Dissent: A Five-Course Meal (With Suggested Pairings) by AIMEE OGDEN -  ⭐⭐.75
In the Beginning of Me, I Was a Bird by MARIA DONG - ⭐⭐⭐.5
Up Falling by JENDAYI BROOKS-FLEMISTER - ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
In the Cold, Dark Sea by JENNY RAE RAPPAPORT -  ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
On the Ship by LEAH CYPESS -  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
An Address to the Newest Disciples of the Lost Words by VANESSA FOGG - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Cale and Stardust Battle the Mud Gobblers of Hudson Valley by LINCOLN MICHEL - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death by N.K. JEMISIN -  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  

I thought I could read this book a year after the first one but it turns out that I can't. I couldn't connect with the characters or the plot. Maybe some time later I could reread the first book and try again, but right now there are other books that I'm more excited to read.