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Bad Girlz

By: Shannon Holmes
Narrated by: Erica Peeples
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Publisher's summary

Shannon Holmes, the bestselling author of B-More Careful, delivers a wild adventure on the streets of the Badlands, one of the toughest and poorest communities in Philadelphia.

Bad Girlz takes listeners into the mysterious and often dangerous lives of young women who turn to the streets and strip clubs as a means of survival. These are girls who, along the way, suffer bad breaks and find themselves ripe for exploitation by men and women who pretend to be their saviors.

Tender and Goldie are taken under wing by Kat, a veteran stripper who enjoys the life and the risks she must take to stay in the mix of the sex trade. Both of these young and beautiful girls end up in dire straits and are in need of Kat's help for the same reasons: They lack the love and support that most of us expect from our homes and our communities. Where they live, illegal money is often the only money to be made, and the difference between the law and the outlaw is tough to discern.

Holmes tells a pause-resisting story of sex, money, and murder in the name of survival and reveals the many ways in which good girls - as they try to get by in desperate situations - become Bad Girlz.

©2003 Shannon Holmes (P)2015 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks

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Great story, bad performance

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It seems as if this is the first time the narrator performed and it seemed as if she was either getting tired and her sentences seemed as if there were run-on's. They should have taken more breaks or read the book a few times before executing this task. You can tell she is an amateur.

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I enjoyed this book

I hated Cat character , however it's crazy cause that's how some women are they jealous hearted and can't stand to be out done by anyone. Sad that we as women can't help each other with out scandal in our hearts .
Ready for book 2

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GOOD STORY! AWFUL NARRATOR!!!

The story was decent but I found myself correcting Erica Peeples out loud. She mispronounced the most simplest words. Had me cussing 🤬. She was so annoying!

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The narrator was trash

The story was good, however the narrator should at least be able to read, so many mispronounced words it was sad..

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Great book terrible narrator!

If the narrator could read I would I have throughly enjoyed the book. Kat was an awful person! Poor Tender was young, sweet and oh so naive. Goldie was a cursed soul. Great job Shannon Holmes I love your work!

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this book is fuckin great I need to read more

I need to read more of bad girlz book
because this book was letting you know that the struggle is so real

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Goooddd read ❤️

I realllyyyyy liked the book. It was a really good listen I’m definitely going to listen to part 2!

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Good book

I loved the book. I just hated how it ended with Tender not getting her money. Cat got what her evil self had coming!

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Good book

Narrating was terrible. Story was interesting. Couldn’t wait to finish. Very hard listen with her reading

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Great story! Awful narration 🤬

The story was great written by one of my favorite authors ❤️However,I had to stop myself from just ending the book several times the narration was so terrible between mispronounced words and what I assume to be the reader taking gulps of water or whatever,the flat lifeless reading she just bought no life to the characters it sound so strained just awful like she was skipping sentences or something.wanted my credit back because of the reader. Please don’t use her again. I will have to commit her name to my memory that way anything she is reading I will not be buying

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