if I hadn’t promised her I would.
SPOILER ALERT: I cannot review this book without a list of the inane and unrealistic things that happened in this book, but believe me, you are better off reading this review than reading this stupid book.
So here we go. Apparently, the author could not decide if she wanted to write a romance, porn, or a gangster drama. She did none of them successfully. The book starts off with young Disaya learning about the Prada Plan from her mother before her mother is killed by a jealous prostitute who hates her because their pimp is raising Disaya as his own. What follows is an insanely chaotic string of events that would exhaust any reader.
Ashley Antoinette writes with all the finesse of a hormonal middle schooler, first trying her hand at metaphors. It’s full of cliches and exaggerated descriptions and sentences that just don’t make sense. Here is an example: “He grabbed her without force and dragged her out of the room.” Not only that, but it’s full of things like “a fate worse than death” and other such terrible cliches.
The worse part of the book by far though is the child rape scene of Disaya and Mona in the foster home. Not only was this repulsive, but it was repulsive and out of context when considering this book as erotica. Was the author trying titillate the reader while pretending to be horrified by the act? Why go in to such detail, and in one breath describe the child as sexy and then in the next sentence say there was nothing sexy about her child’s body? And it was completely unrealistic. Disaya and Mona were raped every night, yet they suddenly decide to fight back and Disaya decides to demand money, and the rapist acts like he respects her for it and begins paying her, which begins her journey as the happy hooker who is obsessed with sex. Ludicrous. This whole part made my skin crawl. A shocking scene like this might have a place in the novel as a drama, but not as erotica. Isn’t the author afraid of turning off her readers who are only there to get turned on?
Next, the book switches from future tense narration that reads like a child’s fairy tale to the past perfect tense that reads like a book report. The narration was also childish and absurd, complete with doorbell and car-honking sound effects. It was extremely annoying. The writing was simplistic and childish and so was the plot. Disaya and Mona survived on the street from age 12-21 by themselves without prostituting or getting a pimp, but by stealing and not getting caught or arrested. Stupid. It’s like a teenage fantasy of running away and managing without adults.
The next terrible thing about this novel is its rampant negative racial stereotypes. From the constant materialistic obsession with cars and clothes (I really got sick of the brand name dropping in every description) to the gangster language, to the stereotype of the super-successful drug dealer and the happy hooker nymphomaniac.
Clearly, this author does not speak from experience and did not do adequate research because the list of impossibly stupid things keeps piling up throughout the rest of the book. For example, the very first trick Disaya turns, she is not even nervous but acts like a seasoned pro, and of course, orgasms over and over. Strangely, all her johns are more concerned with pleasuring her than themselves, including the professional athlete who writes her a $20,000 check for sex. The amount and the check were unbelievable. She’s never scared or lacks confidence, despite being abused her entire life.
It just gets more and more stupid. Disaya gets her first $5000, so she takes her old, beat up Toyota to trade in with her $5000 to a dealership, where she gives a fake name (Jessica Simpson) and demands to see the owner of the dealership, where he “eats her out” and “beats off” in his office without even having sex with her, and she leaves with a $40,000 car for $10,000 and a tiny monthly payment without even giving her real name. I hate to tell her that you can’t spend more than $10K in cash at a dealership without them being required to report it to the FBI, you can’t finance a car under a fake name with no job or credit, and no one gives you $20K to “eat them out” and “beat off” yourself.
Disaya continues to beat the odds when she tells off her pimp and just quits without any reprisals. She goes into business for herself with no repercussions. The pimp would have killed her. She just walks away and she also never gets arrested. Mona doesn’t fare as well and gets AIDS.
