Guest Review: The Palace of Illusions

I’m guest posting over at Color Online today with a review of The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, a retelling of the Indian legend, the Mahabharat. This is the first of two reviews that will be at Color Online monthly. I hope you’ll head over there, read it, and leave a comment. My first review for them last month seemed to go over very well, so I hope you’ll keep up the traffic and make me look good.

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Guest Reviews at Color Online

One of the things I’ve become passionate about is promoting books by and/or about people of color, and specifically women of color. I think the science fiction and fantasy genres are severely lacking in diversity, and that’s not going to change unless we start talking about the little known or the less read books, the books that feature characters that are diverse and non-stereotypical. Showing fans, authors, and publishers alike that anyone can enjoy these books is so important.

That’s why I’m happy to announce that I’ll be writing bi-monthly guest reviews on science fiction and fantasy books by women of color at Color Online. Every second and fourth Tuesday of the month, you can find me over there, talking about books and doing my best to diversify a genre I love, but would love even more if it were inclusive and representative of all sorts of people.

You can read my first review there today, covering Kindred by Octavia E. Butler. Thanks go to LaTonya for giving me this great opportunity. Please take the time to read my guest post and leave your comments there.

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