My First, My Last
My First, My Last by Brookelyn Mosley is a fiction work published by Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp on June 25, 2021. This 288-page book explores the complexities of young love through the lives of Ayla Samuels and Hassani Franklin, who meet at the age of fourteen. Their friendship blossoms during a pivotal time in Ayla’s life, leading to a decision that transforms their relationship. The narrative delves into themes of trust, fear, and the challenges of navigating romantic feelings at a young age.
Readers will find a poignant exploration of Ayla’s dual passions for math and photography, alongside her struggle to embrace love while fearing its potential consequences. Hassani, an academic track star, grapples with his feelings for Ayla, which persist despite external pressures. The story examines how hindsight can illuminate the choices made in youth, questioning whether it can also pave the way for understanding and growth in a relationship that has been hindered by the influences of those around them. This edition presents a thoughtful look at the intersection of friendship and love within the context of African American and Black experiences.
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What if you found the love of your life at an age most believed was too young for you to know for sure?
Ayla Samuels and Hassani Franklin met at fourteen-years-old. They became fast friends and at a time in Ayla’s life when she needed a friend the most. The trust cultivated through their friendship influenced a decision that would alter their platonic relationship years later. That decision also becomes the catalyst behind a series of occurrences that push Ayla and Hassani to make choices out of fear instead of with hope.
Ayla Samuels has two loves – a love of math and photography. She didn’t think she had room to love anything or anyone else. Despite seeing her parents in love during her formative years, Ayla grew up viewing romantic love as a weakness. When she finds something special in her friend Hassani, she restricts the desires of her heart, believing if she gave into those feelings, she’d lose him or worse… herself.
Hassani Franklin, an academic track star, had always kept himself inundated in activities. His true loves were track and architecture, and girls of course. But when he meets Ayla Samuels, he feels something he never felt before with any other girl. And despite how hard he tries, his feelings for Ayla never subside years later. He suppresses those desires though at the insistence of someone he looks up to, believing that person is never wrong, especially in matters of the heart.
Hindsight is 20/20 and things are often clearer when we reflect on the past; a fact all too familiar to Ayla and Hassani. But will hindsight provide insight and move blocks unintentionally placed in Ayla and Hassani’s path by the people closest to them? Or will hindsight haunt a love destined but stunted, and that could have thrived if allowed to grow from the start?
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