Later, Disaya falls in with a gay hooker named Leia who is obsessed with her. This part was so obvious that I literally guessed the rest of the stupid book. Disaya doesn’t want Leia, so Leia sets her up and kills a john on tape disguised as Disaya, and it turns out to be the brother of her boyfriend and baby daddy, Indy. Saw that coming for a mile. Her baby daddy is a stereotypical gangster drug dealer even though he grew up in the suburbs, and big surprise, his dad turns out to be the owner of the dealership who Disaya pleasured. The insane coincidences never end as Indy’s mother turns out to be the prostitute who murdered her mother. She and Indy fall in love, and we are subjected to a couple of hours of porn as they make a baby. Of course, Leia who was rebuffed by Disaya, gets revenge by giving the film of Indy’s brother’s murder to Indy and making him think Disaya killed him, and then proceeds to steal him and get pregnant by him after Indy tries to kill Disaya and brutally beats her and kicks her in her pregnant belly, yet we are still supposed to like him and feel bad for him and even want Disaya to get back with him. Someone needs to teach Ashley Antoinette how to write romance. There are lines you just don’t cross.
We are also supposed to believe Indy has never tried drugs even though he’s a rich and successful drug dealer who murders people regularly. Leia tricks him into getting addicted to cocaine by slipping it into his nasal spray and he doesn’t even notice. All through the book, the author glorifies gang life, materialism, and spreads negative racial stereotypes. By the way, Leia is gay, but of course, she has orgasm after orgasm with Indy before she loses her baby from doing too much coke.
Disaya forgives Indy's mother for murdering her mom, but no one mentions her father who is rotting in jail for the murder (he gets the blame). It's hard to believe Disaya would want her father to stay there although she never mentions visiting him or anything, so maybe she doesn't care what happens to him now that she has a new family. Everyone in the book is incredibly selfish so. . .
The book is so exhausting with its ridiculous coincidences, terrible plot, awful characters, and racist stereotypes, and then ends right in the middle of the climax (no pun intended) when Leia steals Disaya and Indy’s baby girl, trying to force us to buy the next book to see what happens. No, thanks. I’ll be passing on the sequel.
One more thing about how the book perpetuates negative racial types. Even if the only way out of the hood for someone born into these circumstances was drug dealing and prostitution, the author didn’t need to make them love it so much and fall into these overdone and overblown caricatures of ghetto life. This book is so bad, I can’t even imagine who would think this was good reading.
This book was a free download for Audible members, and it was still too expensive. It cost me several hours of my life that I’ll never get back. Don’t fall for the ratings. Antionette must have a lot of friends.
SPOILER ALERT: I cannot review this book without a list of the inane and unrealistic things that happened in this book, but believe me, you are better off reading this review than reading this stupid book.
So here we go. Apparently, the author could not decide if she wanted to write a romance, porn, or a gangster drama. She did none of them successfully. The book starts off with young Disaya learning about the Prada Plan from her mother before her mother is killed by a jealous prostitute who hates her because their pimp is raising Disaya as his own. What follows is an insanely chaotic string of events that would exhaust any reader.
Ashley Antoinette writes with all the finesse of a hormonal middle schooler, first trying her hand at metaphors. It’s full of cliches and exaggerated descriptions and sentences that just don’t make sense. Here is an example: “He grabbed her without force and dragged her out of the room.” Not only that, but it’s full of things like “a fate worse than death” and other such terrible cliches.
The worse part of the book by far though is the child rape scene of Disaya and Mona in the foster home. Not only was this repulsive, but it was repulsive and out of context when considering this book as erotica. Was the author trying titillate the reader while pretending to be horrified by the act? Why go in to such detail, and in one breath describe the child as sexy and then in the next sentence say there was nothing sexy about her child’s body? And it was completely unrealistic. Disaya and Mona were raped every night, yet they suddenly decide to fight back and Disaya decides to demand money, and the rapist acts like he respects her for it and begins paying her, which begins her journey as the happy hooker who is obsessed with sex. Ludicrous. This whole part made my skin crawl. A shocking scene like this might have a place in the novel as a drama, but not as erotica. Isn’t the author afraid of turning off her readers who are only there to get turned on?
