Love In Colour Review
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Book Review: Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour is a vibrant, tender, and empowering collection of short stories that reimagines myths, folktales, and legends from around the world through the lens of modern romance. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from long-erased places. With an eye towards decolonizing tropes inherent in our favorite tales of love, Babalola has created captivating stories that traverse across perspectives, continents, and genres.
Review: Love In Colour 5 stars! THE PLOT: Love In Colour by Bolu Babalola is a collection of short stories based on ancient myths from different cultures. From Thisbe and Pyramus (Mesopotamia) to Psyche and Eros (Ancient Greece), each story centres the female character and places them in the driving seat of the narrative. 'Love in Color' by Bolu Babalola In this debut collection, internationally acclaimed writer Bolu Babalola takes to retelling the most striking and beautiful love stories in history/mythology.
She focuses on the stories of West Africa but ventures a few into Greek and Middle Eastern stories. Quick Review "Love in Colour" is a delightful collection of reimagined love tales. Bolu Babalola blends mythology and modern romance.
Each story celebrates strong women and their journeys in love. This anthology is captivating and beautifully written. Title: Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold Author: Bolu Babalola Genre: Romance, Fiction, Mythology, Fantasy.
Review: Uplifting, thought-provoking, and empowering! Love in Color is an astute, beautiful collection of short stories that takes a variety of ancient folklore and tales and creatively reinvents them into contemporary love stories. The writing is bold and colourful. The stories are imaginative, well written and romantic.
Bolu Babalola's Love in Color is a captivating collection of reimagined love stories that bring mythical, legendary, and modern women to life in empowering and relatable ways. Babalola revives ancient myths and folklore, weaving them into vibrant tales of romance where the heroines are the stars-bold, intelligent, and deeply loving. A collection of short love stories, Love in Colour is what I like to call a genuine reading experience.
The book is split into two parts; old and new tales, with the old tales being retellings of age-old myths and romances, and the new ones being Babalola's own creations. In her debut collection, internationally acclaimed writer Bolu Babalola retells the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology with incredible new detail and vivacity. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from long.
This is my first Bolu Babalola book, and I absolutely adored it! I love how she took many myths and legends from many places in the world (not just Europe) and retold them. Having each tale be short really helped to launch me through this book. Bolu's writing style was very enjoyable to read, and I'm excited to read Honey and Spice next!