{"id":671,"date":"2023-06-03T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/?p=671"},"modified":"2025-02-06T16:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T16:18:12","slug":"a-girl-like-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/2023\/06\/03\/a-girl-like-me\/","title":{"rendered":"A Girl Like Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A GIRL LIKE ME<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By J. Nichole<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good love stories in romance novels get me every time, be they male\/male, male\/female, or female\/female. It\u2019s even better when the two main characters represent Black Love; there can never be enough representation in this genre. That being said, this week\u2019s Pride Month review is for J. Nichole\u2019s A Girl Like Me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skylar Wilson is one of the token Black women at an established advertising agency. Though she has the skills and the talent, she is not getting the opportunities to fully shine as an ad exec. Constantly overthinking, Skylar is torn between wanting to rock the boat and go after opportunities for herself and the stifling security of a steady paycheck to keep her head down. In her personal life, boyfriends and potential men have come and gone, from the boring to the creepy. None of them have given her the butterflies-in-the-stomach feels, like her first crush in high school did. Despite her single status, Skylar has a group of friends unofficially called The Art Crew, who from time to time have arranged dates for her, in particular her BFF Brooklyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lauren (Lo) Taylor is an out-and-proud freelance journalist sistah who believes in going after what she wants, be that professionally or personally. She stands out wherever she goes. Her motto: \u201cDon\u2019t let anyone or anything ever dim your light.\u201d Step by step, Lo draws Skylar out of her shell, and Skylar discovers those high-school feels once again\u2014only this time, it\u2019s for a woman. However, Lo has been burned before by a woman who used her as an experiment and then left her for a man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With pressure from work and her parents, will Skylar step out of the box and claim the authentic love standing in front of her? Will she branch out on her own professionally?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Skylar\u2019s first-person point of view, the story chronicles her journey of discovery, from her unsatisfying work life and dating life, to her first meeting with Lo, to her reluctance to reveal she\u2019s dating a woman, family issues, and ultimately her happily-ever-after with Lo. It has all the elements of a slow-burn romance that keeps the reader turning the pages (yes, I read the book in less than two hours). I liked the contrast Nichole brings between Skylar\u2019s urban relationships and those from her small hometown of Bentonville; only three hours away but worlds apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her words, Nichole \u201cenjoys creating lively characters that are realistic, and demonstrate Black culture\u2014the good, the bad, and the fabulous. Characters even with all their dramatics still find their way to a happy ending.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Girl Like Me<\/em> is available through Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you, J., for a great read and a satisfying happily-ever-after. Black Love wins!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A GIRL LIKE ME By J. Nichole Good love stories in romance novels get me every time, be they male\/male, male\/female, or female\/female. It\u2019s even better when the two main characters represent Black Love; there can never be enough representation in this genre. That being said, this week\u2019s Pride Month review is for J. Nichole\u2019s A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,7],"tags":[264,146,288],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-lifestyle","tag-black-love","tag-pride-month","tag-romance","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A-girl-like-me-e1738858639752.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":673,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions\/673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}