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A review by sofisuns
Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson
3.0
In this novel we follow Toni and Olivia with dual POVs throughout the span of 3 days at a music festival.
This was quite disappointing for me. There were many parts of this book that I enjoyed of course but there was also definitely a lot of room to expand. This being told within such a short amount of time definitely has a lot of impact on that. This also caused for insta love, one of my least favorite tropes, and it didn't really sell me on it.
I really liked day one and seeing how how the story was being set up but the other two were hard to connect to, same goes for the relationship.
Now onto the better aspects of this! This book is so important to queer poc, (more specifically black queers). These stories should be heard and boosted always.
The character development in this novel was definitely a highlight and seeing the self growth was so much fun.
Music is a huge part of my life so this being a "love letter to music" was a lovely aspect of the book.
Overall, this wasn't my favorite book but if you're a fan of instalove and want a quick sapphic summer read, definitely check it out!
Thank you to the Scholastic for sending me a copy in exchange for my honest review.
3 stars.
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guess who just got their first physical arc in the mail?! this is so exciting omg.
This was quite disappointing for me. There were many parts of this book that I enjoyed of course but there was also definitely a lot of room to expand. This being told within such a short amount of time definitely has a lot of impact on that. This also caused for insta love, one of my least favorite tropes, and it didn't really sell me on it.
I really liked day one and seeing how how the story was being set up but the other two were hard to connect to, same goes for the relationship.
Now onto the better aspects of this! This book is so important to queer poc, (more specifically black queers). These stories should be heard and boosted always.
The character development in this novel was definitely a highlight and seeing the self growth was so much fun.
Music is a huge part of my life so this being a "love letter to music" was a lovely aspect of the book.
Overall, this wasn't my favorite book but if you're a fan of instalove and want a quick sapphic summer read, definitely check it out!
Thank you to the Scholastic for sending me a copy in exchange for my honest review.
3 stars.
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guess who just got their first physical arc in the mail?! this is so exciting omg.