Next, the book switches from future tense narration that reads like a child’s fairy tale to the past perfect tense that reads like a book report. The narration was also childish and absurd, complete with doorbell and car-honking sound effects. It was extremely annoying. The writing was simplistic and childish and so was the plot. Disaya and Mona survived on the street from age 12-21 by themselves without prostituting or getting a pimp, but by stealing and not getting caught or arrested. Stupid. It’s like a teenage fantasy of running away and managing without adults.
The next terrible thing about this novel is its rampant negative racial stereotypes. From the constant materialistic obsession with cars and clothes (I really got sick of the brand name dropping in every description) to the gangster language, to the stereotype of the super-successful drug dealer and the happy hooker nymphomaniac.
Clearly, this author does not speak from experience and did not do adequate research because the list of impossibly stupid things keeps piling up throughout the rest of the book. For example, the very first trick Disaya turns, she is not even nervous but acts like a seasoned pro, and of course, orgasms over and over. Strangely, all her johns are more concerned with pleasuring her than themselves, including the professional athlete who writes her a $20,000 check for sex. The amount and the check were unbelievable. She’s never scared or lacks confidence, despite being abused her entire life.
It just gets more and more stupid. Disaya gets her first $5000, so she takes her old, beat up Toyota to trade in with her $5000 to a dealership, where she gives a fake name (Jessica Simpson) and demands to see the owner of the dealership, where he “eats her out” and “beats off” in his office without even having sex with her, and she leaves with a $40,000 car for $10,000 and a tiny monthly payment without even giving her real name. I hate to tell her that you can’t spend more than $10K in cash at a dealership without them being required to report it to the FBI, you can’t finance a car under a fake name with no job or credit, and no one gives you $20K to “eat them out” and “beat off” yourself.
Disaya continues to beat the odds when she tells off her pimp and just quits without any reprisals. She goes into business for herself with no repercussions. The pimp would have killed her. She just walks away and she also never gets arrested. Mona doesn’t fare as well and gets AIDS.
Later, Disaya falls in with a gay hooker named Leia who is obsessed with her. This part was so obvious that I literally guessed the rest of the stupid book. Disaya doesn’t want Leia, so Leia sets her up and kills a john on tape disguised as Disaya, and it turns out to be the brother of her boyfriend and baby daddy, Indy. Saw that coming for a mile. Her baby daddy is a stereotypical gangster drug dealer even though he grew up in the suburbs, and big surprise, his dad turns out to be the owner of the dealership who Disaya pleasured. The insane coincidences never end as Indy’s mother turns out to be the prostitute who murdered her mother. She and Indy fall in love, and we are subjected to a couple of hours of porn as they make a baby. Of course, Leia who was rebuffed by Disaya, gets revenge by giving the film of Indy’s brother’s murder to Indy and making him think Disaya killed him, and then proceeds to steal him and get pregnant by him after Indy tries to kill Disaya and brutally beats her and kicks her in her pregnant belly, yet we are still supposed to like him and feel bad for him and even want Disaya to get back with him. Someone needs to teach Ashley Antoinette how to write romance. There are lines you just don’t cross.
We are also supposed to believe Indy has never tried drugs even though he’s a rich and successful drug dealer who murders people regularly. Leia tricks him into getting addicted to cocaine by slipping it into his nasal spray and he doesn’t even notice. All through the book, the author glorifies gang life, materialism, and spreads negative racial stereotypes. By the way, Leia is gay, but of course, she has orgasm after orgasm with Indy before she loses her baby from doing too much coke.
Disaya forgives Indy's mother for murdering her mom, but no one mentions her father who is rotting in jail for the murder (he gets the blame). It's hard to believe Disaya would want her father to stay there although she never mentions visiting him or anything, so maybe she doesn't care what happens to him now that she has a new family. Everyone in the book is incredibly selfish so. . .
