Angela Burt-Murray

Games Divas Play focuses on three ambitious ‘divas’ that are connected to each other as follows. Nia Bullock becomes the editor-in-chief for DivaDish magazine and website. Her best friend, Vanessa King, is married to Marcus, an NBA superstar for the New York Gladiators. Then there’s Laila James, the self-proclaimed ‘Golden Goddess’ who is in an affair with Marcus. Nia is connected to Laila in that she eventually needs to follow and promote Laila’s new reality TV show, Whatever Laila Wants. That presents a conflict of interest for Nia who wants to succeed at her job, but promoting Laila will hurt her friendship with Vanessa, especially since what Laila wants is Marcus! And so, the circle is complete – or — maybe it’s a triangle. But the story is not just about temperamental divas – there’s a murder to solve, and Vanessa and Marcus are receiving threats. Out of fear for Vanessa, Nia turns to her ex, Terrence, who was a New York City police officer at the time of their break-up.

Put three divas together and what do you get? A lot of drama, of course! There are three sides to the story as the chapters alternate between Nia; Vanessa; and Laila speaking in first person narration. The novel does hold more sexual content than mystery; yet the mystery was compelling. I enjoyed the interaction between the characters and felt their personalities were tangible. There was definitely more action in the second half of the book. I rated the novel at 3.5 out of 5.

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