Thanks to Tor Teen for the free advance copy of this book.

📚 A CHORUS RISES is the sequel to A SONG BELOW WATER, and it's tough to talk about the plot without spoiling the first book, so I'm going to be a little vague.
📚 This book is much more about internal exploration for Naema as she navigates the fallout of the first book's events, so it moves much slower, but I greatly enjoyed getting to know her.
📚 This book is more complicated and messy than the first one, but still no less true to life, magical beings aside. Every time you think Morrow can't fold in another aspect of modern life, she does, and it's spectacular.
📚 It was quite heartbreaking to watch Naema discover that her Eloko identity quickly takes a backseat when people decide her Blackness is more important (in a bad way). However, it was in equal measure heart-filling to see her find home in her family and her ancestors.