Tag: POC characters

• REVIEW: The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

  

  The Official Description: A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. Isaiah was Samuel’s and Samuel was Isaiah’s. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the…

  charkinzie

  20 Dec 2020

  5 stars, Books, historical, lgbtqia content, own voices author, self-discovery

  2020 review, book, book review, Books, Enslavement, Goodreads, historical, historical queer literature, james baldwin, netgalley, Penguing books, people of colour, POC characters, review, Robert Jones Jr, slaves, the Prophets, Toni Morrison

• REVIEW: American Love Story by Adrianna Herrera

  The Official Description: No one should have to choose between love and justice. Haitian-born professor and activist Patrice Denis is not here for anything that will veer him off the path he’s worked so hard for. One particularly dangerous distraction: Easton Archer, the assistant district attorney who last summer gave Patrice some of the most intense…

  charkinzie

  7 Sep 2019

  MM romance

  2019 Review, American Fairytale, anyta sunday, back to you, Beyond Identity, Brigham Vaughn, Building up to love, carina press, character with dyslexia, Chris Scully, Daniel de Lorne, Dreamers series, gay character, gay romance, harrassment by law enforcement officers, J.V. Speyer, Karrie Roman, lgbtq fiction, lgbtq lit, lgbtq+, Love and Family series, m/m romance, made for you, MM romance, netgalley, NineStar Press, outting, POC characters, political characters, queer lit, racial profiling, review, street-involved character, the ghosts between us, the love left behind, The West hills series