REVIEW: Untethered by Angela Jackson-Brown

                                                 

Untethered is author Angela Jackson-Brown's sixth novel and is a moving exploration of love, duty, and self-discovery in the late 1960's. Nineteen sixty-seven is a very pivotal year in  Alabama and finds Katia Daniels, a devoted caretaker at a group home for boys. Katia shoulders immense responsibilities while grappling with loss, imposed burdens, and yearning for a life of her own. Jackson-Brown portrays Katia's journey as she reconnects with an old friend, and begins to consider for the first time what her own wants and needs are, as a complex Black woman are in a world that demands too much from her. Jackson-Brown presents a deeply moving tale of faith, love, and the enduring strength of the human spirit. 

Thank you to #NetGalley, the author Angela Jackson-Brown and HarperCollins Focus | Harper Muse for an audio copy of #Untethered in exchange for my honest opinion. Untethered comes out this tomorrow December 3, 2024. 

REVIEW: Kingdom of No Tomorrow by Fabienne Josaphat

 

The Black Panther movement and its struggle against injustice in the late 1960s serve as the backdrop for Fabienne Josaphat's novel Kingdom of No Tomorrow.  We explore this world through Nettie Boileau, a young woman navigating love, activism, service and self-discovery, Josaphat paints a vivid and nuanced portrait of the movement's triumphs and complexities. We get a glimpse into her world as a worker at a free health clinic run by the Panthers and her love for Melvin one of the Panther's captains. As Nettie learns more about the Panther's activism she is confronted by and witnesses the rising tensions that encompass social justice and gender equality, exposing the true demands of the  struggle that define this period in American history.

Thank you to #NetGalley, the author Fabienne Josaphat and Hachette Audio | Algonquin Books for an audio copy of #KingdomofNoTomorrow in exchange for my honest opinion. Kingdom of No Tomorrow comes out this Tuesday December 3, 2024.