The book is so exhausting with its ridiculous coincidences, terrible plot, awful characters, and racist stereotypes, and then ends right in the middle of the climax (no pun intended) when Leia steals Disaya and Indy’s baby girl, trying to force us to buy the next book to see what happens. No, thanks. I’ll be passing on the sequel.
One more thing about how the book perpetuates negative racial types. Even if the only way out of the hood for someone born into these circumstances was drug dealing and prostitution, the author didn’t need to make them love it so much and fall into these overdone and overblown caricatures of ghetto life. This book is so bad, I can’t even imagine who would think this was good reading.
This book was a free download for Audible members, and it was still too expensive. It cost me several hours of my life that I’ll never get back. Don’t fall for the ratings. Antionette must have a lot of friends.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 7, 2024
Great book. Hooked me from beginning to end. I couldn’t put this down. I felt all emotions with this book.
November 9, 2009
THIS BOOK SUCKS!!!!!!! BY FAR THE MOST SUCKIEST BOOK I'VE EVER HAD THE DISPLEASURE TO COME ACROSS. READING THIS TELLS ME THAT MS. ANTOINETTE HAS NO TALENT WHATSOEVER.
IF ANYONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH MY FEELINGS TOWARDS THIS BOOK THEY CAN KISS MY ASS. OH, AND HAVE A GREAT DAY! :)
Okay- here goes. I'm extremely dissappointed in this book, Ashley's writing, the plot, the characters, pretty much everything included in this debut. Of course this is the first book in a series- that was a must given the series loving authors out there today- particularly in the urban-fiction genre. I just wish they would stick to only making a sequel if the first book is actually GOOD. I have doubts I'll even pick the sequel for this up. If I do, it'll be because I'm wondering if she's gotten any better on her own.
Ashley Antoinette is "Ashley" from Ashley & JaQuavis. Together, they make great books. Alone, the one half I can speak on as of yet leaves a lot to be desired.
Here we go folks:
The Prada Plan- the plot- eh. What can I say. It was borderline decent and a better author may have been able to do more with it but either way it's severely lacking.
Leah- not the main character but she's the crazy one. How many people want to guess the biggest situation that shows Leah's craziness? No one? I'll just tell it then- Leah is sitting in front of a mirror doing her lipstick (anyone know where this is going yet?), she's thinking about how Disaya supposedly played her and what does she do? She keeps drawing on the lipstick. Over and over and over again. (Yes, I'm quite serious everyone.) "With the lipstick in her hand, she continued to apply layer after layer, making her circle wider and wider, until red lipstick was painted all over her face." (That's a sentence from the book by the way.) I'm embarressed to even retype it personally. A child could come better than that.
Um, I'm not sure what all Ashley knows about drugs but from what I do know, cocaine doesn't make you fall asleep. Heroin? Sure. Not coke. Sorry Ashley. That just made the story a little more idiotic in my opinion.
Another example: Leah whispers into Indie's ear when he's asleep, supposedly "programming" him to where she wants him to be. "Don't be a fool. You're taking care of a bitch that you're not even with. She killed you're brother. Put that bitch out on her ass and sell your house." (Real sentences again by the way.) How stupid can one situation in a story actually be? It's not even attempted to be realistic at all. Oh, by the way, the next morning Indie called the realator and sold his house. Of course.
I'm not even sure I can go here but what the hell. I have to. I'll let this paragraph speak for itself.
'"Oww!" she shrieked. She felt something slip between her legs an, and when she lifted the covers, she quickly put them back down. "Oh, my God. Oh, my God," she chanted as she lifted the sheets again and saw a huge mass of blood, mucus, and an undeveloped human body between her legs.'
Do I actually need to say anything else? What is this science fiction all of a sudden? I was under the impression this was supposed to be realistic. I almost threw the book in the trash when I read that stupid ass simple sentence.
The ending to the story was absolutely horrible. I read this days ago and couldn't even bring myself to review it right away. I'm sure I could have given more samples of how utterly horrible this book is but I don't want to rack my brain anymore. I'm disgusted.
