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This is a great historical romance novella. I love that it‘s set during the Civil Rights Movement and focuses on both the relationship between Sof and Ivan and the struggle and pain that activists went through.
Sofie and Ivan played together as children, but when her mother dies they don‘t see each other again until both attend a meeting to train to participate in peaceful protests during the Civil Rights Movement.
It‘s short, but packs a punch.

Alyssa Cole hooked me quick and hard with this historical novella about two childhood friends who reunite during nonviolence training. The romantic component‘s good, but the sheer amount of fortitude Sophie and Ivan display when faced with the task before them is what made this for me. I cried out of fear for them, and I cried because it meant so much to me to see people fight for what‘s right, even at great personal cost. 4.5 stars

I read the first 25% of LET IT SHINE over breakfast, and I‘m SO here for this story about two people who fight for what‘s right even though it‘s terrifying.

I forgot to share my March Must-Reads! The four books I absolutely MUST clear off La TBR this month are:

• Tanya Huff‘s third Quarters book. Someday I‘ll get these back to my mum, from whom I borrowed them mumble years ago

• a KJ Charles novel I saved for February and obviously didn‘t get to. (Should‘ve put it on my February Must-Reads.)

• an Alyssa Cole novella from my digital freebies stash

• a romance chunkster from the abovementioned stash

1) Let it Shine is a romance set during the civil rights era. Alyssa Cole is amazing!
2) Greed
3) Weather is going to be yucky, so I‘m staying in and binging on Netflix, Prime, reading.
4) Yep.

#friyayintro

Work was insane today, one dumpster fire after another. Alyssa Cole CAME THROUGH and saved my mood🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. Let it shine has been on my tbr list for aaaaggggggeeeeessssss and it's free on Amazon today yall! I got the ebook and the eAudiobook for 2 bucks! TWO AMERICAN DOLLARS. so pumped. #tbr #mustread #romansty #romance

Reading Let It Shine on the kindle while I snack on some bacon cheese fries for the #readathon. #deweysreadathon #whatsonyourplate

This is officially my last book of 2017 🎊 That makes 44 books total 😊

So, this is definitely something that I WOULD buy, I certainly THOUGHT about buying it, but I could have sworn I didn't actually buy it until I found it on my e-reader. Am I buying books in my sleep? #dontrememberbuyingthis #aprilbookshowers #romantsy

(The anthology itself isn't in the Litsy database so I tagged one of the novellas in the collection.)

I would like more Sofie and Ivan please and thank you. #romantsy

#FeistyFeb Just a small selections of characters I have a #LiteraryCrush on.

The Martian - Mark Watney
Let it Shine - both Sofie and Ivan
Half-Resurrection Blues - Carlos
This Lullaby - Dexter

I liked the premise and characters quite a lot, but I couldn't shake the feeling as I read that (sexy bits aside) this read like a pat YA novel. It hit on all the obvious points and humanized them but seemed really predictable.

Fantastic, hopeful short little romance. 😘❤💋

#AlyssaCole #romancenovels #CivilRightsMovement #sweetstuff

Lazy morning with my cat. And MAYBE I'll decorate a bit later.

#thankfullyreading #AlyssaCole #currentlyreading #LittenKitten #screwblackfridayshopping

My first author signing! And Alyssa Cole was so kind and funny and awesome. 😊💕📚

#BRLive #historicalromance #postapocalypticromance #romancenovels #greatauthors #booksigning #bookriot #bookishpeople #bookriotlive #booksbooksbooks

I saw this photograph at the Mount Holyoke Art Museum. Immediately, they reminded me of Sofie and Ivan from Alyssa Cole's Let It Shine. Amazing! Art imitating life (presented as art). #romance

4/5 stars. Read in honor of Loving Day. Interracial and interfaith romance set in the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.