A Review of Up To No Good by Carl Weber

Carl Weber aka the King of Drama didn’t disappoint in this novel as he weaves a story of lust, lies, and love. This book is written from three perspectives: James (a successful businessman and a womanizing father who can’t commit to anyone), Darnel (his crazy in love son), and Jamie (his spoiled daughter who has severe trust issues in her relationship).

The story unfolds when Darnel finds out that Keisha, the love of his life has cheated on him with his best friend the day before their wedding. With the wedding being cancelled and dealing with betrayal, Darnel starts drinking heavily and spiraling out of control as he concocts various ways to disparage Keisha.

In the midst of it all, James tries to support his son allowing him to stay at his house until his womanizing ways get in the way. Jamie wants her brother to get over Keisha and tries to set him up with her friend Sandra but Sandra ends up falling for James. Quite a complicated web that continues to trap everyone up until the very end.

Overall, this book delivers on the drama although there were times when I thought it was a bit over the top. Anyway, it shows how love can make you do very crazy things to the point of no return and how trust issues can create more damage even before finding out the truth. Nevertheless, I loved how James did the right thing by recognizing Sandra was nothing more than a gold-digger and kicks her out of his life. And ultimately, he realizes all that matters is family.

Solid writing, realistic dialogue, and lots of twists and turns that make this a good page-turner!

Some of my favorite lines:

The funny thing was, the truth got me much further than the lies I’d heard some men tell. Sure, some women walked away once they figured out I wasn’t going to get on the husband track, but many others seemed to welcome the challenge. This waitress was in that group.

“Oh, and why don’t I want to go there?” She hadn’t moved to get my sugar. “Maybe it’s the other way around and you don’t want to go there with me.”

“Is that right?” I flirted back. If a woman didn’t turn and run once I set out my rules, then I figured it was game on.

Rating: 4 stars

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