Category: Fiction – Contemporary & Literary
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Review – Family Lore – Elizabeth Acevedo
A family of women with magical powers, ranging from foreseeing deaths to alpha vaginas, what more could you want in a novel? Acevedo’s adult novel is absolutely exquisite, I need more.
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Review: An Echo in the City – K. X. Song
What happens when the two sides clash and truths need to be revealed? One hell of a story! The grip this book had on me was like few others.
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Review – Dust Child – Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Four seemingly unconnected individuals find their lives crossed across Vietnam as they wouldn’t have imagined. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai has done it again, Dust Child is absolutely stunning.
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Review – Maame – Jessica George
After always being to go to person in her family, Maame is finally taking control of her life, but it doesn’t come easy. One of the best debut’s I’ve read, literary lovers will adore this.
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Review – Jaded – Ela Lee
Jade has everything she’s wanted and worked hard for, but a work encounter threatens to uproot all of that. A dark but brilliantly written read, I couldn’t put it down.
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Review – Yellowface – Rebecca F. Kuang
June Hayward stole Athena Liu’s manuscript after her shock death and is publishing it herself, she finally feels like she’s getting everything she wanted.. until people start asking questions. A brilliant book to spark conversation, it is literary genius.
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Review: Bellies – Nicola Dinan
Tom and Ming meet during their university years but post university reality sets in for them and hits hard as their relationship is put to the test. This is such beautiful and delicate story telling and I’m blown away.
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Review – Against the Loveless World – Susan Abulhawa
Imprisoned and waiting to hear from one person, Nahr tells her story of occupied Palestine and resistance. Harrowing and hard-hitting, this book packs a punch.
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Review: Warrior Girl, Unearthed – Angeline Boulley
On working in the town’s museum, Perry meets Warrior Girl, an unidentified set of bones that belongs back with her people and not in a private collection. There aren’t enough words in the world to tell you how much I love Boulley’s writing but I’ll try in this post.
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Review: Someday, Maybe – Onyi Nwabineli
Worlds fall apart after a death in the family but with accusing in laws, the pain won’t go away. One of the best books on grief that I’ve ever read.
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Review: A Woman is No Man – Etaf Rum
Multiple generations uphaul lives for the hope of more, but hope isn’t always enough. Literary perfection, just trust me and read it.
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Review: The Moon Represents My Heart – Pim Wangetechawat
In a family of time travellers, each member’s travel has certain rules but each finds their own stories within their talent. This is a beautiful book of love and loss that has stayed with me throughout the years, a must read.
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Review – Wandering Souls – Cecile Pin
Three siblings make the treacherous journey out of Vietnam in the hopes of finding the American dream. This is a literary debut that blew me away.
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Review – No Small Thing – Orlaine McDonald
This is a tale of the hardships of motherhood and the pains of today’s world. A brilliant debut and one I know a lot of people need to read.
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Review – The Things That We Lost – Jyoti Patel
When losses in the family are hidden under the rug, cracks form and secrets start to spill. This is a literary fiction you need on your shelves.
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Review: All That We’ve Got – Jendella Benson
An unlikely friendship forms after to women get caught up interconnected issues. This is a coming of age novel with some serious bite! I cannot recommend enough!
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Review: All the Truths Between Us – Liz Amos
Inseparable friends re-evaluate what life looks like apart from one another. A heartfelt literary novel that will set up camp in your heart. Get this on your TBR!
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Review: This Motherless Land Nikki May
A modern day retelling of Mansfield Park, set between the UK and Lagos, guaranteed to pull on your heartstrings. The perfect Summer read.
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