Krystal Marquis

Nov 15, 2024 | audiofilemagazine.com | Krystal Marquis

by | Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt Joniece Abbott-Pratt, who narrated THE DAVENPORTS, applies a rhythmic, energetic style to this follow-up. The story features four young Black women from Chicago in the early twentieth century. Abbott-Pratt captures their determined searches for love and self-actualization. Ruby deals with rumors that unseat her, while her younger sister Helene struggles to modernize the family business.

Sep 11, 2024 | bookriot.com | Krystal Marquis |Erica Ezeifedi

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Sep 20, 2023 | chicklit.nl | Krystal Marquis

Aan het begin van de twintigste eeuw bruist de stad Chicago. Ook voor ooit tot slaaf gemaakten zijn er kansen en mogelijkheden, al blijft zwart-zijn een struikelblok om door iedereen voor vol aangezien te worden. Olivia Davenport en haar zus Helen groeien op met de vanzelfsprekendheid van de rijkdom van hun vader, een succesvol rijtuigbouwer. Toch is het voor hen niet zo eenvoudig om zich te schikken in het leventje dat hun ouders voor hen voor ogen hebben.

Jul 21, 2023 | theknot.com | Krystal Marquis

Snuggling up with a romance novel (steamy cup of tea within reach) is easily one of the best ways to indulge in a little self-care. You get to immerse yourself in a completely new world and experience all those soul-gratifying and gut-wrenching feelings right alongside the characters. The best romance books also know how to work in some provocative scenes that get you tingling in all the right ways.

Mar 15, 2023 | booklistonline.com | Krystal Marquis

Jan. 2023. 384p. Dial, $19.99 (9780593463338). Grades 7-10. REVIEW. First published March 15, 2023 (). It’s 1910, and in Chicago, the Davenports are one of the few Black families to achieve wealth and status. Formerly enslaved William Davenport runs a successful carriage company and searches futilely for the brother he was separated from when they escaped slavery. His three children are preoccupied with the present. Olivia, the perfect society girl, knows it’s her responsibility to marry well.