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Bridgett M. Davis's avatar

Thank you for the care and tenderness you pour into this review. You’ve beautifully captured my intent. And now I will be quoting you: “Where does the Black body find safety?” Indeed.

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Rachel Leeke Alexis's avatar

Thank you for taking the time to read my review and share such kind words. Love, Rita was an absolute joy to sit with.

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Patricia Leeke's avatar

Thanks for sharing your review of Love Rita with us. Your detailed choice of words to vividly paint snippets of what awaits the reader within the pages have me entranced. I am looking forward to making time to be mesmerized by Love Rita.

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Rachel Leeke Alexis's avatar

Thanks for always reading!

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Victoria's avatar

Wow. You make me want to read this book today!! You did an amazing job of capturing the best details and I’m excited to get my hands on this book!!

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Rachel Leeke Alexis's avatar

The author did the damn thing. Thanks for reading Vic!

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Marc Typo's avatar

This balance you talked about between where do Black bodies find safety while still able to express and show joy really resonates with me. Even more curious now how this looks on the page in this book. Great review, Rachel.

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Rachel Leeke Alexis's avatar

Thanks Marc, it was a fun one.

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Vanessa Arientyl's avatar

The way your writing time and time again captures our attention and immediately draws us in. Again you’ve done a beautiful job reviewing Love Rita and I’m excited to get my hands on this book immediately !

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Rachel Leeke Alexis's avatar

Thanks for reading! It’s certainly a page turner.

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Phil's avatar

Right on time, another well fleshed out contribution to Substack. Done thoroughly and honestly. This review was a vivid and illustrative description of a lemon without giving me any of the juice. Thank you for your dedication to the art. Well done!

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Rachel Leeke Alexis's avatar

“Thank you for your dedication to the art.” 🥹💪🏾 I have a wonderful support system.

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Bee's avatar

This sounds like one to read.

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Rachel Leeke Alexis's avatar

It’s really good. Keep me in the loop if you pick it up!

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Ashleigh Vaughn's avatar

Omg I haven’t yet read the post but the cover image caught my eye because I checked this book out at the library and it’s due tomorrow and I haven’t read it. I was debating on whether or not I should renew it and now I have my answer!

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Rachel Leeke Alexis's avatar

Definitely one to consider renewing. Let me know your thoughts if you get started.

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