Reviews

The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories

Maurice Carlos Ruffins’s short story collection is rooted in and about New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. These are desperate...

Mocha Girl

Mar 28, 20211 min read

The Sweetness of Water is set in the antebellum South shortly after Lee’s surrender. The residents of Old Ox are grappling with...

Mocha Girl

Mar 28, 20211 min read

Art Imitates Life. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is wrapped around a fictional 1970’s musical duo: Nev, a white British songwriter,...

Mocha Girl

Mar 28, 20211 min read

I closed the book and wanted to rest overnight with my thoughts before reviewing. At a point when I was struggling with its pacing,...

Mocha Girl

Mar 28, 20212 min read

On the surface, White Magic is seemingly a cathartic collection of essays that reflect Elissa Washuta’s highly introspective, extremely...

Mocha Girl

Mar 28, 20212 min read

Katharina Kepler is a spunky, down-to-earth, no-nonsense widowed grandmother who who has raised successful children while managing her...

Mocha Girl

Mar 28, 20212 min read

This book was provided by NetGalley for an honest review. Wow - Just Wow! While it's not fair to compare, I was a bit concerned because...

Mocha Girl

Mar 13, 20211 min read

This book was provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Rating: 2.5 Hettie and Benjy Rhodes are former slaves and legendary...

Mocha Girl

Mar 13, 20212 min read

The novel opens with The Horton Family making its annual rounds to backwoods tent meetings throughout the South where Rev. Horton hopes...

Mocha Girl

Mar 13, 20211 min read

I will admit that despite the non-stop events steeped in trauma throughout the novel - I really “enjoyed” the story and the literary...

Mocha Girl

Mar 13, 20212 min read

She’s back! This the third installment in the series dedicated to Fatma el-Sha’arawi , a young Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and...

Mocha Girl

Mar 13, 20212 min read