You Gotta Sin to Get Saved

I have read all of the books that JD Mason has written solo and I find that all of them are great. I love the way that she ended her series with this final book. She gave each women a voice that was very realistic and volunerable. I found that Charolette was a women that was at the highest level of selfishness and greed(not in money terms more like emotional greed if you will). She found "reason" to blame everyone for her actions but herself, even down to her children. The one person that I must admit that I found myself wanting to know more about at the end of the book was Cammy, especially since she left her hubby and Charolette to find herself. All in all the book is a MUST read. It flows smoothly enough for you to feel like you can see the characters in action, even with Charolettes flashbacks.

You Gotta Sin To Get Saved was amazing.It was definite page turner from begining to end. The author did an outstanding job with transition, recollection and tieing all the characters together. The characters were realistic and the storyline was great. Charlotte was crazy, she minded me of Roberta in "one day I saw a black king", Resse was annoying siting on her high horse but I did feel sorry for her and was proud of how she stood up to her mother. I was glad that Connie and John were finally standing up their responsibility instead of runnning and maybe they can began to truely heal. This book is a must Read, so don't think twice just buy it.

You Gotta Sin To Get Saved J.D. Mason has penned yet another amazing chapter in the John King Saga. You Gotta Sin to Get Saved is at once gripping and enthralling. If you have never read an offering from J.D. Mason - this one will have you hooked. If you have read the first two installments - One Day I Saw a Black King and Don't Want No Sugar; you are already hooked and in for a fascinating ride. You will discover what has become of John King,Connie, his love, and her Sister Reesy after their mother Charlotte walked out on them so many years ago to chase a man and a dream. J.D. brings this tale in a gritty fashion with no holds barred. We go back in time and relive the hell that Charlotte brought upon herself and find in the present that Connie and Reesy live very different existences. They each struggle to make sense of what their lives have become and the new realities brought to light as they are reunited with Charlotte. I pulled out both Black King and Don't Want No Sugar and practically reread them when I finished this book. J.D. Mason is an excellent story teller and her prose is consistent and imaginative. I felt every second of it. Although this novel has been touted as the final installment in this tale, this cannot be the end - there is more to tell. I highly recommend this reading.

JD Mason has always been one of my favorite writers since I picked up her first book, And On the Eighth Day She Rested. And she just keeps getting better and better. Charlotte was a hot mess in this book. It was amazing how she walked out on her daughters and never looked back in One Day I Saw a Black King, and we all wondered what would make a woman do that. We finally get our answers in this book, and it wasn't what I expected. Yeah, she had it hard after she left, but then she was set up lovely and once again, her selfishness got her in a mess and instead of owning up to it, she proceeds to make the daughter she had after leaving Denver, Cammy, keep paying for her sins. She was mean and abusive and the reader hopes that eventually Cammy learns to get a backbone where her mother is concerned. Charlotte can't see anything or anyone beyond her own needs and wants. The one person she does seem to love is her middle daughter, Reesy, and that is only because she has used her youngest daughter up and now wants to leech of Reesy's cushy life. Reesy has been on a mission to find her mother. It is all she can think of to the point of almost making herself sick. Reesy is estatic to finally find her mother. But in the process of finding her, she has managed to push her husband into the arms of another woman and her sister as far away from her as she can get. She is terrified that her "daughter" will find out that she is actually her niece and her adoptive mother is terrified that Charlotte will usurp her in Reesy's heart. Connie, Charlotte's oldest daughter has hated Charlotte since she walked out on them. But they never really got along even before then. Charlotte only seemed to love Reesy and barely tolerated Connie. As a result, Connie always felt like she didn't deserve anything and always made do with what she got. She finds out that she is pregnant again, this time by her lover, John King, and she decides this may be her last chance to have someone of her own. John, however, takes a powder, scared to be responsible parent. And all Reesy can do is tell her she's making a mistake and that she is not going to come to her rescue and take this child too, just because Connie is too scared to be a responsible parent. Reesy's constant negativity makes Connie wonder if she is, indeed, making a mistake and she questions her right to be parent. Reesy's superior attitude got on my nerves and when she find out her perfect little world ain't so perfect, you almost feel like saying HA!! JD Mason is a master storyteller and she will have you on the edge of your seat trying to find out how it all plays out. This is a great book with wonderfully rich, complex characters. I can't wait until her next book!

From the first page to the end this book was the bomb. J.D Mason is truly a gifted writer. The characters were so imaginable, I thought I was sitting right in the room with Charolette. Now you can't read this book unless you read the first two books, which were just as good. I was waking up at 1:00am, 2:00am in the morning trying to get in one more chapter. SO if you are tired of all the same old same old books about drugs, sex, and poverty. This book is a must read. J.D. if you read this you are truly blessed, and you give the definition of a real writer.