I've read this book twice before, but even reading it a third time, the book is just as good. Ghetto-born, Winter - the main character and narrator - is the young, wealthy daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing father named Santiaga. Quick-witted, sexy, and business-minded, Winter knows and loves the streets like the curves of her own body.
Chapters one through six, so many events occur it was difficult not to continue reading. Winter is sixteen years old when she begins her story. Her father Santiaga taught her to be smart about her actions and how she carried herself as a young lady.
Growing up with money, Winter never settled for less than what she was worth. She and her family spent money like it was nothing, because it wasn't. Because her father was the man in charge, everyone in Brooklyn respected him and knew not to mess with his family. Winter wanted to show off her body and be with boys, but Santiaga didn't want her with any man who wasn't worth her time. Her mom however, knew what a woman's needs were, and put her on birth control.
Winter's heart was so devoted to the streets of Brooklyn, that when Santiaga moved to Long Island to "keep people guessing", she found every way possible to go back. Santiaga wanted her to stay away without him around, but she snuck and went anyway.
Time passes and drama stirs. Winter's mother demand Santiaga buys her a car so she can get out the house. Without thing, he takes her out with him to buy one. During that trip, Winter's mom is shot in the face by enemies of Santiaga's. She lives, but a war breaks out in Brooklyn.
Winter's birthday Comes up and she once again deceives her parents, by saying she would be one place and be at another. While she if off enjoying herself, the police ransack her house and arrest Santiaga and all his men. Winter's mother at one point too gets arrested, and Winter is stuck with her three younger sisters until they are taken away by the police as well.
She is seventeen and is legally not allowed to live alone, but she avoids being picked up. Winter remembers everything Santiaga taught her growing up about being smart and playing her cards right. She is determined to save her family.
This book is really good.
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