A review by spikedscrubs
Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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I’m not typically drawn to short stories but these utterly captivated me. Written in nearly a spoken form, feeling like slam poetry, whispering inner thoughts we all think only we think. The stories touch on race, politics, babies, motherhood, love, family (born & found), friendship & all gamuts of the life experience. Each story I wish could be flushed out as an entire book, not satisfied with simply the short version we get here. So well written. So well done. I really enjoyed the entire thing.