The Plot Thickens: Bad Things Happen Here
Porshea reviews Bad Things Happen Here, a YA murder mystery that doesn’t lean too far into thriller.
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The Plot Thickens: The Final Strife
Find out why The Final Strife is an epic start to an enticing trilogy.
The Plot Thickens: We Weren’t Looking to Be Found
Learn why you should check out the latest from Stephanie Kuehn, We Weren’t Looking to Be Found.
The Plot Thickens: Fake It Till You Bake It
Find out what makes Fake It Till You Bake It sweet and tempting.
The Plot Thickens: This Wicked Fate
Kalynn Bayron wraps up the This Poison Heart duology in the satisfying and adventurous ending, This Wicked Fate.
The Plot Thickens: Zyla & Kai
Find out why you should read this sweet summer romance by Kristina Forest.
The Plot Thickens: Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun
Come for the Black middle schooler whose mutant powers manifest in her sentient natural hair, stay for a story about accountability. Find out why this Middle Grade should be next on your (or your kid’s) TBR!
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: 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: The Only Black Girls in Town
Porshèa reviews Brandy Colbert’s The Only Black Girls In Town.
Children of Blood and Bone Round Table
Connie hosts a roundtable with Robyn, Bayana, and some members of the Black Girls Create community as we all read and fell in love with the book. Spoilers for Book One of the Legacy of Orïsha ahead.
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