Ace of Spades is not for white audiences. Ace of Spades is not a book about white people. I thought the side characters, like Chiamaka’s friend Jamie and her eventual love interest, Belle, were a bit underdeveloped, but I think that’s on purpose. Devon is much less assertive and much quieter, but his chapters gave us real insight on what it’s like to be the odd one out in a school full of rich kids. She was a bit of a mean girl and first and did not care how people perceived her, as long as she came out on top. I love an elite school setting and I especially loved how Iyimide was able to weave important topics like racism, classism, and homophobia into it. Once I got started, I couldn’t stop turning the pages. Together, Chiamaka and Devon team up to find out who Aces is before they ruin their lives and run them out of the school.Īce of Spades is a truly thrilling book. Devon and Chiamaka barely know one another until a mysterious and anonymous figure named Aces starts exposing their deepest secrets to the entire school. Devon, on the other hand, lives in a poor neighborhood and does his best not to stand out. Chiamaka, who is very wealthy, is a straight-A student, Head Prefect, and well on her way to Yale.
Chiamaka Adebayo and Devon Richards are the only two Black kids at Niveus and they both have had very different lives during their time at the school.
Pitched as Get Out meets Gossip Girl, Ace of Spades is a dual-POV story following two Black students at an elite private high school called Niveus Academy. However, after being unable to put down Ace of Spades for three days straight, I can confirm that this book is good. Long story short: Faridah Abike-Iyimide got a ton of money for this book. When a publisher pre-empts a book, it means they’re willing to pay a hefty sum to grab that book before another publisher can. A pre-empt is wh en a publisher preemptively puts money on the table for a book. Iyimide is a debut author, so this kind of money is almost unheard of for an unproven writer. A major deal means the author got over six figures (seven, in this case), for their book. According to Publisher’s Marketplace, Iyimide got “a major deal, for seven figures, in a pre-empt, for a two book deal.” Now, if you don’t speak publishing like I do, you may be wondering what some of these words mean. First off, I wanted to say that I didn’t realize I skipped a week until I got home on Friday and went oh, crap, my review! So, without further ado, here it is:Īce of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide first popped up on my radar when I saw what a massive advance she’d gotten when the book was sold to a publisher.
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