she_who_reads_ 's review for:

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope by Patrice Caldwell

4.0

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Average rating of 4 stars. There are some absolute gems in this collection!! A few that didn’t really do anything for me, and a few that were amazing but were let down by disappointing endings.
I think everyone will find something to love in this collection, and if you enjoy fantasy/sci-fi stories then you should definitely check this one out!

Individual ratings:


When Life Hands You A Lemon Fruitbomb by Amerie- 4 stars
Gilded by Elizabeth Acevedo- 4.5 stars
Wherein Abigail Fields Recalls Her Death and, Subsequently, Her Best Life by Rebecca Roanhorse- 3.5 stars
Rules of the Land by Alaya Johnson- 3 stars
A Haliography of Starlight by Somaiya Daud- 3.5 stars
Melie by Justina Ireland- 4 stars
The Goddess Provides by LL McKinney-4.5 stars
Hearts Turned to Ash by Dhonielle Clayton- 3 stars
Letting the Right One In by Patrice Caldwell- 3 stars
Tended-Headed by Danny Lore- 4.5 stars
Kiss the Sun by Ibi Zoboi- 5 stars
The Actress by Danielle Paige- 3 stars
The Curse of Love by Ashley Woodfolk- 4 stars
All the Time in the World by Charlotte Nicole Davis- 5 stars
The Witch’s Skin by Karen Strong- 4.5 stars
Sequence- J Marcelle Corrie- 5 stars