Tag: POC representation

• Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous (2021)

  

  Suzanne Park. 3.5 stars. (9781728209425). Sunny Song is shipped off to a digital detoxing camp after a cooking video goes viral.

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  May 31, 2021

  Books, Reviews

  2021, 3.5 stars, comedy, Contemporary, POC representation, romance, Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous, Suzanne Park, Title S, YA

• Luck of the Titanic (2021)

  

  Stacey Lee. 4 stars. (9781524740986). Valora sneaks onto the Titanic to reunite with her brother and convince him to join her in chasing their dream of becoming acrobats.

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  May 27, 2021

  Books, Reviews

  2021, 4 stars, Historical Fiction, Luck of the Titanic, POC representation, Stacey Lee, Title L, YA

• Heart & Seoul (2021)

  

  Jen Frederick. 3 stars. (9780593100141). Hara Wilson, a Korean adoptee, goes in search of her biological father after her adoptive father’s death.

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  May 25, 2021

  Books, Release Day, Reviews

  2021, Adult, Contemporary, Heart & Seoul, Jen Frederick, POC representation, romance, Seoul Series, Title H

• Happy Endings (2021)

  

  Thien-Kim Lam. 2.5 stars. (9780063040847). Trixie is an independent sales rep for an adult toy company but has hopes to open her own boutique. While hosting a bridal party in a friend’s restaurant, she meets her ex again.

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  May 18, 2021

  Books, Release Day, Reviews

  2.5 stars, 2021, Adult, Contemporary, Happy Endings, POC representation, romance, second chance romance, Thien-Kim Lam, Title H

• Hurricane Summer (2021)

  

  Asha Bromfield. 3 stars. (9781250622235). {Blog Tour} Tilla and her little sister Mia head to Jamaica to spend 2 months with their father, but the reunification Tilla secretly hoped for is not as she imagined it to be.

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  May 4, 2021

  Books, Release Day, Reviews, Tours

  2021, 3 stars, Asha Bromfield, coming of age, Contemporary, Hurricane Summer, POC representation, Title H, YA

• THAO (2021)

  

  Thao Lam. 4 stars. (9781771474320). When you have a name that is hard to pronounce, it can be difficult.

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  April 21, 2021

  Books, Release Day, Reviews

  2021, 4 stars, children's books, identity, POC representation, Thao, Thao Lam, Title T

• {teaser} Firekeeper’s Daughter (2021)

  

  Firekeeper’s Daughter will be released on March 16, 2021! Here’s a teaser trailer to help you bide your time until then.

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  February 26, 2021

  Books, Teasers

  2021, Angeline Boulley, diverse, Firekeeper's Daughter, POC representation, teaser trailer, thriller, YA, YA thriller

• Girl Gone Viral (2020)

  

  Alisha Rai. 4 stars. (9780062877888). After a video of her goes viral, Katrina and her bodyguard Jas retreat to Jas’s childhood home to try to remain out of the spotlight.

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  February 10, 2021

  Books, Reviews

  2020, 4 stars, Adult, Alisha Rai, bodyguard romance, Contemporary, diverse, Girl Gone Viral, Modern Love, POC representation, reread, romance, Title G

• A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow (2020)

  

  Laura Taylor Namey. 4 stars. (9781534471245). Lila is forced to spend the summer in England with her aunt.

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  November 11, 2020

  Books, Reviews

  2020, 4 stars, A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, diverse, Laura Taylor Namey, POC representation, romance, Title A, YA

• Forest of Souls (2020)

  

  Lori M. Lee. 3 stars. (9781624149245). Badass spy-in-training is trying to find a place in her world when she accidentally brings her friend back from the dead and, incidentally, finds out she might have place in her world.

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  June 29, 2020

  Books, Reviews

  2020, 3 stars, Fantasy, Forest of Souls, Hmong, Inaugural, Lori M. Lee, POC representation, Title F, YA