LUCKY CALLERAuthor(s): Emma Mills Stand-alone or Series: stand-alone Rating: 3/5 stars MINOR SPOILERS BELOW The perfect comeback only comes to you way after the offending incident, most especially when you’re alone in the shower with no one but the shampoo bottle to tell it to. Can we talk about how gorgeous this cover is? I … Continue reading Review: Lucky Caller
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Review: All the Things We Never Knew
ALL THE THINGS WE NEVER KNEW Author(s): Liara Tamani Stand-alone or Series: stand-alone Rating: 3/5 stars The thing that people don’t understand is that when you spend a lot of time by yourself, you get used to keeping how you feel and what you think on the inside. Image from Goodreads The cover is adorable, … Continue reading Review: All the Things We Never Knew
Review: Slay
SLAYAuthor(s): Brittney Morris Stand-alone or Series: stand-alone Rating: 4/5 stars All I ever wanted to do was escape into this magical world where for once I don’t have to act a certain way because I’m Black, and where I don’t have to answer certain questions because I’m the Black authority in the room, and where … Continue reading Review: Slay
Review: Monday’s Not Coming
MONDAY'S NOT COMINGAuthor(s): Tiffany D. Jackson Stand-alone or Series: stand-alone Rating: 4/5 stars Trigger warning: abuse, death, grief SPOILERS BELOW Well, sometimes the people we love the most can hurt us the most. I read this book for a prompt from my Summer Reading Challenge, "Read a Book by a Black Author." I've read and loved … Continue reading Review: Monday’s Not Coming
Review: Allegedly
ALLEGEDLYAuthor(s): Tiffany D. Jackson Stand-alone or Series: stand-alone Rating: 4.5/5 stars Trigger warning: abuse, death, grief, rape, self-harm, pregnancy SPOILERS BELOW Hard to celebrate the day you were born when everybody seems to wish you were never born at all. It's safe to say that Tiffany D. Jackson is a new favourite author of mine. … Continue reading Review: Allegedly
Review: Children of Virtue and Vengeance
CHILDREN OF VIRTUE AND VENGEANCE Author(s): Tomi Adeyemi Stand-alone or Series: Legacy of Orïsha #2 Rating: 5/5 stars SPOILERS BELOW You two. Even when you crash, you intertwine. After rereading Children of Blood and Bone, I could not wait to start the sequel. I just need to know what happens! I did hear that the second … Continue reading Review: Children of Virtue and Vengeance
Review: Children of Blood and Bone (Reread)
CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONEAuthor(s): Tomi Adeyemi Stand-alone or Series: Legacy of Orïsha #1 Rating: 5/5 stars I won't let your ignorance silence my pain. I recently bought the sequel, Children of Virtue and Vengeance and since it's been two years (!!) since I've read COBAB, I thought it's due for a reread. I remember … Continue reading Review: Children of Blood and Bone (Reread)
Review: Solo
SOLO Author(s): Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess Stand-alone or Series: stand-alone Rating: 3/5 stars All that is good and accomplished in this world takes work and a little chaos. Image from Goodreads Verse novels are always fun to read, and very quick. My first experience was with The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. Then … Continue reading Review: Solo
Review: Long Way Down
LONG WAY DOWNAuthor(s): Jason Reynolds Stand-alone or Series: stand-alone Rating: 5/5 stars After reading The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, I realized I loved verse novels. So when I realized this book is written in verse? I just had to read it. And I'm so glad I did. This book was fantastic, to say the … Continue reading Review: Long Way Down
Review: Imagine Me
IMAGINE MEAuthor(s): Tahereh Mafi Stand-alone or Series: Book #6 in the Shatter Me series Rating: 3/5 stars SPOILERS BELOW To the world, she is formidable. To me? She is the world. Image from Goodreads Even though many people expressed their dislike for the second half of this series, I could not imagine the story ending … Continue reading Review: Imagine Me
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