Wings of ebony by j elle7/1/2023 Rue must embrace her true identity and wield the full magnitude of her ancestors' power to save her neighborhood before the gods burn it to the ground. Worse still, evidence mounts that the evil plaguing East Row is the same one that lurks in Ghizon-an evil that will stop at nothing until it has stolen everything from her and everyone she loves. It follows the story of Rue, whose mother is murdered and is subsequently taken in by her father who turns out to be a god. Miserable and desperate to see her sister on the anniversary of their mother's death, Rue breaks Ghizon's sacred Do Not Leave Law and returns to Houston, only to discover that Black kids are being forced into crime and violence.Īnd her sister, Tasha, is in danger of falling sway to the very forces that claimed their mother's life. Rue is the only half-god, half-human there, where leaders protect their magical powers at all costs and thrive on human suffering. Wings of Ebony has been on my radar to read since I got a copy. And finally shout out for giving us a book that is literal Black Girl Magic. Rue's taken from her neighborhood by the father she never knew, forced to leave her little sister behind, and whisked away to Ghizon-a hidden island of magic wielders. Elle for writing a book that's unapologetically Black and doesn't change dialogue or character development to appease to what the publishing industry deems appropriate. But when her mother is shot dead on her doorstep, life for her and her younger sister changes forever. "Make a way out of no way" is just the way of life for Rue.
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