Single Black Female Tracy Brown Book Review

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As promised per my newsletter that I recently sent out, I have decided to go back to my roots and start doing book reviews on this site. This past Saturday, I browsed the new books this past weekend, the Single Black Female Tracy Brown caught my eye. It caught my eye because I remember exactly what it is like to be single as a parent.

About Single Black Female by Tracy Brown

Tracy Brown’s Single Black Female is a taut, edgy, deftly spun novel about four friends grappling with the dramatic twists and turns of life, love, and what it means to “make it” in America.

Ivy Donovan is a successful stylist, entrepreneur, and single mom who has been loyal to her sons’ father, Michael, who’s serving a lengthy prison sentence. But life has gotten lonely over the years, and Ivy wants more for herself. Michael, however, isn’t about to lose his family.

Coco Norris is well-off, single, childless, and struggling with her allegiance to emotionally unavailable men. When she finds a man who seems like he can give her everything she has ever wanted, Coco soon discovers that she has taken on more than she can possibly handle.

Deja Maddox is a real estate agent who is married to Bobby, a police sergeant with the NYPD. They have assimilated, looking down on anything that doesn’t fit their buttoned-up, polished life. But Deja isn’t as satisfied as she would like everyone to believe. When Deja’s past returns with a vengeance, she’s forced to face herself as her “perfect” life begins to crumble.

Nikki Diamond is a savvy, self-made businesswoman and social media darling who lives large and with no regrets. She’s also Deja’s little sister and thinks her sister can have so much more than her ho-hum marriage. And Nikki is all too happy to lend a “helping” hand to make that happen.

Things come to a head when Ivy’s youngest son, Kingston, is caught up in a polarizing encounter with the NYPD. Everyone must figure out where they stand, including Bobby, who suddenly has to decide if his “blue life” matters more to him than his Black life and the Black lives of those he loves.

Single Black Female highlights the nuances of Black love, the often tested bonds of Black families, what it means to face the world as a Black man, and the joy and pain of being a Black woman.

My Book Review of Single Black Female Tracy Brown

This book was written in 2021, and I have been out of the dating scene for over going on sixteen years now. This book caught my attention because I remember all too well what it was like to be a single mother with my daughter and trying to date.

This book did NOT disappoint me one bit. The author did an amazing job of getting you sucked into the drama these single ladies dealt with right away. She didn’t go overboard with any of the love scenes. She gave you just enough information for you to fill in the details.

There were a few stories in this book, but they all intertwined beautifully. She didn’t get me lost at all. She showcased the value of sisterhood, family, loyalty, and also finding the strength to be true to oneself in this book.

There was a part of this book that did rattle me to the core. I don’t want to give too much away, but I can tell you that she did a superb job of showing casing a very sad, but real issue in our society today. I’ve seen it in the news and seen it happen too many times around me. I’m glad that she added this part to the book because it was very fitting to the times we went through not too long ago.

I am a white woman, and I never even saw a single black person until I was 9 years old. I had no clue how to respond to them. When I first moved to SC, I was one of six white kids in my class. I had more issues with the white kids than I did with the blacks in my school. I grew to be very color blind when it came to people.

When I was sixteen years old, me and a black woman adopted each other as family. She has been an active part of my life and she is a strong reason why I even made it through my teen years. She helped me see my leadership abilities, and she is quick to put me in my place. I’m so utterly blessed she’s in my life.

I have heard many horror stories about some of the things she’s had to endure in our society, and it breaks my heart. Tracy wrote a book that so many women can savor in reading, but I fear that not enough people will read it.

I don’t care if you are black, brown, purple, or yellow… if you like romances and drama, then you will devour this book for sure.

I do hope that one day our world will become color blind everywhere! It is my wish that people would build relationships with others based on how a person treats them rather than skin color, sex, personal identity, sexual orientation, etc! All of those things are only ONE part of who a person is, it is NOT the whole person!

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