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lila-rae · 1 year

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Rilzy Adams

Go Deep

Treble

Birthday Shot

Surrender

Spiked Hot Chocolate

Danielle Allen

Truth or Dare

Business Casual

Sweatpants Season

Bolu Babalola

Honey and Spice

Natasha Bishop

Lost and Found Series (3 books)

Seressia Glass

The Love Con

Joya Goffney

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl

Mimi Grace

Make a Scene

What a Match

Along for the Ride

Jasmine Guillory

The Wedding Date Series

By the Book

Mia Heintzelman

The Friendship Contract

Talia Hibbert

Take a Hint, Dani Brown

The Roomate Risk

Christina C. Jones

Behind the Scenes

Tracey Livesay

American Royalty

K.C. Mills

Implied Consent

Informed Consent

N.G. Peltier

Sweethand

Don’t Go Baking My Heart

Farrah Rochon

The Boyfriend Project Series (3 books)

Kennedy Ryan

Long Shot

Hook Shot

Queen Move

Reel

J.L. Seegars

Restore Me

Revive Me

Alexandra Warren

Can’t Catch Me

On the Rebound

Distracted

One Last Shot

Two Minute Warning

#book recs #black books #black authors #black romance books #black romance book recs #Lila’s book recs

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idyllicbby · 10 months

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their softness, their banter, their love 🥹🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾

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dreacwrites · 8 months

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I honestly cannot believe it’s been a year!!! I’ve learned so much in a year’s time and can’t wait to see what year two publishing holds!

Amazon link can be found here

TikTok shop can be found here

#booklr #fantasy romance books #black romance books #sapphic romance books #spicy books

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ingloriousgigi · 1 year

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Black Romance Is A Black Only Space

This shouldn't be controversial. This should be something that the book community as a whole should just be widely accepted. Yet, when it comes to Black spaces, it's always met by non-Black people (especially white people) with incredulity. How dare we Black folks have a space just for us? How dare we exclude them.

Yet, when Black people try to create diversity in a traditionally white space we are told "We are told that we should make our own spaces." But when we do, white people feel entitled to the spaces we make.

The moral of the story is that we can't win.

The fact of this matter is clear: Black romance is Black only space. You can READ Black romance and I do encourage you to do so. One of the best ways to support Black people is by giving us money. Especially since there happens to be a hefty pay gap between white and Black authors. See the #publishingpaidme scandal.

However, no matter how hard you research. No matter what primary sources you read, you will never understand the history, the culture, the pain, the trauma, and the joy of being Black. To be blunt: You have to live that shit. Research will never replace lived experiences.

And before you get up in feelings about this: I'm not that you can't write Black side characters or write interracial romances with Black main characters. Although, I do have some hard feelings about white people writing from the point of view of Black characters. However, that is MY opinion and it's nowhere near a consensus opinion among Black people.

The Black Community or The Black Communities because the Black Disapora is vast and varied we are not a monoloith.

But you can't write 2 or more Black main characters falling in love. Well, you can, but YOU SHOULDN'T. When you do this you are actively taking space from Black authors in a publishing industry that according to 2019 Lees and Low's study is 76% WHITE. You are inserting into a Black only space for your own profit and gain.

If you can't accept this criticism or this boundary from Black people. And believe me, this is part is A CONSENSUS OPINION among Black people. Then you have zero right to be here in this space and I certainly don't want to you to write Black representation. As always, when Black people are asking for representation. We are not telling you to write our stories. Black people are MORE THAN CAPABLE to write our own stories.

This is basically a clear-cut case of cultural appropriation but in book form.

Again, you can write interracial romance with a Black love interest. I have zero problems with what personally as long as you do it respectfully and you get a Black sensitivity reader. But I need non-Black folks (including people of color) to back off Black romance.

#black romance #booklr #black romance books #hot topics

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miss-chevious19 · 1 year

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Part 4: Books by Black Authors to Read

Dread Nation #1 Dread Nation Justina Ireland Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville—derailing the War Between the States and changing America forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Reeducation Act require certain children attend combat schools to learn…

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#BIPOC authors #BIPOC books #BIPOC characters #Black authors #Black fantasy books #black historical fiction books #black history month #black romance books #black science fiction books

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nerdynatreads · 2 years

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book review || Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley

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~Thanks to Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of Fake It Till You Bake It in exchange for an honest review. ~

Okay, so this was a good month for fake dating books because I also liked how this book handled the trope! That being said though, this wasn’t as great as I was hoping.

I love a good cooking setting romance, but the pacing of this was all over the place and the plot was... weird.

This started off strong, with a meet-ugly between Jada and Donovan. Initially, I really was thinking Donovan would be my preferred POV, but Jada ended up growing on me. She felt very personable and I could certainly relate to her speaking before you think issue as well as her fear of failure and disappointing her loved ones. The message about how women are portrayed in media was well done and the handling of her dyslexia was as well. I think overall, Jada had a strong character arc and was probably the most well-written character in the book. On the other hand, Donovan was charming in the beginning but I felt as though his personality slowly waned as the book progressed. And god, the possessiveness that comes out of nowhere and was so unwarranted! On top of that, his side plot felt very low stakes given that he could lose his company.

The attraction between these two was instant, but I didn’t feel like there was enough chemistry to back it up. They bickered a lot (sometimes sounding more like teenagers than adults) and only had a few serious conversations where I felt that a relationship was actually blossoming. Two chili peppers for the smut scene.

Side characters should have been more built up by the end, especially if there is going to be a sequel, and the last-minute conflict was so unnecessary. It lasted a single chapter. And then, of course, the required couple drama that also lasted a chapter. Why can’t we, as a book community, move past this? Instead of making them break up for a single chapter (that apparently was a three-month period?), the last-minute conflict could have been stretched out and the couple could have worked together to find a solution! In the process, they could see how committed they are and what they truly mean to one another! That would have been much more interesting.

