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sometimesleelynnreads's review
3.0
Disclaimer: I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to Silver Dagger Book Tours and Odd Voice Out for this free copy. All quotes in this review are taken from the Advanced Reader Copy and may change in final publication.
It’s a shame that I haven’t heard of many of these authors before now, and I’m glad that I had the opportunity to read a sample of their work in this anthology. I feel like diverse voices is so important in this industry, especially when it’s #OwnVoices diversity because we should be able to tell our own stories from our own words.
It was great to see more authors in the YA genre that wrote some nice diverse novels, ranging from contemporary to magical realism novels that showed that diverse short stories can be received just as well as not diverse short stories. I feel like there’s a stigma that if a diverse novel has a trope that is similar to a trope of a book from a white author, then it’s naturally not as good, which is such a huge lie but that’s another topic for another time.
As always, there are some stories that I like more than others, and there are some writing styles that I like more than others. That’s just natural with trying out new-to-me authors, and it’s okay. I think that there will be a story for everyone on here to enjoy, and I think that’s the true positive outcome of this anthology. I hope that this will also show people that there is so much more to diversity than just gender and race as well. Get creative, friends.
It’s a shame that I haven’t heard of many of these authors before now, and I’m glad that I had the opportunity to read a sample of their work in this anthology. I feel like diverse voices is so important in this industry, especially when it’s #OwnVoices diversity because we should be able to tell our own stories from our own words.
It was great to see more authors in the YA genre that wrote some nice diverse novels, ranging from contemporary to magical realism novels that showed that diverse short stories can be received just as well as not diverse short stories. I feel like there’s a stigma that if a diverse novel has a trope that is similar to a trope of a book from a white author, then it’s naturally not as good, which is such a huge lie but that’s another topic for another time.
As always, there are some stories that I like more than others, and there are some writing styles that I like more than others. That’s just natural with trying out new-to-me authors, and it’s okay. I think that there will be a story for everyone on here to enjoy, and I think that’s the true positive outcome of this anthology. I hope that this will also show people that there is so much more to diversity than just gender and race as well. Get creative, friends.
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