I had heard good things but you can’t believe everything you see on Bookstagram (the book side of Instagram). What constitutes cultural appropriation? My thoughts On Slay How Black do you have to be in order to be considered Black enough to participate in Slay? Suddenly, Kiera’s world is spilling over with tough questions like: On top of managing an entire game, she has the push and pull of daily school life as one of the few Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) her teetering friendship with her completely clueless yet well-meaning white friends her Hotep boyfriend who believes everything is out to get Black people, including video games her militant, loudly Black sister and her traditional, respectable parents.Īll is well until a teenage boy is killed in real life over an in-game dispute and the international spotlight is shone on Slay.

These invites are only available to Black people. Her game, Slay, is a virtual reality, card-based, fighting game that is invite-only. Slay is about a young girl named Kiera who lives a double life: she’s an A+ student by day and a game programmer by night. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s talk about Slay. So you’re getting this review whether you’ve read a million of them or not. It was in the December 2020 HUES Book Box and it’s new to me.

Yes, I know Slay has been out for a while now but guess what? I just read it recently.

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