How do you feel about love stories?

Who's Loving You: Love Stories by Women of Colour Ed. by Sareeta Domingo

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"However - and this should be obvious, but - human beings of all kinds fall in love, and have desire, and heartache, and heartbreak. It's vital that we get to see one another in this sometimes fire-hot, sometimes soul-warming, sometimes icily-devastating light. It is vital that we see ourselves portrayed in this way. Seeing love of all kinds represented fully, in art as in life, allows us to relate on a level that can be dangerous when lacking."

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Sareeta Domingo has brought together a beautiful collection of short stories written by a variety of women of colour. The collection started out a little rocky for me, but I absolutely devoured this collection of love stories. It by no means represents every woman of colour or every background but it is a wonderful collection.

What it does do is bring us heartwarming and emotional stories of love, loss, and family. The stories really varied in style and content from everyday romances, to workplace romance, to stories with science-fiction elements. We have stories set in Liverpool, Brighton, Tehran, London and more. The collection brings to life a rich array of character and nearly all of them captured my heart.

For such short stories we got some really poignant and emotional experiences and I would absolutely adore if some of these works became longer books on their own.

Some personal favourites were 'Long Distance' by Varaidzo, 'Brief Encounters' by Sara Collins, 'Rani' by Amna Saleem and 'Motherland' by Sara Jarafari.

Other contributors to the collection included: Kelechi Okafor, Sareeta Domingo, Kuchenga, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Daniellé DASH and Dorothy Koomson.

Overall a beautiful collection of love stories that I absolutely adored. This made me feel warm and happy inside whilst reading and I definitely want to read more by all of the women who contributed to this collection as there was so much to offer!