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Reviewed by Alice DiNizo for Readers' Favorite
Joy, Gabby and Maxine have been friends since their college years at Morgan State University. Now Joy and Maxine are driving Gabby to the hospital to have her baby who is fathered by the famous Rayshawn Robinson, a quarterback with the Baltimore Ravens, even though Gabby's boyfriend is the tried and true but very depressed William. Joy has her own set of problems as her boyfriend from high school years on is Allen who is sick of hiding from Joy's mother Bea and plans on moving to Shanghai to take another job. Maxine is married to Trent and the couple has two young sons but they live beyond their means in a custom-built home in a neighborhood with friends that Maxine sees as "phonies" who talk, talk, talk but give nothing to the needy. Rayshawn leaves his wife and wants to nurture the baby girl he has made with Gabby. Joy begins dating Dean, gets pregnant with his baby only to find Allen back on her doorstep. And Maxine endures numerous beatings from Trent who knows he is in over his head financially. Will Joy, Gabby and Maxine ever find their paths in life?
"Where Did We Go Wrong?" by Monica Mathis-Stowe is a well-written tale of the ups and downs in the lives of three young African-American women. Joy, Gabby and Maxine, the men in their lives, and their families are all delightful characters and Joy, Gabby, and Maxine jump in and out of bed and in and out of sometimes overwhelming situations. The dialogue between the characters is just how they would speak in real life, and readers will be waiting impatiently for the next in the series featuring Joy, Gabby and Maxine.
