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A review by jesseonyoutube
One True Loves by Elise Bryant
5.0
Companion novel to Happily Ever Afters, a touching YA contemporary romance that claimed my heart earlier this year. In this book, we are following an artist named Lenore who hails from a family of geniuses. Unlike her family, she has no answers for what she wants from the future, but a European cruise and a handsome boy changes all of that.
Loved:
Anxiety rep/how it can manifest in Black boys and what it may look like for Black masculine folk
The conversations about the crushing expectations of Black excellence
Conversations of being Black and dating non Black folks and always being fetishized or sidelined\kept a secret until someone lighter comes along.
The expectations for Black folk to be funny, entertaining, and not emotional or “difficult”
Bryant is a talented, beautiful author with stories that touch to the very core of me. I will always be grateful for her books.
Thank you to the publisher for sending this copy in exchange for honest review. It truly lived up to my high expectations after Happily Ever Afters STOLE my heart in January.
Loved:
Anxiety rep/how it can manifest in Black boys and what it may look like for Black masculine folk
The conversations about the crushing expectations of Black excellence
Conversations of being Black and dating non Black folks and always being fetishized or sidelined\kept a secret until someone lighter comes along.
The expectations for Black folk to be funny, entertaining, and not emotional or “difficult”
Bryant is a talented, beautiful author with stories that touch to the very core of me. I will always be grateful for her books.
Thank you to the publisher for sending this copy in exchange for honest review. It truly lived up to my high expectations after Happily Ever Afters STOLE my heart in January.