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  • Legendborn by Tracy Deonn: A Contemporary Fantasy’s Ode to Black Daughterhood (Review)

    I finally read Tracy Deonn’s contemporary fantasy smash hit, Legendborn. And it was everything and more. About the Book After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until

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  • Book Review: Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

    I’m usually weird about sequels. I’ll either read them immediately after finishing the first installment, or I’ll wait months–or in some cases years–before picking them up. In the case of Wayward Son, I dived right in after finishing Carry On. And what a time it was. (Note: This review will contain spoilers for books one

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  • Book Review: We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

    Hey, everyone! I’m back with a new book review, and this time it’s for Hafsah Faizal’s debut YA fantasy, We Hunt the Flame! About the Book People lived because she killed. People died because he lived. Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to

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