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Sep 6, 20213 min read
How Moon Fuentez fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Rating: 4 stars Genre: YA Romance (w/magical realism) Description: The Hating Game meets I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter in this...
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Aug 31, 20212 min read
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
Rating: 5 stars Genre: dark fantasy historical novella Description: Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns with Ring...
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Aug 27, 20213 min read
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Rating: 5 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance [Second-Chance] Description: Seven days to fall in love, fifteen years to forget, and seven...
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Aug 26, 20212 min read
Radha & Jai’s Recipe for Romance by Nisha Sharma
Rating: 4 stars Genre: YA Romance Description: Radha is on the verge of becoming one of the greatest kathak dancers in the world... until...
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Aug 23, 20212 min read
Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia
Rating: 3 stars Genre: Mystery/Historical Fiction Description: The start of an exciting new historical mystery series set during the...
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Aug 19, 20213 min read
Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce
Rating: 3.5 stars Genre: Historical Fiction Description 1925: Chicago is the jazz capital of the world, and the Dreamland Caf is the...
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Aug 11, 20212 min read
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Rating: 5 stars Genre: YA Fantasy Description Ever since she can remember, Briseis has had power over plants. Flowers bloom in her...
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Aug 8, 20212 min read
Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton & More
Rating: 5 Stars Genre: Young Adult Romance Description "A summer heatwave blankets New York City in darkness. But as the city is thrown...
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Aug 5, 20212 min read
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Rating: 5 stars Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Romance Description: That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love...
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Jul 27, 20213 min read
Book of the Little Axe by Lauren Francis-Sharma
Rating: 4.5 stars Description: "In 1796 Trinidad, young Rosa Rendón quietly but purposefully rebels against the life others expect her to...
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Jul 25, 20212 min read
Sweethand by N.G. Peltier
Rating: 3.5 Stars Spice: 🔥 Description: After a public meltdown over her breakup from her cheating musician boyfriend, Cherisse swore...
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Jul 24, 20212 min read
American Dreamers by Adriana Ferrera
Rating: 5 stars Spice: 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Description: No one ever said big dreams come easy For Nesto Vasquez, moving his Afro-Caribbean food...
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Jul 20, 20212 min read
Mangos & Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera
Rating: 3.5 stars Genre: Romance (Novella) Spice: 🔥🔥🔥 Description: "Kiskeya Burgos left the tropical beaches of the Dominican Republic...
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Jul 18, 20213 min read
Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass
Rating: 4 Stars Genre: Young Adult/Teen - Second Chance Romance Description: "Inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Where the Rhythm...
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Jul 15, 20213 min read
Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora edited by Saraciea Fennell
Rating: 4.5 *Note: I will be using Latine instead of Latinx in my review for a couple of reasons. 1. "It’s difficult to pronounce Spanish...
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Jul 11, 20213 min read
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
Rating: 5 stars My hand holding a hardcover copy of Instructions for Dancing in front of a green forest. Description: "Evie Thomas...
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Jul 11, 20214 min read
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Rating: 5 stars A hardcover copy of Legendborn sits on the outer wall of a small wooden well in the woods. Description: "After her mother...
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Jun 27, 20212 min read
While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory
Rating: 4 stars Description: “Ben Stephens has never bothered with serious relationships. He has plenty of casual dates to keep him busy,...
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Jun 24, 20212 min read
Transgender History, 2nd ed. by Susan Stryker
Rating: 5 stars Description: "Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a...
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Jun 24, 20212 min read
The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Description: "Kit Webb has left his stand-and-deliver days behind him. But dreary days at his coffee shop have...
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