contemporary/historical fiction

Chinelo Ikem

reflection: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

[i interviewed Morgan Rogers about her book. you can check out our interview on my instagram here.] ~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW:...

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reflection: Outlawed by Anna North

~book reflection~~spoilers~ “These VERY DANGEROUS CRIMINALS are known to harbor among them WITCHES and people of MIXED BREED, and to...

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reflection: The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

~book reflection~ TW: sexual assault “I choosy with who pain I feel,” Sarah said. “Some people pain is eternal. Some people worship they...

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reflection: The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson

[i interviewed Nancy Johnson about her book. you can check out our interview on my instagram page.] ~book reflection~~spoilers~ “Somehow,...

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reflection: Memorial by Bryan Washington

~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: DV "That loving a person means letting them change when they need to. And letting them go when they need...

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reflection: Permission by Saskia Vogel

~book reflection~ TW: overt sexual themes, violence "I treated dating like it was my job. The men were easy fun. There was more to it, of...

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reflection: Red Pill by Hari Kunzru

~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: suicide "I think it is possible to track the onset of middle age exactly. It is the moment when you...

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reflection: Fifty Words For Rain by Asha Lemmie

~book reflection~~major spoilers~ "It's obvious that you're half-caste," she said, lowering her voice to a chilling whisper. "At best....

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reflection: Like A Bird by Fariha Róisín

~book reflection~~major spoilers~ TW: suicide, sexual assault "Surely the violence that he had administered to me would be detectable in...