The Island Sisters author Micki Berthelot Morency’s value of sisterhood and communal support is evident in this Afrocentric work of art. Four non related sisters (Monique, Cecilia, Lanei, Ella) meet in college and stay friends through a lifetime of love and loss, romantic and familiar trauma. Though this work spans over years, it feels very concise and full-bodied.

Since 2018, African rooted fantasy narratives been have been gaining exposure, and the first book of this YA Fantasy series doesn’t disappoint.

Published by BLF Press, “Black From the Future: A Collection of Black Speculative Writing encompasses the broad spectrum of Black speculative writing, including science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, and Afrofuturism, all by Black women writers.”

There’s more than meets the eye in Bedfellow by Jeremy C. Shipp: this seems like a rather normal, happy family but underneath, each member is going through their own turmoil and means of sifting through reality.