Free Game by Kema B.
A Review By: VJJ
Receptionist Isis Bennett isn’t looking to be boo’d up. Opting out of the complications of love and relationships completely. She’s single, carefree and loving it, and that will never change. Until Freedom Owens steps into her job, challenging the love ‘em and leave ‘em attitude that had always worked for her.
Newly retired, superstar rapper Freedom, is looking for a change of scenery. After dealing with his ex, love is the last thing on his mind. That is, until he walks into A Kiss of Ink and encounters a certain dreadlocked beauty. After their brief interaction he wants to make her his, but there’s just one small hitch to his plans. She doesn’t do rappers.
Isis plans to stay far away from the handsome entertainer. To her he’s a player like all the rest and refuses to let him or anyone play her. When a dare shifts things between them, she’s prepared to do what she does best. Leave him right where he’s at.
However, Freedom is determined to prove that he has more to offer than the late night pleasures of their arrangement. He plans to teach her a thing or two about love. Will Isis ever be ready and willing to receive Free Game?
Review Notes:
Audio Book Publication Year: 2022
An installment in a Series? No
Narrator (s): Wesleigh Siobhan, Emmanuel Ingram
Isis is playing hard to get and Freedom is determined to get her.
Kema B. wrote a great story in Freedom and Isis. The characters had substance and purpose, drawing you into their world. I love Freedom on his grown man ish; he knew what he wanted as soon as he saw Isis, understood her game, and was willing to play by her rules on the surface. He’s handsome, sexy, has swag for days, is successful and doesn’t conform to the celebrity of his fame. He experienced the worst life had to offer and was ready for the best with the right one.
The man is loyal and determined…patient, but has his limits and Isis cleverly tests those limits. As women reading romance, we fawn over these men because they are the vision we dream and read out loud, but I love Isis’s character. Her confidence and security embracing her sexuality in who she is, is undervalued as a women not conforming to the norm of what tradition or societal acceptance says she should be.
Isis unapologetically lived her life, and in doing so, did what she felt she had to do to protect what’s important to her…her heart!
I enjoyed the way Isis handlds Freedom on her terms until she was ready to make the choice for herself and that’s exactly what Free gave her, a choice, instead of deciding for her. As much as Isis tried to avoid it, love is a powerful thing that’s unavoidable in whatever form it’s presented; it’s as necessary as breathing, and as humans, we are not meant to be alone. We need connections to other humans and their connection was strong and unbreakable.
If you’re reading this review, I highly suggest you get a copy of this book. This is a beautifully written, erotically enticing, engaging plot and storyline that will definitely keep you tuned in ffor more, and I’m hoping this turns into a series and gives the story of Frankie, Pope, Black (really want this story), and Isis’ siblings. Wishful thinking.
The narration was perfection. Wesleigh Siobhan and Emmanuel Ingram brought this book to life! My only issue is that the story wasn’t long enough, I wanted more!
Reading Recommendation? Yes!
Rating: NORTH STAR RATING
Content Warnings? None
