Still Dirty
by Vickie Stringer

Reviewed by: Delonya Conyers

Vickie Stringer's sequel to the immensely popular Dirty Red, Still Dirty picks up right where its predecessor left off. After just escaping death at the hands of Bacon, Quentin a.k.a. Q and Red manage to make their escape onto a private plane with Bacon hot on their heels. Readers of the last installment will recall that Bacon was totally justified in his anger towards Red for squandering away his money and stealing his book royalties while he was incarcerated. Red was extremely dirty, truly earning her moniker, not only by double crossing Bacon but almost every person she ran across in part one including Kera, Sasha, Terry, and Blue.

In Still Dirty everyone is hip to Red's games including her lover Q but somehow he feels that Red is capable of turning over a new leaf. Red's attempt at going straight is short lived because once her funds run low she's back up to her old tricks again. While Kera, Sasha, Terry, and Blue try to move on with their lives and get past Red's indiscretions, Bacon isn't so willing to let bygones be bygones. In Still Dirty he re-invents himself all the while planning his revenge against Red. And with all the dirt that Red's done it's high time that she finally gets what's coming to her. Can Red once again come up smelling like roses? Or will her dirty past catch up with her? The answers all lie within the pages of Still Dirty.

What did you like best about the book?
The closure it provided. Still Dirty was highly anticipated because of the longing to see if the characters from part one could recover from the situations that associating with Red put them in. The book did re-visit almost every character that got caught up in Red's vicious web of deceit.

What did you dislike about the book?
The secondary characters that had excellent story lines in part one were almost non-existent in part two. The plot centered on Red and her attempt at trying to go straight which left the book noticeably absent of the griminess of the first novel. Readers looking for the same grittiness that was found in Dirty Red will be disappointed.

How could the author improve the book?
A title adjustment, while I understand that Red was attempting to experience personal growth, the title of the novel, Still Dirty, alluded to Red still being that chick from part one, which she wasn't. A simple question mark at the end of the title, Still Dirty?, could have better helped readers prepare for Red's transformation and the lack of dirtiness found in part two.

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