If I Stay Right Here

If I Stay Right Here

By Chwayita Ngamlana

Pages

177

Rating

3.55

Year

2017

RomanceContemporaryFictionRelationshipsPsychologicalDark Romance

Description

Shay, a seemingly shy and innocent journalism student, is sent to a female prison to cover a story on an inmate, but falls in love instead. Two months later, Sippy, Shay’s love interest, is out of prison and they move in together. On the outside, Sippy is the haunted one in the relationship, but as their love story unfolds, it turns out that Shay has her own secrets. This immersive and interesting story — written with no small amount of flair and intensity — is sexually charged and filled with moments of lacerating violence, both emotional and physical. At heart, it is the story of a woman’s inability to let go of that which both nourishes and destroys her.

Endorsements

‘Chwayita has a fresh, innovative style. This is storytelling at its best; an absolute winner’ — Thabiso Mahlape

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