It's as if JaQuavis has been carrying her this entire time and I for one, feel blindsided. When I see a book with two names on it I have to assume they are BOTH the authors. From what I can see from this book and what I've read from them before- Ashley was being piggy-backed the entire time.
IF ANYONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH MY FEELINGS TOWARDS THIS BOOK THEY CAN KISS MY ASS. OH, AND HAVE A GREAT DAY! :)
Okay- here goes. I'm extremely dissappointed in this book, Ashley's writing, the plot, the characters, pretty much everything included in this debut. Of course this is the first book in a series- that was a must given the series loving authors out there today- particularly in the urban-fiction genre. I just wish they would stick to only making a sequel if the first book is actually GOOD. I have doubts I'll even pick the sequel for this up. If I do, it'll be because I'm wondering if she's gotten any better on her own.
Ashley Antoinette is "Ashley" from Ashley & JaQuavis. Together, they make great books. Alone, the one half I can speak on as of yet leaves a lot to be desired.
Here we go folks:
The Prada Plan- the plot- eh. What can I say. It was borderline decent and a better author may have been able to do more with it but either way it's severely lacking.
Leah- not the main character but she's the crazy one. How many people want to guess the biggest situation that shows Leah's craziness? No one? I'll just tell it then- Leah is sitting in front of a mirror doing her lipstick (anyone know where this is going yet?), she's thinking about how Disaya supposedly played her and what does she do? She keeps drawing on the lipstick. Over and over and over again. (Yes, I'm quite serious everyone.) "With the lipstick in her hand, she continued to apply layer after layer, making her circle wider and wider, until red lipstick was painted all over her face." (That's a sentence from the book by the way.) I'm embarressed to even retype it personally. A child could come better than that.
Um, I'm not sure what all Ashley knows about drugs but from what I do know, cocaine doesn't make you fall asleep. Heroin? Sure. Not coke. Sorry Ashley. That just made the story a little more idiotic in my opinion.
Another example: Leah whispers into Indie's ear when he's asleep, supposedly "programming" him to where she wants him to be. "Don't be a fool. You're taking care of a bitch that you're not even with. She killed you're brother. Put that bitch out on her ass and sell your house." (Real sentences again by the way.) How stupid can one situation in a story actually be? It's not even attempted to be realistic at all. Oh, by the way, the next morning Indie called the realator and sold his house. Of course.
I'm not even sure I can go here but what the hell. I have to. I'll let this paragraph speak for itself.
'"Oww!" she shrieked. She felt something slip between her legs an, and when she lifted the covers, she quickly put them back down. "Oh, my God. Oh, my God," she chanted as she lifted the sheets again and saw a huge mass of blood, mucus, and an undeveloped human body between her legs.'
Do I actually need to say anything else? What is this science fiction all of a sudden? I was under the impression this was supposed to be realistic. I almost threw the book in the trash when I read that stupid ass simple sentence.
The ending to the story was absolutely horrible. I read this days ago and couldn't even bring myself to review it right away. I'm sure I could have given more samples of how utterly horrible this book is but I don't want to rack my brain anymore. I'm disgusted.
It's as if JaQuavis has been carrying her this entire time and I for one, feel blindsided. When I see a book with two names on it I have to assume they are BOTH the authors. From what I can see from this book and what I've read from them before- Ashley was being piggy-backed the entire time.
May 7, 2014
Really good book, I listened on audio and it really pulled me in! I was rooting for YaYa the whole way through and praying for Leah's demise. Leah showed she was a cold hearted, unfeeling, deceitful person over an over again. I just can't imagine all that evilness stemmed from obsession and rejection. I definitely have to pick up part 2 and see what more havoc Leah can wreak and how things play out with YaYa and Indy. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good urban lit book with street drama, a love story and back stabbing.
