I really liked the concept of remixing and diversifying some of our favorite classics. Little Women is a story I have enjoyed and I was excited to see it be reimagined as a family with four sisters recently freed from slavery. I liked the way that the book didn’t shy away from tough issues. I also liked that I could see pieces of the familiar characters, but that they also felt like their own characters with their own important stories to tell. Jo and Lorie were adorable and I really loved their friendship and piece of this story. While the original is amazing, I will admit to being selfishly glad to not cry through the ending of this book. I really think this was a unique story to tell, I don’t think I have read anything quite like this about freed Black people and the continuing struggles they had during and post Civil War. And this author did this project justice with a good voice for story telling.