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Shola von Reinhold: Lote (Paperback, 2020, Jacaranda Books) 5 stars

Lush and frothy, incisive and witty, Shola von Reinhold’s decadent queer literary debut immerses readers …

resistance through aesthetics

5 stars

It's about being black and queer, it's about aesthetics and adornment as a kind of spirituality, it's about escape and creation/reinvention of oneself, it's about reclaiming history, it's weird and hard to describe.

Felt nearly perfect. The only thing I can find to fault is not having nearly enough descriptions of Mathilda's outfits. Mathilda must have a fabulous fashion sense and there's a part of me with a burning need to know what she is wearing at all times.