July 28, 2020
I had no intentions of finishing this book. I thought I would just read a few pages to past the time. I was wrong......Yaya’s story had me hooked on page one. This booked is filled with drama, lies and murder. I like how the Author entwined characters from the past into their present. I’m looking forward to reading book Two. I don’t like Leah but I need to know what’s going to happen next. If you are looking for a good drama book to read...here you go.
November 10, 2024
This book was CRAZY. The Prada Plan had me glued to every page. Once you push through the first few hard hitting chapters, it gets way better. It’s all about YaYa, a girl who just wants a better life but ends up in some seriously wild situations with love, money, and betrayal everywhere. This story is straight-up addictive.
YaYa is a mess (in the best way possible) – she’s smart and ambitious, but wow, her choices sometimes! Her relationship with Indie? Whew. It’s intense and toxic and everything in between.
The past is FAST. Sometimes it goes almost too fast, like I wish we got a little more on the backstories, but honestly, I was still hooked the whole time. And sure, a few twists were predictable, but I didn’t even care. I just wanted to see how it would all go down.
The best decision I made was picking up one of Ashley’s books because her work is intriguing. I’m making my way through her catalog and having such a great time.
YaYa is a mess (in the best way possible) – she’s smart and ambitious, but wow, her choices sometimes! Her relationship with Indie? Whew. It’s intense and toxic and everything in between.
The past is FAST. Sometimes it goes almost too fast, like I wish we got a little more on the backstories, but honestly, I was still hooked the whole time. And sure, a few twists were predictable, but I didn’t even care. I just wanted to see how it would all go down.
The best decision I made was picking up one of Ashley’s books because her work is intriguing. I’m making my way through her catalog and having such a great time.
July 3, 2024
After reading the Ethic series I just had to know about Yaya’s story. I didn’t think I was going to like this book because I’m team Alani lol well after book 1 of the Prada Plan Yaya just might have a soft spot in my heart for her 😬
Listened to the audiobook through Libby. I liked the background noise lol
Page turner from chapter 1. Very heavy stuff in this book. Triggers like rape, sexual assault, drug use, & violence.
I’m gonna head on over to book 2 to read about Leah’s conniving, psycho, sadistic, jealous, no good having ass story! She is one crazy b!tch 😵💫🤯
Listened to the audiobook through Libby. I liked the background noise lol
Page turner from chapter 1. Very heavy stuff in this book. Triggers like rape, sexual assault, drug use, & violence.
I’m gonna head on over to book 2 to read about Leah’s conniving, psycho, sadistic, jealous, no good having ass story! She is one crazy b!tch 😵💫🤯
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July 30, 2011This book is VERY well written. I have to admit that I am a little shocked and pleasantly surprised that Ashley Antoinette did so well without JaQuavis Coleman. I am so proud of her. You go girl! Haha. This book is definitely FIVE STARS. The only complaints I have about this book is that there are a few inconsistencies that contradict each other in the first half of the book and also that the book is a little slow in some places. She was VERY detailed and really stretched this book out which I can appreciate sometimes but I was so filled with anticipation that I felt some pages and whole small chapters were not even necessary. I felt forced to read through certain passages just to get to the point. This book is full of sex, murder, and deceit. The worse part to me is the deceit. It kills me that people can lie and also hide their past from the person they love with a straight face! I don't think Ash and JaQua's books would be possible though if their characters were actually truthful. This book will make you want to scream and make you want to cry. Matter a fact this is the first book that has actually made me angry, hahah I wanted to hurt some of the characters myself! This page turner centered around YaYa will evoke feelings from the first page and I for one can't wait for part two!
December 12, 2018
Let me start by saying that I might have rated this book better if I read it instead of listening to the audiobook. The author needs to invest more money and upgrade on readers. The background sounds in the book (running up stairs, people being slapped, cars speeding away.... comical ). The plot is horrible and should have been thought through a little better. I’ve read way better urban drama than this and def wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone else. I’m still trying to figure out why this book was rated so high.
