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Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron

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reneedoty's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.25

At first I wasn’t sure about this book, it went a bit slow at first but I love how it explains the magic and goes deep into her feelings

brandie_shanae's review against another edition

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5.0

This book was filled with an atmosphere that left me in tears. This book is one of a kind filled with many themes. The themes within this book that are relatable to me and can be relatable to others are love, family, the future, the past, family, sacrifice, tragedy, loss, racism, regret, and family curses. The main character is this book is named Evvie (Evalene) and she lives in Jim Crow South Carolina. She has powers called Jubiliation that is passed down to all the women in her family. When Evvie tries to control her powers she had no choice but to become an apprentice to her grandmother (Grammie Attie) that many considered crazy. But as she is trained to learn and harness her powers she is also falling for a man named Clay (Clayton). Though as time goes by she is stalked by a person of her past that her hurt her and she has not memory of him and what he did to her til later on in the book and his name is Virgil Hampton who is the ancestor of a Confederate general who also was the financial backer of the KKK. As I read this book Evvie began to learn things the hard way and for the first time in her life she knows the feeling of losing someone she loves and not even having powers can guarantee saving the people she loves in her life. All I can say is that this book was phenomenal and I think everyone should read this book. Overall the lesson that I learned from this book is that having powers does not make you invincible. Having powers does not mean nothing can harm you or your loved ones. Having powers does not mean sacrifices will not be made. Life is filled with sacrifices whether you have powers or not. Having powers is one thing, but having to live with it is another. At the end of the day we are all human and having powers can not define us, the future, and who will be in our lives.

mbartman21's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

3.5

melaninsilentreading's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.0

afro8921's review against another edition

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4.0

Daughters of Jubilation is sent in the Jim Crow south. Evvie is an African American teen who is just beginning to come into her powers, or what her relatives call the jubilation. Her power is part kinetic and part magical and is so strong that it pulls members of her family from the future to her timeline. I enjoyed the family dynamics in this story. Definitely for older teens and a good read for October for sure.

rivalreads's review against another edition

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4.0

i think it’s better to go in not knowing much about it but i’ll pitch it as excellent for fans of i am not okay with this and legendborn

it’s so much more than the typical “girl has powers?? and learns to use them??” and instead digs into the trauma of racism, and how family history shapes us