THE PLOT: ‘Until I Met You’ by Amber Rose Gill (co-written by Nadine Gonzalez) is a beachy romance. Samantha Roberts has just been dumped and is flying solo to her best friends’ wedding in Tobago. Luckily, Samantha has the rest of … Continue reading Review: Until I Met You
THE PLOT: ‘The Queens of Sarmiento Park’ by Camilla Sosa Villada (translated by Kit Maude) is a literary novel about sex work, found family and gender identity. Set in Argentina, it’s centered around Auntie Encarna’s boarding house where the protagonist Camila … Continue reading Review: The Queens of Sarmiento Park
THE PLOT: ‘Still Life’ by Sarah Winman is about a young soldier called Ulysses who meets 64-year-old Evelyn in Italy in the final months of WWII. In this brief encounter Evelyn introduces Ulysses to art, culture and the beauty of Tuscany. … Continue reading Review: Still Life
THE PLOT: ‘The Silence of the Girls’ by Pat Barker is a retelling of the Iliad that focuses on Briseis – the slave girl that Achilles and Agamemnon fought over in the final year of the Trojan War. When Achilles storms … Continue reading Review: The Silence of the Girls
THE PLOT: ‘The Offline Diaries’ by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené is a middle grade novel about two Black girls who become best friends. Ade has recently moved because her step-dad has a new job. She doesn’t know anyone in her … Continue reading Review: The Offline Diaries
THE PLOT: ‘The Black Flamingo’ by Dean Atta is a young adult verse novel about a mixed-race boy’s journey to becoming a drag queen. Michael has felt different since he was a young boy. From playing with barbies to being half-Cypriot … Continue reading Review: The Black Flamingo
THE PLOT: ‘What A Mother’s Love Don’t Teach You’ by Sharma Taylor is a novel set in 1980’s Jamaica. When Dinah got pregnant at 18 years old, she gave her baby to a rich couple who were struggling to conceive. But … Continue reading Review: What A Mother’s Love Don’t Teach You
THE PLOT: ‘Grown’ by Tiffany D. Jackson is a young-adult novel about a 17yo girl who wants to be a singer. Enchanted Jones spends her days looking after her four younger siblings, swimming competitively for her fancy white private school, and … Continue reading Review: Grown
THE PLOT: ‘Rubyfruit Jungle’ by Rita Mae Brown is a coming-of-age novel set in the 50’s and 60’s. Molly Bolt doesn’t have a lot going for her; she’s poor, she’s from the South and she’s a bastard, but Molly’s proud of … Continue reading Review: Rubyfruit Jungle
THE PLOT: ‘Daughter of Black Lake’ by Cathy Marie Buchanan is a historical novel set in Iron Age Britain. Hobble is a young woman with a lame leg, but she is blessed with the gift of prophecy. Her mother, Devout, blames … Continue reading Review: Daughter of Black Lake
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