I think this was an easy, quick romance read, but unfortunately, didn’t stand out.

3 / 5 stars

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ihavetosays-blog · 4 months

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#bookreviews #books #book review #black authors #bookreview #favorite book #romance books #black books #booktok #jasmineguillory #black romance books

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thebibliosphere · 2 months

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A Library with a deadly enchantment. A fae lord who wants in. A human woman willing to risk it all for a taste of power. In a land ruled by ruthless Fae, twenty-one-year-old Lore Alemeyu's village is trapped in a forested prison. Lore knows that any escape attempt is futile–her scars are a testament to her past failures. But when her village is threatened, Lore makes a desperate deal with a fae lord. She convinces him that she will risk her life for wealth, but really she’s after the one thing the Fae covet above all: magic of her own. As Lore navigates the hostile world outside, she’s forced to rely on two fae males to survive. When undeniable chemistry ignites, she’s not just in danger of losing her life, but her heart to the very creatures she can never trust.

Happy book birthday to Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana!

Ana's not on Tumblr, so I'm doing the celebration for her 💖🥳

If you like:

-🍄 cottage core -✨ fairy core -📚 light/dark academia vibes -🌈 a diverse cast of all Black LGBTQIA+ characters -💘 romance -🧝🏾‍♀️ the idea of being kidnapped by a fairy prince to tidy up his cursed/enchanted library and coming into your own magical powers as a result, then Lore of the Wilds might just be for you!

Full disclosure: I worked on this book as a proofreader before it got picked up by Harper Collins, and I loved every minute of it. I kept forgetting I was supposed to be working and reading ahead. I scheduled a week to finish reading it and did it in 3 days, and the only reason it took so long was that I had to actually pause and work on it 😅

Lore of the Wilds is available now in ebook, audio, paperback, and hardback from most book retailers. Check out the Harper Collins links to find a retailer close to you!

Please consider checking out Lore. It's a stunning world with an amazing cast, and Ana deserves every bit of success after she fought so hard to get her all Black fairytale past the hurdles of mainstream publishing.

#booklr #writerblr #book launch #lore of the wilds #analeigh sbrana #black fairy fantasy #romantasy #adventure fantasy romance #dark academia #cottage core #fairy core #signal boost

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saintmichale · 9 months

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#mcr #my chemical romance #gerard way #pulp thriller #my art #cheerleader gerard #my chem #digital art #mcr art #mcr nashville #thriller novel #teenagers #the black parade #tbp #thriller #vintage books #vintage cover art #pulp covers

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the-bi-library · 2 months

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Happy Black History Month! Here are upcoming bi black books! Make sure to preorder the ones that interest you!

Did I miss any books? If yes, then, feel free to let me know 💖

Books listed:

The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste

Saint-Seducing Gold (The Forge & Fracture Saga #2) by Brittany N. Williams

Dear Bi Men: A Black Man's Perspective on Power, Consent, Breaking Down Binaries, and Combating Erasure by J.R. Yussuf

We Will Devour The Night (The Essence of the Equinox, #2) by Camilla Andrew

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call by Jamison Shea

A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins

The 7-10 Split by Karmen Lee

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theyheoftheapocalypse · 1 year

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grant morrison being in the danger days music videos is the funniest thing to me. because gerard way really said “hey can we get my comic book writer hero to be in this video and play the sexy bad guy” and grant was like hell yes

but. but then Sing. literally has a shot of grant pinning gerard against the wall and caressing his chin with the end of a gun, before they smirk and pull the trigger. gerard literally go-directed and planned these videos. they, at some point, had to sit down with grant and be like “okay here’s the plan” and grant just rolled with it

i think gerard had some fantasies to live out there

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lila-rae · 5 months

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Rereading my favorite books of 2023 and this one might be the top (I’m pretty sure I recc’d it here before but it’s never too much when Janelle and Rome are concerned)

One of my favorite things about black authors is the vernacular they use just feels so familiar it’s so easy to immediately get lost in the world. It’s fun and playful instead of proper and stiff. It feels like it could be my own inner monologue.

Like even the smut scenes feel more realistic

#black romance books

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kahixxi · 1 month

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dreacwrites · 8 months

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Read it now on Kindle Unlimited, ebook or paperback!

As a silent rebellion continues, Rowan Hartwell's world falls apart. The faerie queen must not only guard her realm but also her heart. An old flame refuses to quell, and Southland realm spirals into uncertainty. Finding alliances is a must, spurring life as she knows it into change. In order to strengthen her kingdom against a looming uprising, she must choose between her heart's stubborn wishes and a political marriage.

Assigned to gather information on the brewing rebellion, Gabriel Osei, the beta of Eastland’s pack, faces important decisions. Gabriel's heart and duty are at odds while he contends with the traitor and crucial member of the silent rebellion in Eastland's dungeon. With his heart in shambles, his secrets forced him and Rowan to part, and his love for her meant watching her from afar now.

With war looming and their love fading, can they defy the odds and find their way back to each other?

#booklr #fantasy romance books #black romance books #spicy romance #fated mates

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weirdowithluv · 1 year

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⚔️Jude Duarte ⚔️

Character belongs to Holly Black

Fanart by me :D

I wanna make a Cardan version of this card

#fanart #art #my art #books #procreate #romance #the cruel prince #jude duarte #jude greenbriar #cardan greenbriar #the queen of nothing #holly black #fantasy books #enemies to lovers

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latelybliss · 1 year

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the way i will never recover from this

„Jude looked up at him, and in her eyes, he recognized a hate big enough and wide enough and deep enough to match his own. A hate you could drown in like a vat of wine.”

How the King of Elfhame learned to hate stories

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