The culture… I love the mentions of Demerara, coconut bread and West Indian magic. How she drops bits of how the ton perceives Patience and how her husband hide her away is interwoven throughout the story realistically. I got what Riley was putting down. The point of view was super confusing in the beginning but […]
Genre: Historical Romance
Review| Daughters of a Nation: A Black Suffragette Historical Romance Anthology
Well after the painful election, I needed a break from nonfiction and what better way than jumping back into romance with some historical romance and a reminder that as bad as you think you have it, times have been worse and people have preserved, so yes this is a romance but I loved how the […]
Review| Belle, Beverly Jenkins
I have had this one on my kindle for years…This being slated as young adult is why I was such a hold out. When I think young adult, I just think angsty for no reason. But I was wrong, wish I had read this one sooner and I do plan on reading book two in […]
Review| Trail of Redemption, Merry Farmer
I was excited to see this, I am on a deep early American kick and I recognize this is a difficult era to write about and include happy Black Americans, I get it, I do, I do. I loved the heroine Estelle, she was leaving behind her family and life as she knew it. How […]