Black Lotus

K’WAN is an amazing urban fiction author. I’ve only read one other book by him but he has yet to disappoint. The book Black Lotus is about a detective who’s strict on the word justice. He views the world as us vs. them trying to rid his city of the “scum” criminals who only populate the streets with drugs and violence; he says he is only balancing out the scales though. 

Detective wolf struggles a lot with his past he could never keep a partner and his only friend is his captain. Detective wolf thinks his way is the better way, Instead of playing by the rules he makes his own which leads him into trouble with his sergeant.  When his only friend is in dire need of help, he jumps at the chance to help him, that’s when the character vs. self and society come into play. He has to choose between the line of justice as a way to balance the scales or simply letting things “takes it course” either way Detective Wolf still has a hard decision to make. Detective wolf will have to dig through the past in order to help his only friend. 

I like the book because it’s intriguing like a movie. It keeps you on your toes, it also engages the reader into the book while leaving you wanting to read more after one page. The ideal audience for this book is young black teens or people who’ve grown up in an urban setting although it could move on to other audiences the ideal audience for me would be black teens who grew up in an urban setting. I would highly recommend this book it is a very good book it cuts right to the chase while also building the suspense.

Book Review by Armani M.