sansan325 's review for:

In Every Mirror She's Black by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

4.0

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I would actually give this a 3.5 rating (I rounded up) even though this is the first time in quite a while that I read a book of this length in one day. The stories of three Black women were told by a narrator -- I would have preferred that their stories told in first person. The setting was in Sweden, which was novel (no pun intended) and forced me to think differently, in a good way. The connection among the women was a rich Swede of generational wealth who brought them into the country for different reasons. Kemi became his employee, Brittany-Rae became his wife and Muna was a refugee -- each were in a different station in their lives. There were parts of each characters' development that weren't fully developed or rushed. This is an ambitious first novel by the author and I look forward to her next work.