Book Review: Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega

Charming and spooky, Claribel A. Oretga’s middle grade debut, Ghost Squad, feels like the coziest autumn evening — ever.  Based in Dominican folklore, Ghost Squad follows twelve year old Lucely and her best friend Syd. Lucely lives with her father…

Book Review: Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry

Atmospheric and evocative, Tigers Not Daughters explores the nonlinear nature of grief and sisterhood through the lens of magical realism. Author Samantha Mabry tinges her words in bittersweet energy that will captivate the reader page after page.   Tigers, Not Daughters follows…

Book Review: We Set The Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Tehlor Kay Mejia’s debut, We Set the Dark on Fire, is a sapphic enemies to lovers dystopian novel set in a non specific Latinx world. It’s a book about revolution, freedom and breaking the wheel. At the same time, it…