Married on Mondays [Paperback]

MARRIED ON MONDAYS by Honey B is a story of three sisters: Foxy, Victoria and Deja. All three own and operate one of the most prosperous bakeries in Crème City. However, baking is not the only thing they serve on a platter at this bakery.

Foxy is married to a successful lawyer, who never seems to be home much nor shows her much affection when he is. Foxy seeks affection in the arms of her ex-lover. Little does she know that her husband has some extra-curricular activities of his own. Victoria is married to a woman, yet she is still a virgin in a sense. Her ex-boyfriend is determined to take her virginity, even if it means taking it by force. Considering he is also the police chief makes this even more of an problem. Deja seems to have it all together, she is the glue that holds the sisters together. Yet, all three sisters have been keeping the ultimate secret from their spouses.

MARRIED ON MONDAYS by Honey B was an unsatisfactory read. The storyline was borderline boring. In all honesty, I thought the whole story was unrealistic. When the spouses find out that these sisters are serving more than just pastries their reactions are highly unbelievable especially when they find out what exactly they have been serving up. Basically the storyline was implausible and most times did not make sense and therefore I cannot recommend this book.

The book was provided by the publisher for review purposes.

Reviewed by Leona
APOOO BookClub

Marriage isn't easy. If anybody tells you marriage is easy, they're lying to you. But marriage becomes much more difficult when spouses hoard damaging secrets and fail to communicate properly with one another.

In HoneyB's new novel Married On Mondays, the lives and marriages of three sisters is examined. The three women, Déjà, Foxy, and Victoria, share the same father but different mothers, and were born only weeks apart. This sounds improbable, but the sisters do fall into a hierarchy of maturity, as if the weeks separating them were in fact years.

Déjà is the leader of the three. In the pastry restaurant the three sisters own and run together, Déjà is the one that keeps the cogs moving. She takes charge and is no-nonsense, and usually is the one the other two sisters run to when things go terrible wrong. She's the "big" sister.

Foxy is like the middle child; she competes with Déjà for attention and dominance out of the three. She's her own woman and indulges in her appetites in an almost carefree, reckless manner. She's needy, but views admitting dependence on others makes her weak; and she doesn't want to be weak.

Victoria takes on the role of youngest sister: she is babied by the other two women, easily pushed around, and has difficulty standing up for herself. She's the first one to run to others for help, and the first to give her assistance if asked. She's open-minded, at times, but has a tendency to wander in life.

Each of the sisters is married to partners in a highly successful law firm in Crème City, a fictional San Francisco, California. Déjà is married to the talented, but somewhat timid Acer; Foxy is hitched to equally unfaithful and arrogant legal ace Winston; and Victoria is married to Naomi - a woman. The three sisters keep secret from their respective spouses their sexual infidelities and a lucrative joint side business as sexperts and attractions in a sexual fantasyland.

The tension in the novel begins with Foxy's long-time affair with her ex-fiancé and her failing marriage with her husband. Since the sisters work together and their spouses work together, Foxy's affair threatens the marriages and businesses of everyone. HoneyB weaves an exciting tale of deceit and lies, a result when communication in marriages fails.

The sex scenes are explosive as well as informative. HoneyB does more in the sex scenes than titillate, but goes into finding the sometimes elusive female g-spot, squirting, and obtaining explosive orgasms. Communication isn't always about words, and HoneyB does a great job of adding the importance of physical and sexual communication between couples into the story.

The book does require the reader to suspend disbelief in order to enjoy it. The book has quite a few improbable situations within it. There's even a shout out in the narrative to a title from another author on the Grand Central label. One of the love it or hate it moments in the book.

Out of the three marriages, only the marriage between Déjà and Acer is essentially trouble-free, while the other two are crumbling. Those marriages are in trouble because the spouses try to be married only on Mondays - when it's convenient for them - not the full seven days a week.

By A. Jarrell Hayes
Book Review Editor
The Black Urban Times (online)

This book is just like all of Honey B's other books, HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!! I loved the way she keeps you interested in all of the characters and ties everything in together. In this book Honey B has incorporated sisterly love with business sense and love for your husbands to create a book worthy of purchasing and reading all in one day! I will not tell you about the book only to tell you to go and get it if you haven't already and read it now!!!!! Great Job once again Honey B!!!!!

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