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119 reviews
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.
I want to return to this! Just couldn’t get into it at the time.
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
Did not finish book. Stopped at 39%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 39%.
The pattern I’m forming. Buy a beautiful cover with a beautiful black person on it. Making younger me happy. Contents are for younger me but older me is over YA/school/competition settings. Not this book’s fault but I couldn’t get into it. Not knocking YA but the tropes are just stale for me. Special power lead/competition/puppy love drama/avenge a parent etc. Excited for the generation growing up with these books! But for me it’s hard to want to go back fifteen years even in a fantasy setting.
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
Just too YA for me in a way I can’t explain well. School competition setting just doesn’t do it for me. I didn’t like that she was high school age in college. Just make it all college age people? I feel like a romance was developing that I did not care to see play out. Again I wanted to like this! I feel bad I’ve DNF’d so many beautiful black centered stories with gorgeous covers to boot. But this did not grip me. Didn’t even look up the ending on this one.
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Did not finish book. Stopped at 29%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 29%.
Too slow for me. And I didn’t check content warnings. Thankfully stopped before reaching that part.
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.
I tried. But I don’t like YA set in high school. And I need to stop reading it and expecting that to change. The cover was so gorgeous I couldn’t resist. But I did not like this. I already lived this and nothing about it was mind blowing even though it’s relatable.
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.
Cover buy that I wanted to love. Did not need the Sawyer POV. Don’t care about the ghost powers. Hate the high school setting. I should just give up on any books set primarily in high school. Not the book’s fault it’s just so boring to me. I didn’t like it when I went, and I don’t care about it now. I care enough to read a spoiler synopsis but not enough to read the book.
His Sacred Incantations by Scarlett Gale
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0