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The White Guy Dies First by Terry J. Benton-Walker
3.75
dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

I always struggle with anthologies so much because I love the concept but there’s always 2 or 3 stories I love and the rest are usually just meh 🤦🏻‍♀️ This set of stories was so interesting and the concept is amazing but some of the stories just didn’t work in short form imo! There were a few that I would’ve ended up rating higher if the stories were expanded on but sometimes there just wasn’t enough time to establish enough. But just because there were only a few that I really enjoyed, that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t recommend the book, I definitely would because I know people will love some of the ones I didn’t! Also, I think this could be a really fun mini series with each episode being one of the stories! I think some might be able to translate on screen better than they did on paper! 

Ratings:
All Eyes On Me - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hedge - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
The Golden Dragon - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Best Served Cold - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
The Protégé - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Docile Girls - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Gray Grove - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Everything’s Coming Up Roses - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Heaven - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Break Through Our Skin - ⭐️⭐️
Wasps - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75
Hell Is Other Demons - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75
The Road To Hell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️