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  Hi Foreverbookers, How are you all? I hope you’re well! I’ve just finished reading “You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty” by Akwaeke Emezi and I quite enjoyed it. I thought it started off really slowly but certainly by the 100 page mark I was invested. The book tells the story of Feyi, a young girl who we first see on a night out at a party with her best friend, Joy. I liked Joy. I thought she ways entertaining to read about. Joy is a lesbian who we see glimpses of throughout. She’s often either on the page or a phone call away giving Feyi advice. The novel doesn’t focus on her, though. On this night out Feyi has sex in a bathroom with Milan, a guy she just hooks up with. That’s basically the first scene in the book. From there, we see her meet Milan’s best friend, Nasir. Nasir and Feyi start a relationship with a ‘friendship.’ Where does this go? You’ll need to read to find out.  “You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty” is more character led than a plot led. Not much

  Hi ForeverBookers,        How are you all today? I hope you’re well!       I’ve just finished reading “PROUD of Me,” a YA contemporary book by Sarah Hagger-Holt for LGBTQ month. I started and read most of it in June! It tells the story of a young girl and boy and their lesbian parents. Yes, they have two mums. We are informed of this at the beginning of the novel. The children are aged around 13. Some might call this more middle-grade, however I say it’s YA because some of the themes discussed are a little old for middle-grade readers to understand, I feel.       This will be a rather short review (for me) because it’s a contemporary book that’s written for children so there aren’t lots of things to dissect. Just a main plot, I feel.  5 Stars!      “PROUD of Me” is told in dual perspective, from both the siblings, Josh and Becky, who have different mums, but the same unknown dad. Their mums went to a clinic to have Josh and Becky implanted. I don’t normally read books with two