A Taste of Honey (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #2) in Keep It Diverse

Aug 27, 2017 Cam (justabookeater) rated it it was amazing

You'd think that with how short this book is, it would leave you wanting just a bit more.

Kai Ashante Wilson has the amazing talent of creating a world so rich and so beautiful with little words and pages. From the start, I was hooked. It's not everyday you read about an all black cast in high fantasy. Even rarer are the queer characters but A Taste of Honey has it all.

It's a beautiful, heart-wrenching story about love, sacrifices and identity. I hope everyone has the chance to pick it up becaus ...more

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Jan 02, 2017 Naz (Read Diverse Books) rated it really liked it

Shelves: ownvoices

I'll rarely turn away Fantasy novel or novella with m/m romance! I really enjoyed this one. It starts with the meeting of Aqib and Lucrio, the smell of forbidden love is strong in the air. They quickly fall for each other, but Lucrio is only visiting for a short while before he returns to his faraway home country. Will they remain together or will familial obligations and duty to his country prevent Aqib from being with Lucrio? The answer to this question is up in the air for most of the novel a ...more

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Feb 16, 2017 emma rated it it was amazing

Shelves: lgbtq-lit, na-lit, fantasy

Actual rating: 4.5 stars
WOW this was absolutely gorgeous, I was hooked and honestly did not see that end coming at all. The writing style in this felt unique and was beautiful. (view spoiler) ...more

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Oct 13, 2016 sil ♡ the book voyagers rated it really liked it

Shelves: main-characters-or-li-of-color, by-authors-of-color

A Taste of Honey is such an interesting story. From the way it is written to the way it is displayed to my eyes, the story of Aqib falling in love with a warrior and his life after it made me feel so much.

I semi thought of The Winner's Curse trilogy when I read this. Mainly because of the political intrigue, the royalty, the forbidden romance ~though this is 100% LGBT+ and has POC as main characters.

I do admit at certain times I was a bit confused with the change of scenery and years skips but ...more

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Apr 02, 2017 nagina rated it it was ok

Actual rating 2.5 stars.

I went into this expecting something completely different to what I got...

The writing in this book reminded me of Shakespeare, and by that I mean whilst it was beautiful it was also incredibly confusing. There were large points in this story where I had no idea what was going on. I do think that if that writing style is something you enjoy you should give this a try because the story is actually very interesting. My favourite part of this was definitely the ending, whic ...more

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Apr 12, 2019 Adrik Kemp rated it really liked it

A gorgeous, sexy, non-linear Afrofuturist (?) science-fiction fantasy romance. I'm in love. ...more

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Mar 30, 2017 Marianne (Boricuan Bookworms) rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2017-diverse, ugly-crying-was-involved, lgbt, keep-it-diverse-bc, diversity, short, black-rep, adult-fiction, m-m

Okay so it took me a while to get into it because of the writing style, but overall I really enjoyed it!

I was so emotional throughout the whole book, and I cried during the ending, so there's that. ...more

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