The Plot Thickens
In a world where new books by BIPOC writers are released every day, choosing your next read can be overwhelming. Allow us to give you some thicc plot suggestions ;) Curated and written by story-obsessed Porshèa, you’ll find a bevy of fantasy, non-fiction, and some romance recommendations in Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult categories. Like what you see, you can purchase a copy at our Bookshop!
Word to the wise: Porshèa’s preferences are fast-paced, adventurous, and somewhat dark tales with a lot of love for fairytale retellings. We try to place content warnings where appropriate, but please reach out if you read a recommendation that needs warnings that may have been overlooked by the team.
The Plot Thickens: Redemptor
Find out why Porshèa didn’t want to put down ‘Redemptor’ in this review of the final installment of the Raybearer duology.
The Plot Thickens: Sisters in Arms
Find out why you should pick this historical fiction that explores an untold story during World World II in the latest review from Porshèa!
The Plot Thickens: Six Crimson Cranes
Promotional taglines for makeup products are not usually what comes to mind when I think of books I enjoy, but I can think of no other story that better fits the “easy, breezy, beautiful” motto than Elizabeth Lim’s Six Crimson Cranes. Easy. For a fantasy story in a land that comprises several different myths, Six […]
The Plot Thickens: This Poison Heart
It’s official — I am a Kalynn Bayron fan. Two books may seem too few to come to this proclamation but, as you can tell from my Cinderella is Dead review, she had me at hello. This Poison Heart makes her writing record a two-peat in my esteem, so please take the praise of the […]
The Plot Thickens: How Two New Releases Confront White Supremacy
Porshea discusses newly released books ‘Ace of Spades’ and ‘The Other Black Girl’ and compares how these thrillers seek to approach and address white supremacy.
The Plot Thickens: Bacchanal
Porshèa reviews Veronica Henry’s Dust Bowl-era carnival novel Bacchanal.
The Plot Thickens: Son of the Storm
Porshea reviews ‘Son of the Storm’ as a part of Caffeine Book Tours.
The Plot Thickens: Where the Rhythm Takes You
Porshea reviews Sarah Dass’ debut novel ‘Where the Rhythm Takes You.’
The Plot Thickens: Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
#OwnVoices authors have long advocated for BIPOC taking on the tropes that the book community has explored again and again with majority white characters. One trope that I’m finding enjoyable in recent reads is awful protagonists – from A Song of Wraith and Ruin’s Karina, to The Black Kids’ Ashley, and Excuse Me While I […]
The Plot Thickens: Grieving While Black
Porshèa reviews ‘Grieving While Black: An Antiracist Take on Oppression and Sorrow.’
The Plot Thickens: The Conductors
Porshèa reviews The Conductors, the debut historical fiction novel by Nicole Glover.