Ace of Spades was everything I wanted and then some, after hearing about this book months ago I knew I had to read it. While it was unsettling, chilling, and in some parts hard to read, I could not put this book down. The beginning was a little slow, but it was more of a slow burn that made you want to keep reading. The second half of this book was so unsettling and had me freaked out to the max.
While this is marketed as a thriller, it is so much more than that. It explores white supremacy and racism and the author does not hold back. Reading this I could feel bile making its way up my throat because I was so disgusted, outraged, and physically felt sick. Ace of Spades follow teens Chiamaka and Devon who both go to an upper class private academy that is all white people except for them. It is their senior year and they both have big dreams of where they are going after high school, that is until an anonymous texter starts texting the entire student body horrible secrets about Devon and Chiamaka. While they weren’t friends before, they both agree to team up and stop whoever is sending these texts and slowly taking away their chances of going big after graduating.
When I tell you this book blew me away, it really blew me away. It was terrifying to read and the deeper I got the crazier things got. I don’t want to give even a hint of a spoiler because it will ruin everything. If this book wasn’t on your tbr it should be now. It was an incredible thriller that was full of powerful topics like race, sexuality, class, racism, and white supremacy. Seriously, read this book.
While this is marketed as a thriller, it is so much more than that. It explores white supremacy and racism and the author does not hold back. Reading this I could feel bile making its way up my throat because I was so disgusted, outraged, and physically felt sick. Ace of Spades follow teens Chiamaka and Devon who both go to an upper class private academy that is all white people except for them. It is their senior year and they both have big dreams of where they are going after high school, that is until an anonymous texter starts texting the entire student body horrible secrets about Devon and Chiamaka. While they weren’t friends before, they both agree to team up and stop whoever is sending these texts and slowly taking away their chances of going big after graduating.
When I tell you this book blew me away, it really blew me away. It was terrifying to read and the deeper I got the crazier things got. I don’t want to give even a hint of a spoiler because it will ruin everything. If this book wasn’t on your tbr it should be now. It was an incredible thriller that was full of powerful topics like race, sexuality, class, racism, and white supremacy. Seriously, read this book.