Category: Book Reviews
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Review – A Tempest of Tea – Hafsa Faizal
A tea shop that accommodates the needs of vampires by night is set to be shut down because of their night time guests, but Arthie is having none of it. A fun read with plenty of drama and tea.
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Review – All My Rage – Sabaa Tahir
A story of difficult and disruptive families, found families and strained friendships. This is a heartbreaker and absolutely one to read.
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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 – The Eternal Ones – Namina Forna
In this final book of the trilogy, Deka and her friends are finding what it means to help Deka fulfil her destiny, whether it’s one she chose or not. A fitting ending for one of my favourite YA fantasy series, I know I’ll re-read.
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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 – The Principle of Moments – Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
Asha and Obi are part of something much bigger than either of them could have dreamed, they just don’t know it yet. This is the beginning of an epic space saga and I need the next instalment yesterday.
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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 – Chain-Gang All-Stars – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Set in a dystopian world where prisoners can opt into a winner goes free, whoever kills wins style competition, Loretta Thurwar is close to freedom, but how far can she go?
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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: How to Say Babylon – Safiya Sinclair
Following poet and author Safiya Sinclair, How To Say Babylon is her memoir of a life growing up Jamaican in a Rastafarian household. “You were born too sensitive for this world”
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Review: Babel – R. F. Kuang
Babel is an intense novel but that shouldn’t put you off, it’s deep, layered and clever in it’s execution. It’s a truly fascinating novel and I would definitely recommend it.
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Review: Say You’ll Be My Jaan – Naina Kumar
Fake dating to get your parents to leave you alone in their plans for you? Sounds easy! And anyway, any man that tries to calm a situation with ice cream is a going to be a winner in my book.
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