Don't Get It Twisted

by Eric Pete

Isrie Walker and Deja Douglas have been there for each other since back in the day. Isrie is an expert at ill-fated relationships who's finally ready to throw in the towel-until she runs right into a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451216547
• ISBN13: 9780451216540
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

FIRST TIME BUT DEFINITELY NOT MY LAST!!!!

Isrie and Deja have been there for each other for a long time but they have one thing that most women have in commom----NO GOOD MEN. Isie ran into hers one day, really, RAN into his BMW and they started dating soon after. Expensive gifts and lush dinners comforted her but his job kept him away a lot. Deja was an overweight photographer that caught the attention of a muscular beautiful man by the name of Ivan Dempsey. Ivan made her feel beautiful. She even took diet pills for him. This story has many twists and turns. I loved it!! Everything that glitters is definitely not gold!

Great Read!!

Don't Stop!!, Can't Stop!!, giving us such great stories to read. If this is any indication of your other work, I can't wait to read them all. This book was full of adventure and suprise! I really enjoyed this book and I recommend it. I'm reading "Get's No Love" and it's just as good so far. Keep up the good work Eric.

Friends 'Til the End

Eric Pete gets bold, edgy and downright funky with it in Don't Get It Twisted, a splendid read about Isrie, a gorgeous, spoiled, but good-at-heart, massage therapist in an upscale L.A. spa and Deja, a chubby-but-she-has-a-pretty-face photographer who prefers to stay behind the camera. They are best friends `til the end, living, loving and sometimes losing in the land where no one walks. Their love lives seem to be moving forward in a positive fashion and yet, both of them get little hints that not all that glitters is gold. Eric paints a true-to-life picture of women trying to understand the men in their lives. From love-to-hate characters like Deja's hard-on-the-outside-but-kinda-soft on-the-inside brother, Theron, who breezes in and out of her life like the wind; Isrie's ex-boyfriend Ryan a record producer, who is prettier than most women are and unfortunately knows it; and her new man Michael who seems too good to be true and probably is; to Ivan the model, who just wants a regular girl like Deja (or so it seems); as well as parents who stay on Isrie's case about finding a man and settling down. Twisted makes you immediately feel like you know these people. The sex was raw and brazen with a touch of humor, as it should be. The language was, at times, fresh, foul, and funny all at once, and the characters were appealing, irritating, and real, as they should be. All these ingredients are vintage Eric Pete, but what sets Twisted apart is how Eric captured the sheer essence of real black women as they interact in their daily lives. He has done much to counter the myth of the strong black woman and showed how sensitive, vulnerable, feminine and pure we really are. Eric touched on the little things that women notice, like the way a man's goatee curls when he smiles. Or how we can size up a woman and know when a man has been intimate with her. He also sensitively deals with issues like body image, date rape, and domestic abuse, things women deal with on the regular. It feels odd saying these things about a man writing from a woman's perspective, but truth be told, Eric simply gets it. Moreover, he captured our passion, our humor, and lust for life and a few other things as well! After getting to know these engaging characters, the story almost didn't matter because I can always depend on Eric to give me a good story with lots of twists and turns and Twisted didn't disappoint me, believe that! Nevertheless, what truly blew me away was the fact that I was left with the feeling that there is at least one man out there who knows the heart of black women, a comforting thought indeed. Well done, Eric!

Don't Get it Twisted

I enjoyed reading Don't Get it Twisted very much. I had to pace myself to keep from reading the entire book in one sitting. The characters appeared so real to me that I yearned to reach out and warn them to be careful and to guard their hearts. And when I stopped to think that Isrie and Deja were written by a man, I was amazed that a man could so accurately describe the thoughts and emotions of the female characters in his book so accurately. I look forward to more books from Mr. Pete.

Sisterly Love

Eric Pete brings on the drama with his newest release Don't Get It Twisted he brings you two friends who are both in search of their selves and their love lives but never did people think that the drama that Eric brings to the table in the book could really happen to two bubbly sisters like Isrie and Deja but as they read through the novel they will come to realize they haven't thought of anything else until they read the very last page of the novel. Isrie Walker is what one might call a sista with determination to allow her the ability to bring herself out of the slumps and bring her life into order but when she meets "Michael" as she has come to know him everything changes. "Michael" becomes her shining armor until he starts making mistakes that Isrie starts realizing that "Michael" is nothing but a "dog" just like the rest of those she been fooling around with but things take a turn for worse as she starts piecing things together and realize what's really going on right under her nose. As things begin to fall in her relationship she finds something out about her best friend man and isn't sure how to bring it to her and things get out of hand before she can tell Deja what's going on. Deja Douglas has always had a soft heart when it came to her brother, she was what one would consider a shy sister who had a talent with a camera that allowed her to live her life to best of her ability. When her brother shows up on her doorstep asking to stay with her she really doesn't ask questions but open her home to him with open arms. As a photographer she meets a lot of people but she soon finds herself falling for one of the models she usually worked with no realizing that he had his own plans for her but her only thoughts were that he was a good man and wanted to be with her but as things begin to fall into place she sees who Ivan really is and what he is all about. While Ivan worked his magic on Deja Ivan had his girl Sophie work her magic on Deja's brother Throne but when things take a turn for the worse and Thorne takes the fall for a crime he didn't do but as everything falls into place Deja begins to figure things out but not before everyone involved get hurt because of two knuckleheads who have their eyes set on only getting what they want not worrying but the others involved. Eric Petes writes a truly intriguing, easy to see it happen in reality type novel that engages you to really get emotional with it until everything falls into its correct place even the ending seems only appropriate.