The Plot Thickens: A Soft Place to Land
Porshea reviews A Soft Place to Land, a middle grade novel about a Black girl adjusting to a new life transition.
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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: 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: Daughters of Jubilation
On the latest The Plot Thickens, Porshèa reviews Daughters of Jubilation, which follows a Black teen in the Jim Crow south whose familial powers begin to cause her trouble.
The Plot Thickens: Maya and the Rising Dark
Enter a magical new world with Maya and the Rising Dark. Porshèa’s review.
The Plot Thickens: Punching the Air
Porshèa takes a look at Punching The Air, a novel in verse by Ibi Zoboi and Yusekf Salaam of the Exonerated Five.
The Plot Thickens: Legendborn
Porshèa shares her thoughts on the new YA book ‘Legendborn’ by Tracy Deon
The Plot Thickens: The Only Black Girls in Town
Porshèa reviews Brandy Colbert’s The Only Black Girls In Town.