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Six Scorched Roses || By Carissa Broadbent
Year of Publication: 2023 Genre: Fiction, Fantasy Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Disclaimer: This book was sent to me by Pan MacMillan Publishers for review purposes. Imagine you’re a frail and fragile mortal in a world that’s dying. You have death following you since the day you were born, and try as it might, it just can’t keep
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Sunshine & Shadows || By Busisekile Khumalo
Year of Publication: 2023 Genre: Fiction Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Disclaimer: This book was sent to me by NB Publishers for review purposes. Imagine being at the brink of everything you’ve ever wanted. Through you, finally the dreams of your dead mother and your ‘struggling’ father can finally come true. Foremost, however, is how you are so
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Things My Mother Left Me || By Pulane Mlilo Mpondo
Year of Publication: 2022 Genre: Fiction Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Disclaimer: This book was sent to me by Blackbird Books for review purposes. I prefer to break up my short story reviews into the various stories on offer in order to give a sense of what each story is about. My overall rating of this book is
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Bantu Knots || By Lebo Mazibuko
Year of Publication: 2021 Genre: Contemporary Fiction Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.8 Disclaimer: This book was sent to me by NB Publishers for review purposes. In her debut novel, Lebo Mazibuko holds a mirror up for black South African society to view and assess the impact of their lifestyles and chosen forms of discipline. The story follows late-teenage