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A review by leolikestoread
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
4.0
4.5
This was my first thriller book, and let me tell you, I was very amused!
If you like gossip girl, this book is defenetly for you.
In this book, the only two dark skinned students from a predominantly white and fancy high school start being targets of messages (gossip girl style). These messages expose the darkest secrets these two students have.. And throughout the book these messages start getting more aggressive and eventually they start being targets of physical attacks as well. These two students need to come together, despite their differences, and try to stop their attacker (or attackers).
One of the things I loved the most about the book was the background that the main characters had. Although they shared the same skin color, they were from extremely different realities. The male protagonist was from a poor neighborhood and the female protagonist was a rich girl, and it was curious to see how neither of them belonged to that fancy school. I also loved that a lot of characters are queer, including the main characters!
I could not put this book down, specially throughout the second half of it. The author was constantly giving contradicting evidence, and in every chapter I started suspecting new people! And honestly I was not expecting what ended up happening (at all). It is a very easy to read book actually, and I´m sure most people would enjoy it!
"Ma always told me to dream, though, that the sky was the limit. I'm scared to dream too high, in case I end up falling flat on my face. But I still do it.
It hurts to dream, but I dream regardless."
Tw: Hate crimes, slurs, violence, mentions of sexual assault, drugs, street crime/violence
Minor spoilers now!
At first I got a little confused, because the attacker(s) seamed to be doing all of that (the messages, attacks, exposure) just because of their skin color, but later in the book we get to know that the students from the school went to these summer camps that are quite literally a cult against people of color. I feel like the author could have used the word "cult" to describe it.
This was my first thriller book, and let me tell you, I was very amused!
If you like gossip girl, this book is defenetly for you.
In this book, the only two dark skinned students from a predominantly white and fancy high school start being targets of messages (gossip girl style). These messages expose the darkest secrets these two students have.. And throughout the book these messages start getting more aggressive and eventually they start being targets of physical attacks as well. These two students need to come together, despite their differences, and try to stop their attacker (or attackers).
One of the things I loved the most about the book was the background that the main characters had. Although they shared the same skin color, they were from extremely different realities. The male protagonist was from a poor neighborhood and the female protagonist was a rich girl, and it was curious to see how neither of them belonged to that fancy school. I also loved that a lot of characters are queer, including the main characters!
I could not put this book down, specially throughout the second half of it. The author was constantly giving contradicting evidence, and in every chapter I started suspecting new people! And honestly I was not expecting what ended up happening (at all). It is a very easy to read book actually, and I´m sure most people would enjoy it!
"Ma always told me to dream, though, that the sky was the limit. I'm scared to dream too high, in case I end up falling flat on my face. But I still do it.
It hurts to dream, but I dream regardless."
Tw: Hate crimes, slurs, violence, mentions of sexual assault, drugs, street crime/violence
Minor spoilers now!
At first I got a little confused, because the attacker(s) seamed to be doing all of that (the messages, attacks, exposure) just because of their skin color, but later in the book we get to know that the students from the school went to these summer camps that are quite literally a cult against people of color. I feel like the author could have used the word "cult" to describe it.