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Red Winter: The Complete Trilogy (Red Winter Trilogy #1-3) by Annette Marie

October 4, 2026 .

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Hello humans! Do you ever have a feeling that something so good could be a lie, but then it turns out not to be a lie? Well, that’s how this book was for me. With every installment, it just kept...

Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke

January 15, 2022 .

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The only this this movie has going for it is the cast. The makers of this movie assembled Nollywood’s finest but sadly, even Nollywood’s finest could not save this movie.

A Memory of Light (The Wheel of Time #14) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

January 13, 2022 .

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Despite its brilliance, it would be totally unfair to judge other epic fantasy series using WoT as a yardstick. Here, I’d simply say, “other series have done well, but WoT surpasses them a...

Shroud of Eternity (Sister of Darkness: The Nicci Chronicles #2) by Terry Goodkind

January 13, 2022 .

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In Shroud of Eternity, Terry Goodkind once again shows that he can consistently churn out first-rate epic fantasy all set in one big world

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

January 14, 2022 .

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I loved the use of flashbacks; it flowed with the storytelling and bought shocking insights into why Ayo is that way.

The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

January 25, 2022 .

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As an African woman, I have lived in shame, and shame has lived in me. I told myself I was keeping my virginity for my husband. I needed to be a virtuous woman to be appreciated, I did not know what v...

Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala

January 10, 2022 .

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Niru is gay and cannot freely explore his queerness. Although he is in a country like America, the Africanness and religiosity in his parents would not let them support him. Rather they take him to pa...

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

January 7, 2022 .

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We assume that people are either gay or lesbians, forgetting that the queer spectrum is broad and there are so many intersections. The rainbow has so many different colors, not just red and yellow. ...

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

January 5, 2022 .

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It reminds me of a young man who once promised forever. He had been so consistent and intense in his promises of forever that I believed it, latched onto it, breathed it, and looked forward to it. ...

Malice (The Faithful and The Fallen #1) by John Gwynne

January 4, 2022 .

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Then there are the themes in the book. Everything needed for a perfect dish of dark, grim fantasy is here. Magic? Check. Betrayal? Aplenty. Violence? You can literally hear the screams of dying men. A...

Tyrant’s Throne (Greatcoats #4) by Sebastien de Castell

January 4, 2022 .

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It’s a testament to the writer’s storytelling and plot-twisting skills that he’s able to get his characters into so much trouble and then get them out, all without giving his readers...

The Fifth Empire of Man (Best Laid Plans #2) by Rob J. Hayes

January 4, 2022 .

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The fighting is hats off, badass! The descriptions of sex are just as vivid as the gruesome literary pictures of broken skulls, disemboweled soldiers, hamstrung men and women, and decapitated men lyin...