Doll House

Doll House by Amour       288 pages

Set in Toledo, Ohio, Spring and her sister Autumn have a hard life as their mother is on drugs and in her stupors sometimes turns tricks to make money for food (and more drugs).   Spring was growing up fast and at 13 was just finding out how looking hot got the attention of the young men in the neighborhood.    Her Uncle stepped in and kept an eye on Spring whom he nicknamed "Doll" and her younger sister.    When things began to get a little too intense with "Doll" and her boyfriend Zae and shady dealings started to draw "Doll" into places she was way too young to be her aunt asked her and Autumn to move to Atlanta and stay with her.    Autumn does, but, "Doll" feeling she could handle all that was going on remained with in Toledo.    Her best friend who was way wilder than her gets things going and before long Doll is in over her head and nearly raped by a local street guy until Zae comes to her rescue and saves her.   She feels so much love for Zae she ends up giving herself to him and at 17 finds herself pregnant.   The story goes on there is much drama with Zae and his people and her mother and her pimp, not to mention Zae's ex and her friends giving "Doll" a hard time and the ex trying to be with Doll's man every chance she gets.   Street fights, and more occur, eventually Doll just wants out and to have a normal life again.   Getting out of Toledo seems a good answer but Zae has gone crazy stalker and gone into if he can't have her nobody will mode.   How will she ever get away?     Good story.    The reader will like "Doll," and root for her all the way - she is so young and has so many hard days ahead.   Thank God for family.    I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys good urban tales.