This post contains affiliate links. My thoughts: As a seasoned thriller reader, I just knew I had this plot figured out and I was so wrong. I did kinda call one person as sketchy and I was slightly right. Give a dog a bone here. 🤣🥴 Duchess faced several challenges because her dad was the first Black Police Chief and […]
Thank you Penguin Teen for my review copy. What I Liked: Hanukkah and the breakdown of each night. The holiday’s are pretty low key for me so I enjoy reading about over the top holiday celebrations with lots of family and friends. Shira’s transformation throughout the story. About the Book: A sixteen-year-old girl is on a mission to find the perfect […]
Review This book is heavy but we need books like this and I’m so happy I was given the chance to read. I was a child when the riots in LA happened and had no clue about Latasha Harlins until I read this book now. She was killed over orange juice. 🤬 This book also tackles colorism in the Black […]
Review: “To be a woman is to be a sacrifice.” Immanuelle is considered an outcast because she is biracial and even though she lives with her White family members, she still had to keep her head down, her nose clean and work twice as hard to prove her self worth. *Sighs*⠀ ⠀ I must say Immanuelle has become one of […]
Review This was a well written book about family secrets and how it affects each person differently. How the family deals with the aftermath of the secrets being revealed and their attempt to move forward. We have Camino and Yahaira who are sisters and only find out about each other after the passing of their father. These two girls couldn’t […]
Review *Thank you to GoodReads and Custom House for my review copy* As much as I wanted to like this book, it didn’t work out in my favor. I didn’t really care for the main character Ines. I feel she is written in a way that you will either like or dislike her character. I did like Yaya who is […]
Review I’m all about diversity which is why I wanted to read this anthology. In my opinion I find that the young adult genre does a great job with providing diverse stories. So as far as the anthology goes I liked some stories more than others. Some stories were well written and some stopped just when things got interesting. A […]
Review: Phew. This book had a lot going on at times and it was intense. This book was a little depressing if I am being honest. It touched on a death in the family. Child abuse. Dealing with prejudice, closed minded and racist people. It also talked about how being gay in the black comminuty is such a big taboo. […]
Review * I received a review copy from Bookish First and voluntarily provided an honest review* So after reading the blurb I decided to give this book a chance. Not going to lie when I first started reading this book I struggled. I had a hard time connecting to the story. Even though the story is told in Sawyer and […]
Review This book has been one of my most anticipated reads of the month. When I first started reading it did take me sometime to get into the story. Then the book reached a turning point and I couldn’t stop reading because I had to see how everything would unfold. One thing I predicted happened but there was another revelation […]