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A review by jb4nay
Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters by Jessica P. Pryde
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
I enjoyed the variety of perspectives and writers who got to write essays for the book. It did feel like a lot of them arrived at the same conclusion; seeing yourself represented in media is good and necessary (I think it’s right but it did get a bit repetitive). It felt like these could’ve been individual articles published.
That said, there were a few essays that really stood out to me: the Afrolatinx, dichotomous key, and Black indie books.
Overall, I’m glad this collection exists. I think it’s good to give people’s influences their flowers but also point hope much more room there is for improvement within the Black romance genre.
That said, there were a few essays that really stood out to me: the Afrolatinx, dichotomous key, and Black indie books.
Overall, I’m glad this collection exists. I think it’s good to give people’s influences their flowers but also point hope much more room there is for improvement within the Black romance genre.