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A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope by

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cmbohn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I'm glad I picked this one up. It's an interesting mix of stories and settings, different genres and styles. My favorite stories were Melie by Justina Ireland and Hearts Turned to Ash by Dhonielle Clayton.

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dragongirl271's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful medium-paced

3.0

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Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Torture

"When Life Hands You a Lemon Fruitbomb" contains war, death, violence, and mentions of torture. "Gilded" contains slavery, racism, injury, violence, confinement, body horror, and death. "Wherein Abigail Fields Recalls Her First Death And, Subsequently, Her Best Life" contains gun violence, racism, death, murder, and body horror. "The Rules of the Land" contains domestic/child abuse, violence, alcoholism, and fire. "A Hagiography of Starlight" contains confinement and a relationship between a teenager and an immortal being, which is implied to be deceitful on the latter's end but romanticized from the former's perspective. "Melie" contains animal death, violence, fire, and mentions of xenophobia and fatphobia. "The Goddess Provides" contains death, religious bigotry, fire, violence, gore, implied misogyny, unsanitary, confinement, suicidal ideation, and mention of ritualistic self-harm/bloodletting. "Hearts Turned to Ash" contains body horror, gore, blood, implied sexual content, and smoking. "Letting the Right One In" contains depression, blood, injury, and mentioned suicide and homophobia. "Tender-Headed" contains toxic friendship, tense family dynamics, and spiders. "Kiss the Sun" contains colorism, body horror, fire, violence, sexual comments, and mentions of infidelity and sexual assault/rape. "The Actress" contains fire, racism, injury in a flashback, and mentions of cancer, gun violence, and alcoholism in the context of in-universe fiction. "All the Time in the World" contains racism, deliberate pollution, and mentions of gun violence, death, and police brutality. "The Witch's Skin" contains racism, death, murder, grief, pregnancy, body horror, gore, and implied sexual content.

kelseyland's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

A fantastic collection of short stories inspired by a combination of folklore, myths, and real-world events. This was a great introduction to a lot of authors I was unfamiliar with and will definitely look out for now.

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