Category: Book Reviews
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Review: Poyums Annaw – Len Pennie
A collection of poems centring feminine rage and the female experience and most of all, love and hope. This is a brilliantly passionate collection and perfect follow up after her debut.
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Review: Rebel Hearts – Tanya Byrne
There’s two approaches to teaching about the climate, empathy or anarchy and Ren and Pearl are on opposite sides, but for how long? A super sweet romance that fans of Tanya Byrne are going to eat up!
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Review: All the Tomorrows After – Joanne Yi
Winter is on her way out, she has a plan, but plans get upended and life never quite works out the way she expects. Utterly stunning and heart-breaking, perfect for those that love to feel everything in a book.
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Review: Your Tears Fall Like Pearls – Adukeh
A beautiful debut poetry collection, overflowing with grief.
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Review: Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley
Fleeing from your past will always catch up with you, but never in the way Lucy expected. Boulley’s best work to date and a brilliant return to Sugar Island.
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Review: Sweet Heat – Bolu Babalola
Picking up five years after Honey & Spice, Kiki and Malakai are forced back together in situations they couldn’t have imagined. Babaola proves yet again why she is one of my favourite authors ever, a stunning book.
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Review: Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
A story of racism and colonialism that passes through generations, quite literally. An exquisite piece of writing that everyone needs to read.
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Review: Conversations on Love – Natasha Lunn
A collection of conversations on love with both experts in the fields and authors, covering everything that comes under the umbrella of love. There’s some really beautiful parts of this book and while not everything will resonate with everyone, you’ll find that you need to hear.
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Review: Good Intentions – Kasim Ali
A novel centred around endearing characters with good intentions but none of the follow through. A brilliantly written piece with important coverage on mental health, well worth a read.
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Review: Reframing Blackness: What’s Black about “History of Art” – Alayo Akinkugbe
A brilliant and important argument defending the narrative for not separating Black Art from the rest of history, but actively including it. Beautifully written and accessible for all readers, art fanatics or not.
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Review: Queer As Folklore – Sacha Coward
From witches to werewolves, mermaids to vampires, so much folklore has queerness knotted in it, Coward looks at how stories have been lost and how they connect to queerness.
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Review: The Sunbearer Trials – Aiden Thomas
Competing in the Sunbearer Trials is every Golds dream, but when two Jades are chosen to compete as well, the competition heats up. An enjoyable and pacy read with great rep, set against a beautiful backdrop and lore.
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Review: Fundamentally – Nussaibah Younis
An eclectic team attempt a deradicalisation of ISIS brides, this is filled with love, humanity and plenty of humour. The hype around this book was absolutely well deserved, everyone needs to read this.
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Review: Sunstruck – William Rayfet Hunter
Messy families and relationships are centred in this novel, mixed in with class and race too. A dazzling debut and one that you absolutely need to pick up this summer.
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Review: Behind You is the Sea – Susan Muaddi Darraj
A collection of short stories that links three Palestinian families, all of whom have immigrated to America. A brilliant read full of love and despair.
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Review: Disappoint Me – Nicola Dinan
How easily can we put our past behind us, especially when it could harm those we love? Dinan is one of the literary legends of our age, don’t miss out on this.
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Review: No Small Thing – Orlaine McDonald
Multiple generations under one roof and problems with men, this multiple POV story will have you gripped. One of my favourite books from last year, you need to read this.
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Review – Flirting with Disaster – Naina Kumar
A drunken night in Vegas ends in a marriage, but the couple put off divorcing for years despite the end of their relationship, what could go wrong? Kumar has secured herself as an autobuy author romance author for me, I loved it.
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