contemporary/historical fiction

Chinelo Ikem

May 20, 20216 min read

reflection: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

[i interviewed Morgan Rogers about her book. you can check out our interview on my instagram here.] ~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW:...

Chinelo Ikem

May 20, 20215 min read

reflection: Outlawed by Anna North

~book reflection~~spoilers~ “These VERY DANGEROUS CRIMINALS are known to harbor among them WITCHES and people of MIXED BREED, and to...

Chinelo Ikem

May 20, 20216 min read

reflection: The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

~book reflection~ TW: sexual assault “I choosy with who pain I feel,” Sarah said. “Some people pain is eternal. Some people worship they...

Chinelo Ikem

May 20, 20215 min read

reflection: The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson

[i interviewed Nancy Johnson about her book. you can check out our interview on my instagram page.] ~book reflection~~spoilers~ “Somehow,...

Chinelo Ikem

Jan 31, 20215 min read

reflection: Memorial by Bryan Washington

~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: DV "That loving a person means letting them change when they need to. And letting them go when they need...

Chinelo Ikem

Jan 15, 20214 min read

reflection: Permission by Saskia Vogel

~book reflection~ TW: overt sexual themes, violence "I treated dating like it was my job. The men were easy fun. There was more to it, of...

Chinelo Ikem

Dec 25, 20204 min read

reflection: Red Pill by Hari Kunzru

~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: suicide "I think it is possible to track the onset of middle age exactly. It is the moment when you...

Chinelo Ikem

Dec 15, 20204 min read

reflection: Fifty Words For Rain by Asha Lemmie

~book reflection~~major spoilers~ "It's obvious that you're half-caste," she said, lowering her voice to a chilling whisper. "At best....

Chinelo Ikem

Dec 13, 20205 min read

reflection: Like A Bird by Fariha Róisín

~book reflection~~major spoilers~ TW: suicide, sexual assault "Surely the violence that he had administered to me would be detectable in...