Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

1 review

snowhitereads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

 

I read The Stars and the Blackness between them for this month’s #SapphicStoriesBookclub and… WOW!

This was so much more than what I thought it was going to be.

I went into this expecting a sweet contemporary romance, what I got was everything I didn’t know I needed.

It’s a celebration of love, life and of culture and queerness and black girl magic. 

It’s heartbreaking but uplifting, and so full of emotion. 

 

I loved that it isn’t a coming out story or a relationship exclusive storyline.

This book is truly an all around experience.  

The writing is one of the most beautiful I have encountered in a long time, it’s so artful and poetic that it literally brought me to tears. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Chronic illness, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship