Book Review: How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi

Thank you Bookish First and Viking Books for Young Readers for my review copy. My thoughts: Amir is being blackmailed by a student so he runs away to Rome. He then meets an interesting cast of characters that become like a family to him during his time of need. This was my first time reading this author and it wasn’t […]

Book Review: Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

Thank you to Epic Reads for my review copy.⠀My thoughts:Chanty has dreams of being a singer but she is the eldest of several kids and a lot of responsibility falls on her shoulders. I like that she comes from a two family household because there is a stigma that all Black people come from single-parent households and that’s not always […]

Book Review: When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

Blurb: Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning… Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos are sprouting like weeds, FOR SALE signs […]