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3-3.5 stars!! Great starter book for older teens and young adults. If you’re older and you’re someone who has already started your healing self-care journey you’re not going to find anything new here; however, I love that it written specifically with Black women in mind and offers real tangible suggestions broken up by the mind, body, and soul. I’ll definitely be recommending to my young and older therapy clients who are looking for a place to start!
4.5/5 stars
I really enjoyed this book! I did have to put it down a bit because this is one that requires attention to detail and my neurodivergent can’t always handle that. I put the book down so as to make sure I was giving this book a fair review. When I did picked this book back up, I was pleasantly surprised at how wonderful and engaging the writing style and world building was. The author is clearly talented!
Beast of Prey is a dual POV story done well. We follow Koffi and Ekon both of which are fighting for different things. Koffi to be free and Ekon to become a son of the six. However, they come together in pursue of a seemingly mutual outcome.
What I liked:
The world building is amazing
All the characters were well developed
I loved reading an own voice book that wasn’t centered in trauma and pain.
The story telling was engaging
What I didn’t like:
Some parts were hard to follow
Overall I loved this book! I’m excited to know that books like this are being made for the younger generations. I needed more of this as a child and now reading them as an adult is definitely healing my inner child! Can’t wait to read the second book!
I really enjoyed this book! I did have to put it down a bit because this is one that requires attention to detail and my neurodivergent can’t always handle that. I put the book down so as to make sure I was giving this book a fair review. When I did picked this book back up, I was pleasantly surprised at how wonderful and engaging the writing style and world building was. The author is clearly talented!
Beast of Prey is a dual POV story done well. We follow Koffi and Ekon both of which are fighting for different things. Koffi to be free and Ekon to become a son of the six. However, they come together in pursue of a seemingly mutual outcome.
What I liked:
The world building is amazing
All the characters were well developed
I loved reading an own voice book that wasn’t centered in trauma and pain.
The story telling was engaging
What I didn’t like:
Some parts were hard to follow
Overall I loved this book! I’m excited to know that books like this are being made for the younger generations. I needed more of this as a child and now reading them as an adult is definitely healing my inner child! Can’t wait to read the second book!
4.5 stars
I want to start by saying that this is not a book for everyone. The Woman Could Fly, similar to the authors debut novel, appears to be written for a niche audience and I am one of those people.
The Woman Could Fly is a social commentary dystopian novel that follows Josephine “Jo” in a world similar to our own, with one major difference- witches are real, woman are closely monitored and must be married before the age of 30. In other words, woman have no autonomy especially queer women of color.
Using the disappearance of Jo’s mom, this book explores the autonomy and limits of women’s lives in a such a way that leaves you questioning how free are we really?
This book dealt with a lot of difficult themes and did so in a way that felt both authentic and relatable to me as a Black woman. Although witches are real in this book and are essentially burnt at the stake if found out, many of the racist, misogynistic, homophobic elements are very much true and relevant in our current world and political system.
Overall, I thought this was a great book! The characters were dynamic and believable, the commentary was rich and well written, and the plot drew me in from start to finish.
Thank you to Harper Collins for the ARC of this book. All thoughts are my own and did not influence this review
I want to start by saying that this is not a book for everyone. The Woman Could Fly, similar to the authors debut novel, appears to be written for a niche audience and I am one of those people.
The Woman Could Fly is a social commentary dystopian novel that follows Josephine “Jo” in a world similar to our own, with one major difference- witches are real, woman are closely monitored and must be married before the age of 30. In other words, woman have no autonomy especially queer women of color.
Using the disappearance of Jo’s mom, this book explores the autonomy and limits of women’s lives in a such a way that leaves you questioning how free are we really?
This book dealt with a lot of difficult themes and did so in a way that felt both authentic and relatable to me as a Black woman. Although witches are real in this book and are essentially burnt at the stake if found out, many of the racist, misogynistic, homophobic elements are very much true and relevant in our current world and political system.
Overall, I thought this was a great book! The characters were dynamic and believable, the commentary was rich and well written, and the plot drew me in from start to finish.
Thank you to Harper Collins for the ARC of this book. All thoughts are my own and did not influence this review
