Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Another win from this author!

Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Abíké Íyímídé

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Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. Don’t go in expecting another thriller like Ace of Spades and you’ll be fine. This is more of a straight mystery than Íyímídé’s debut; it is slower paced and there is both more passing of actual time in the story, and time spent with characters just talking to each other. In a way, it’s a lot more atmospheric than Ace of Spades. It sort of traded in the […]

How are you supposed to win if the deck is stacked against you?

Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide

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I have spent the better part of a month trying to write this review. I really really really wanted to love this book. For the first seventy-five percent, I was really into the mystery and the characters, but the last quarter of this book goes completely off the rails. To the point that it makes me dislike the rest of the book. Devon is a student at the prestigious Niveus Academy. However, he is one of only two black students and is also a scholarship […]

An intense and timely YA thriller.

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

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I’ve decided to keep this rounded down to four stars for now, because while the rest of the book was absolutely great, the climax was a little underwhelming for me, and that’s the moment you’re waiting for in a thriller. The epilogue ended the book on a great note, but this wasn’t a perfect read. It was very, very good, though, and I will definitely be checking out everything from this author going forward. If this is the book she can write at 21 years […]



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