BOOK OF THE MONTH
Legendbord by Tracy Deonn
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Bree is mourning the mysterious and recent death of her mother when she starts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There, a series of odd, magical events lead her searching for the reason of her mother's death, ultimately hurtling her headfirst into a world in which
ARTIST OF THE MONTH
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Flowers generally follow their own cycles, they always bloom in a specific time of the year and because it is spring I thought lilies were a fitting flower since they typically bloom from late spring to late summer.
-Sabokau
the myth of King Arthur is very much alive. And all the descendents of the knights, known as Legendborn, are battling an influx of demons. But even though that battle has been fought for centuries, Bree finds herself endlessly trying to prove herself to a society of white men. Throughout the entirety of the book, all the way to the climax, Tracy Deonn paints a vivid picture of how the cycles of racism and sexism have harmed generations of Black women. I personally enjoyed the book because the way Deonn wonderfully created a realistic fantasy world, while also merging it with very real and scary problems in our own world, was really powerful and immersive.