Kaitlin Shares

Amanda Gorman gets it. A collection of poems chronicling the past couple years of pandemic and social justice uprisings. I love listening to Gorman's voice, and felt seen in the retellings of our collective experiences. An excellent book to help work through and feel less alone in recent historical events.

Stunning. Epic. Beautifully nuanced and complex. The detailed relationships - between enemies, friends, lovers, between humans and spirits - and the insights into the thought processes of the main characters drew me in and left me wishing the story wouldn't end. Historical fiction with fantasy elements blended in so seamlessly as to feel like magical realism, this is an epic novel to dive into.