A review by mswocreader
So We Can Glow: Stories by Leesa Cross-Smith

1.0

Anthologies can be such hits or misses with each story greatly varying. This one was a huge miss for me. I thought having one author would make it more cohesive but for the most part it was a mess. I actually skimmed a few of the stories because they were so drab. Some stories were like bad poems while some were fully fleshed out. I went into this anthology with the wrong expectations. I expected a good anthology filled with enjoyable stories about black women embracing their desires and passion. Instead it felt very white and even the stories that weren't about teens had school girl crush type longing. And some of these stories felt like prompts. The beginning was there but the middle and end was missing or just lacked. I couldn't connect to most of the stories.