Platinum, Aliya S. King
Platinum, Aliya S. King
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Platinum

Author: Aliya S. King

Narrator: Patricia R. Floyd

Unabridged: 11 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/04/2011

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Urban


Synopsis

Entertainment journalist and biographer Aliya S. King has composed a fascinating satirical work about celebrities. Although fictional, the characters in Platinum bear striking resemblance to actual celebrities alive today. Freelance journalist Alex Maxwell plans to marry a famous rapper. But Alex's situation gets complicated as she starts writing a story that highlights some of the many ways that fame can cripple or destroy a relationship.

About Aliya S. King

Aliya S. King is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Keep the Faith. She has held editorial positions with Billboard and the Source, and her articles have appeared in Essence, Ms., Vibe, Vibe Vixen, Uptown, CMJ: New Music Monthly, Teen People, Black Enterprise, and many others. She is currently a senior writer for Giant magazine and a contributing editor for Upscale magazine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Read In Colour on July 26, 2010

If you're old enough to have been reading in the early 80s, you'll remember all of the hubbub over Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives. Just in case you're not familiar with it, it's the beginning of her steamy series about what goes on in the lives of some of the most rich and famous, but of course, na......more

Goodreads review by Monique on January 22, 2015

So every now and then its good to get my head back from the historical dramas and read something fresh, urban, page-turning and dramatic..this book was all of that and honestly more than I expected. I quite enjoyed my two days with this look into the industry life, hip hop in particular and the para......more

Goodreads review by Ms.Toni on February 05, 2011

Glamorous Life…Without Love It Ain’t Much A freelance writer, Alex Maxwell’s writing is enabling her to see two sides of the same coin. For one assignment, she’s ghostwriting the memoirs of video vixen Cleo. It’s a tell-all, a blow by blow (pun intended) account of who she’s sexed in the music indus......more

Goodreads review by Joe on July 15, 2010

This work of fiction into the entertainment world of hip-hop rappers, wives, girlfriends, groupies, and 100 bars of DRAMA was fun to read. I was already a fan of Aliya S. King after what she did with singer Faith Evans' memoir. This book is written well and a true page turner. The characters are lik......more

Goodreads review by OOSA on July 10, 2010

Too Hot to Handle Aliya S. King’s “Platinum” is nothing short of brilliant. It centers around Alex Maxwell. Alex is a writer and master at her craft. She's given the assignment to pen an article about hip-hop wives. As Alex delves deeper into the wives’ lives, she listens to their heartfelt stories a......more