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What a fun collection of stories about #BlackGirlMagic! I hadn’t read a short story collection in a while and I really enjoyed dipping in and out of this one over the past week. There’s a great range in this anthology: to name a few elements, you’ve got vampires, witches, mermaids, unicorns, various types of magic and powers, and sci fi stories as well.
There were a few authors that I’ve heard of, but not yet read yet (such as Dhonielle Clayton, Justina Ireland, L.L. Mckinney, and Ibi Zoboi), so it was fun to get a small sampling of their work. My favorite stories were “Gilded,” “Melie,” “The Goddess Provides,” “Letting the Right One In,” and “The Actress.” For “Melie” and “The Actress” specifically, I would definitely read a whole book set in those worlds because I loved those stories so much.
Most importantly, I loved seeing Black girls at the center of these stories set in fictional and fantastical worlds. I didn’t see a lot of that representation in my reading when I was younger, which makes me so glad that books like this exist today.
What a fun collection of stories about #BlackGirlMagic! I hadn’t read a short story collection in a while and I really enjoyed dipping in and out of this one over the past week. There’s a great range in this anthology: to name a few elements, you’ve got vampires, witches, mermaids, unicorns, various types of magic and powers, and sci fi stories as well.
There were a few authors that I’ve heard of, but not yet read yet (such as Dhonielle Clayton, Justina Ireland, L.L. Mckinney, and Ibi Zoboi), so it was fun to get a small sampling of their work. My favorite stories were “Gilded,” “Melie,” “The Goddess Provides,” “Letting the Right One In,” and “The Actress.” For “Melie” and “The Actress” specifically, I would definitely read a whole book set in those worlds because I loved those stories so much.
Most importantly, I loved seeing Black girls at the center of these stories set in fictional and fantastical worlds. I didn’t see a lot of that representation in my reading when I was younger, which makes me so glad that books like this exist today.