March 18, 2023
I recently started reading the Ethic series and I wanted to see how him and YaYa were connected so I came back and started from the beginning. I read this book back in high school and I truly forgot how chaotic this storyline was. I can’t say it’s my favorite but I also can’t say I’m not moving on to the next part of the series bc who doesn’t enjoy a little chaos, right?
August 12, 2018
I only read this because I'm in a book club. This isn't the type of fiction that I dig. Nothing about this book should be considered deep. But if you are looking for a mindless unrealistic read...then do I have a book for you.
February 6, 2022
The beginning of this book almost made me not read the whole thing. It was difficult to get through I skipped some of it because it was so graphic and detailed with the kids rape. Overall the book was good once you get past that point. I just feel that it didn’t need to be so graphic.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 21, 2015
I could bash this, but it was actually really interesting reading something with a target audience so far outside my demographic.
May 20, 2016
Sorry, urban lit is not for me. Another genre crossed off my reading bucket list. Forever.
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June 28, 2023So much went down book 1. Whew’.
Leah better count her mf days…crazy self smh
Leah better count her mf days…crazy self smh
June 10, 2023
Such a deep and intriguing read! Ashley Antoinette never disappoints. She is a master story teller in first book of The Prada Plan.
February 17, 2024
4.75 Rounded Up
This is a hood soap opera for sure. So many dynamic duos. Dynasty and Slim. Marcus and Jacqueline. Moana and Yaya. Yaya and Ronnie B. Yaya and Leah. Moana and Ronnie B. Yaya and Indie. Indie and Chase. Indie and Leah.
Blood, lies, drugs, and sex were the main underlying themes in this book. It can be off putting if you’re not used to this grimy world. It took me a while to look past it to actually appreciate the storyline.
Not going to lie, the writing is on the easy side but that allows it to really be entertaining because you don’t have to put that much thought into it. Not to mention, there were a ton of reveals and twists that were jaw dropping to say the least. However, things definitely ended on a cliffhanger.
I wonder what happened to Slim. How do all these murders go unsolved? Why would you go back to a man that tried to beat a baby out of you? Why is Leah so crazy?
I’ll definitely be reading the next book for more answers.
This is a hood soap opera for sure. So many dynamic duos. Dynasty and Slim. Marcus and Jacqueline. Moana and Yaya. Yaya and Ronnie B. Yaya and Leah. Moana and Ronnie B. Yaya and Indie. Indie and Chase. Indie and Leah.
Blood, lies, drugs, and sex were the main underlying themes in this book. It can be off putting if you’re not used to this grimy world. It took me a while to look past it to actually appreciate the storyline.
Not going to lie, the writing is on the easy side but that allows it to really be entertaining because you don’t have to put that much thought into it. Not to mention, there were a ton of reveals and twists that were jaw dropping to say the least. However, things definitely ended on a cliffhanger.
I wonder what happened to Slim. How do all these murders go unsolved? Why would you go back to a man that tried to beat a baby out of you? Why is Leah so crazy?
I’ll definitely be reading the next book for more answers.
September 4, 2021
I'm not sure I was ready for Yaya's story to be this dramatic. When it rains it pours in a Ashley Antoinette story.
February 5, 2023
This book was ok…this author absolutely has a way of pulling you into the story and holding you hostage.
January 3, 2024
Nah yo nothing in life could have ever prepared me for wtf I just read. Idk how I’m going to recover from this. WOW!!! We have sex, drugs, violence, revenge, love, you name it all in this book Jesus Christ! This is YaYa’s story a young girl whose parents were taken away from her at a young age. She was placed in foster care where her life in the streets and sex all began. This book takes you on a wild ride following Yaya growing up and her childhood friend Mona and all the shit they’ve been through. All imma say is Leah needs her ass beat BAD! Then to top it off It had the nerve to end on a cliffhanger lawd. Yall go read it
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