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A review by ccookie95
Color Outside the Lines: Stories about Love by Sangu Mandanna
4.0
You can read the full, spoiler-free review for this anthology (and a mini review for every story) on my blog here.
I received an A.R.C for this book from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
As an anthology, Color Outside the Lines is phenomenal. The blurb spoke to me from the first time I read it, which is what pushed me to request an ARC in the first place. The foreword by editor Sangu Mandanna further reiterated the very reasons I loved the idea of this book. Representation matters, and it matters in every single form.
I have found little YA that addresses the finer points, experiences and struggles of interracial relationships. So, to have an anthology that covers a range of different types of interracial relationships – in age, genre, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, and sexuality – was so heartwarming. The stories ranged from 3-star to 5-star for me (hence the overall 4-star rating), which is a really good score for a collection, in my opinion.
Overall, this is one of the best collection of short stories I’ve read in a hot minute, and I absolutely cannot wait to read the finished version (including the stories that didn’t get a chance to be a part of the ARC). It’s such a shame I have to wait all the way until November, but if the finished product is as good as this ARC was, then it is well worth the wait!
I received an A.R.C for this book from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
As an anthology, Color Outside the Lines is phenomenal. The blurb spoke to me from the first time I read it, which is what pushed me to request an ARC in the first place. The foreword by editor Sangu Mandanna further reiterated the very reasons I loved the idea of this book. Representation matters, and it matters in every single form.
I have found little YA that addresses the finer points, experiences and struggles of interracial relationships. So, to have an anthology that covers a range of different types of interracial relationships – in age, genre, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, and sexuality – was so heartwarming. The stories ranged from 3-star to 5-star for me (hence the overall 4-star rating), which is a really good score for a collection, in my opinion.
Overall, this is one of the best collection of short stories I’ve read in a hot minute, and I absolutely cannot wait to read the finished version (including the stories that didn’t get a chance to be a part of the ARC). It’s such a shame I have to wait all the way until November, but if the finished product is as good as this ARC was, then it is well worth the wait!