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Shanita Hubbard uses this book to explain how the concept of being a Ride or Die is harmful to Black women. The book breaks down the many ways that being a Ride or Die causes pain and suffering for Black women and provides ways in which Black women, and the Black community as a whole, can better protect and appreciate Black women.

This was a great read for Black women. The author tackled so many important topics such as: medical racism, homophobia, police violence against Black women, and the responsibility of Black men to do better by us. I feel like a lot of BLACK MEN need to read this book! Black women too obviously because the book was written for us, but it would be especially insightful for Black men who want to do better by Black women. With an easy flow to the writing, this book touched on a myriad of topics that need to be talked more openly about in our community.

I really enjoyed this book and can’t wait to recommend it to other people within our community. Black women are the most disrespected group in the world and anyone who wants to see our point of view and do better by us should read this book! 

Thank you Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for this arc. All opinions are my own.

This was so cute! Callie and Thane were such a cute couple. I loved Callie and Thane was a great book boyfriend (we love a dog dad🥰). I even loved the side characters. My only complaint is that I wish there had been a change of tone at some point. Toward the end, the story felt a little monotonous to me. But I really enjoyed this book. I look forward to reading another Kimberly Brown book!

In the year 2112 the apocalypse is happening, global warming and societal collapse, the world has lost hope. But a group of Indigenous outcasts find a portal that can send people back in time. What better way to save the world than send someone back in time to kill Christopher Columbus to keep him from “discovering” (colonizing) America? 

The premise of this book amazing! I was so excited to see this story being told. I would also like to go back in time and kill Christopher Columbus😊. Also, look at this cover! The cover drew me in before I even knew what the book was about. It is incredibly engrossing.

I enjoyed this! The art was beautiful and it’s such a great story. This was just a taste of what’s to come in this series, so I’m intrigued. I did find it to be confusing at times though. The dialogue was a little convoluted, and the scenes skipped around too much without resolution for the previous scene. I think it could’ve benefited from having longer individual scenes. 

But I did enjoy this! Loved the art, the story, and I’m excited to see the character development as the series continues. Can’t wait to see the colonizers get what they deserve!

3.5 stars rounded up!

Thank you NetGalley and IDW Publishing for this arc. All opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed this book! Our main character, a werewolf hunter named Alex, was really interesting. There was a good amount of action. And I also enjoyed the descriptions of the werewolves turning, it was descriptive without being longwinded. I enjoyed the action scenes, but I thought they happened a little too fast. I enjoyed the fast pace of them and that they were thrilling, but sometimes things were described so fast that I couldn’t get a clear picture of them. And the ending dragged for me, I felt like it could’ve been a little shorter. But overall, I was pleasantly surprised by this book and can’t wait to read more by the author!

I really enjoyed most of the book, but at around 70% in, I started getting bored. And then the whole end was very disappointing.

DNF at 69%. 

This book has put me in a major reading slump because it’s just so slow.

The thing is, I was enjoying this book, but it seemed like no matter how much I read, I wasn’t making any progress on it. It was 300+ pages, why did it feel like a never ending book? I’ve read 600+ page books quicker than the 2 weeks I wasted trying to read this.

TW: police brutality, child abuse, molestation, domestic abuse (all briefly mentioned), and animal death