Dhonielle Clayton

On the one hand, what a cool world — it’s so intriguing and full of excellent magic. I love the family traditions, the family support in general, the fascinating magical school and the sky setting — it’s all really cool. On the other hand, it’s kind of hard to understand why there is a historic prejudice against the conjurers, and why there’s all this drama around the Aces — the motivations just never quite come clean. I’m not really sure how much that matters, given the strength of the characters and the plot, it just niggles away. Great deep dive of a magical school though, and a wonderful start to a series.… (plus d'informations)

After reading the YA anthology Blackout by the same group of authors, I thought I'd try Whiteout.
This one takes place in Atlanta during a snowstorm. The stories in this one seem to coalesce better than the ones in Blackout; all the couples, while working out there own issues, are working towards one common goal: to help Stevie win back Sola.

I didn't really warm up to the Stevie character: they did in fact come across as a bit cold.
Maybe these stories would ring truer to a YA audience, but I just kept thinking: so much drama over such small problems! Just talk it out, people! Communicate!

Once again, I liked the LGBTQ representation and all of the allies in all generations. There is also Muslim representation, at Christmastime no less.… (plus d'informations)

YA short story anthology, with all the stories set in NYC around a major blackout and a final destination of a block party in Brooklyn. Each story is written by a famous YA writers.
All the stories deal with romantic pairs of teens of color, some with LGBTQ+ themes (which have a nice, accepting air about them, which I found refreshing).
I always love stories set in NYC.
Things seemed to end abruptly to me: I THOUGHT that there would be an epilogue-type chapter with more interactions at the block party.… (plus d'informations)