Getting to the Good Part

Critical Praise

"This sistah really knows how to deliver a story!"
-E. Lynn Harris, author of If This World Were Mine

"A joyous ride that snaps, crackles, and pops every minute of the way."
-Victoria Christopher Murray, author of Temptation

"With its deliberate accessibility, stylistic strength, and emotional force, Getting To The Good Part takes us on a surrealistic journey into a world brilliantly characterized by Lolita Files."
-Philadelphia New Observer

"Entertaining along its tour of New York's hot spots and the candid close-up of the inner world of two girlfriends....Files gives the novel a solid stamp of reality."
-Black Issues Book Review

"Reesy Snowden is a sister with a certain sumthin' sumthin' and Lolita Files does an incredible job of weaving yet another spin on [her] often chaotic life. Writing in her ever-funny and sassy way, Lolita layers the complexities of friendship when love takes center stage."
-Sharony Andrews Green, author of Cuttin' the Rug under the Moonlit Sky

"A "must-read"...Lolita Files is a master at telling it like it is. Her writing is romantic, sexy, and, well—just plain hilarious."
-Kimberla Lawson Roby, author of Behind Closed Doors

"Feisty and candid."
-Library Journal

"Funny and energetic and will keep you hanging on to the very end....Lolita has surpassed all the hype her work has received and has taken Getting To The Good Part to another level."
-Franklin White, author of Fed Up with the Fanny

"Lolita once again presents laugh-out-loud humor about the relationships between best friends and the survival of their emotional gymnastics. I love this story because I know it well!"
-LaJoyce Brookshire, author of Soul Food

"Written in Lolita Files's uniquely frank and fresh voice."
-Lisa Saxton, author of Caught in a Rundown

"Spunky...energetic...a tale of the adventures of two cosmopolitan women of spirit and passion."
-Publishers Weekly

"A sassy, rollicking tale."
-Miami Herald

"Irresistibly readable...hilarious. A highly entertaining debut...[a] light, ribald satire. Striking characters, sexy action, a breakneck pace, and laugh-out-loud humor...[and] dialogue that crackles with energy. Misty and Reesy are memorable and likeable characters, and their interactions with men linger in the mind like hot gossip."
-Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"Files is one author who's no joke with the pen and pad—the girl is BAD. If I were you, I'd pick up a copy, because a story as good as this won't stay on the shelf for long."
-La Vida News

"Solid writing...Files has an excellent ear for dialogue....She develops characters with the best of them....This is a good book. Like I said, the sistah can write."
-Atlanta Metro

"Laugh-out-loud funny...an outrageously funny romp....An entertaining story about two thirty-something, dynamic, professional black women who make no bones about wanting it all and go to extremes to get it....Treat yourself." -Dayton Daily News