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74 reviews

Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli

3.75

The Sealed Nectar by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

informative inspiring reflective sad

5.0

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Bree is that girl! 

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

3.0

The Summer of You and Me by Denise Hunter

hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

3.0

The Gathering by C.J. Tudor

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This was so freaking good! I love a good vampire book! What made it even better was the horror, mystery and crime investigation added into it! Chef's kiss 🤌🏾. That ending and plot twist was shocking. Im happy its going to be a series! When is book 2?? 

A Song of Legends Lost by M.H. Ayinde

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

I was sucked in from the very beginning. The world building was really good. I found it easy to follow and understand. I was really interest in Temi and Janao. I was excited every time I got to their chapters. I wanted to see more them in it.
I REALLY liked the concept of the characters invoking their ancestors. I honestly thought that was the coolest thing ever. It was very unique. The action in this book was good, I could literally imagine it. It reminded me of Black Panther. 
It got a little confusing when a lot more characters came into the picture. I was struggling connecting them all. It took me a while to realize that we were getting the POV of other members in different clans. I'm glad there was a tree of all the characters that I could turn back to 😅.
The ending took me by surprise. Now I'm sad I'll have to wait for book 2.

The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maritza Moulite, Maika Moulite

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.0

This was not at all what I expected. I was so excited when I got the ARC for it but unfortunately it fell flat for me. I liked the Sci fi and history aspects of it. You learn a lot about Haitian history and culture. 
I understand the intention of the book, the focus of the health system and insurance. Their neglect of those in need. But nothing really happened and I was looking for more to happen; more showing then telling. 

Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray
Did not finish book. Stopped at 55%.

I didn't like that the affair was the main focus of this book.

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This was a amazing read. This was my first read by Tiffany Jackson and I really loved how she put her own little twist to Carrie. I was jumping back and forth from reading it and listening to the audio. I ended up putting down ebook and just listened to it because the audio was just that good. There are so many narrators and they all did an amazing job. 
The Weight of Blood tackles a lot of issues of racism and what people will do to survive this, sometimes cruel, world. There is conversation about blackness. I find this nuance conversation is talked about A LOT. I like that there are challenging conversations in this book between some of the characters.