5-Star Books in Five Words – BAME Female Authors
It’s a Women in SFF Five Words!
To celebrate Women in SFF, we thought it would be a great idea to bring you another 5-Star Books in Five Words feature – this time focusing on books by BAME female authors.
Whether you want to celebrate with us, or you want to diversify your reading, we highly recommend the following! We’d love to add to our list, so if you have any recommendations for us, please let us know!
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| Pristine | Very |
| regency | lesbian |
| fantasy | Cinderella |
| of | fantasy |
| manners | retelling |
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| Deconstructing | Love | One |
| colonialism | your | intense |
| in | starfish | story, |
| spaaaa- | alien | but |
| aaace | invaders | fractured |
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| Fallen | Vampires |
| angels | in |
| tearing | Neonoir |
| up | Mexico |
| Paris | City |
Asha
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| The | Beauty | Rollicking |
| smartest | is | action-packed |
| ever | pain: | Korean |
| fairytale | quite | myth |
| heroine! | literally | reworking |
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| Powerful | Princess | Young |
| feminist | Mononoke | witch |
| sapphic | meets | strikes |
| court | Tamora | out |
| fantasy | Pierce | alone! |
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| Beautiful | Politics, |
| worldbuilding; | adventure, |
| magic | motherhood, |
| and | more |
| romance | adventure! |
Hil
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| Understated | Victorian | Aztec |
| Austen | Missionaries | Detective |
| with | in | Priest |
| Eldritch | Fae | of |
| Horror | Lands | Death |
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| Magic | Time | Jazz |
| in | traveling | age |
| Belle | lyrical | Mexican |
| Époque | love | Cinderella |
| Paris | letters | fable |
Julia
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| Who | Bloody | Navajo |
| are | Asian | monster |
| the | urban | slayer |
| real | Mafia | kicks |
| monsters? | fantasy! | ass |
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| Adventure | Former | African |
| betrayal | sex-workers | magic |
| refugees | fight | oppression |
| anxiety | for | escape |
| twists | freedom | rebellion! |
Nils
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| A | Definition |
| genre | of a |
| bending | sequel |
| complex | done |
| masterpiece | right |
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| Lost | A |
| memories | mother’s |
| and | strength |
| lost | and |
| people | vengeance |
Beth
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| Morally-grey | Colonialism | Sumptuous |
| anti-hero | and | world |
| seeks | Yearning ™ | Sapphic |
| bloody | oh | forbidden |
| revenge | my! | magic |
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