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Ace of Spades
by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
THIS IS THE KIND OF DRAMATIC, SUSPENSEFUL, ANXIETY-INDUCING BOOK I NEEDED! I loved it! It’s full of deceit, schemes, sex, and our good ol’ buddy, racism! They say this is Gossip Girl meets Get Out and that couldn’t be any more accurate of a description.
The book is about two high school seniors, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, who find themselves the target of an individual who goes by the name “Aces”. Aces is hell-bent on ruining these peoples’ lives by revealing secrets about them and spreading rumors around the elite private academy both Devon and Chiamaka attend.
This book has such a strong opening! I was immediately vested in the lives of Devon and Chiamaka - terrified for them, nervous for them, worried about them. I loved that the chapters go back and forth between the two so we get a chance to experience each of their point of views. It was also very interesting how what seems to be petty drama quickly escalates to something very sinister.
It was nerve-wrecking reading this book. Like I said, I was scared for these characters! And the only downside to the book is that the mystery of who’s behind the anonymous individual “Aces” is revealed several pages before the end. For me, the mystery holds the magic, so I was less interested in how the book progressed once the identity of Aces was known. However, there is still a lot of good drama that follows that leads to what I think is a solid conclusion.
As Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s debut novel, this was excellently written. This book gave me life and I devoured its pages! I so very much love reading amazing books by black authors and am happy to have come across this gem. I look forward to reading more from her.
The book is about two high school seniors, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, who find themselves the target of an individual who goes by the name “Aces”. Aces is hell-bent on ruining these peoples’ lives by revealing secrets about them and spreading rumors around the elite private academy both Devon and Chiamaka attend.
This book has such a strong opening! I was immediately vested in the lives of Devon and Chiamaka - terrified for them, nervous for them, worried about them. I loved that the chapters go back and forth between the two so we get a chance to experience each of their point of views. It was also very interesting how what seems to be petty drama quickly escalates to something very sinister.
It was nerve-wrecking reading this book. Like I said, I was scared for these characters! And the only downside to the book is that the mystery of who’s behind the anonymous individual “Aces” is revealed several pages before the end. For me, the mystery holds the magic, so I was less interested in how the book progressed once the identity of Aces was known. However, there is still a lot of good drama that follows that leads to what I think is a solid conclusion.
As Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s debut novel, this was excellently written. This book gave me life and I devoured its pages! I so very much love reading amazing books by black authors and am happy to have come across this gem. I look forward to reading more from her.