Review: A Phoenix First Must Burn

Title: A Phoenix First Must Burn

Author: Edited by Patrice Caldwell

Narrator: York Whitaker

Audio Length: 10hr 31min

Rating: 3.5/5

Synopsis (Found on Goodreads):

Evoking Beyoncé’s Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly

Octavia Butler’s heirs, have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that

centers Black women and gender nonconforming individuals.

A Phoenix First Must Burn

will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and

everything in between.

Thoughts:

Anthologies are always a hit or miss but out of sixteen stories I enjoyed twelve of them.

I`ll preface this with I know I am not the audience this novel was intended for.

With that said though it was a window into a culture I wish to know more of.

Each story I enjoyed was from an author that I wanted to read a novel from.

Now that I got a taste of their style I look forward to diving into their full works. 

My favorite story was “Tender-Headed” by Danny Lore

TTFN,

Ashley