Ace of Spades

Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully.
All you need to know is . . . I’m here to divide and conquer. Like all great tyrants do. —Aces
When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school’s senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian, too.
Shortly after the announcement is made, though, someone who goes by Aces begins using anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down and threaten every aspect of their carefully planned futures.
As Aces shows no sign of stopping, what seemed like a sick prank quickly turns into a dangerous game, with all the cards stacked against them. Can Devon and Chiamaka stop Aces before things become incredibly deadly?
With heart-pounding suspense and relevant social commentary comes a high-octane thriller from debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé.
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I really like both of the main characters and their personalities, there were a few moments were I laughed out loud, which I was not expecting.
This story was executed so well and it held my attention throughout the whole book.
At the start of the book I thought that it was going to be too childish since it is YA but I actually felt really attached to the characters and was rooting for them to take down the school the whole time.
It was great to see how Chiamaka and Devon developed throughout the story, especially since they were both going through such different but similar situations, obviously Devon not being as rich as Chiamaka and maybe not having some of the benefits of two parents alive, but at the same time they both had to deal with racism and the effects that white supremacy had in both of their lives.
I think that there are so many things that are seen as micro aggressions, like how police officers want to be intimidating without reason and people easily blame black people or want to make them uncomfortable just because of the color of their skin, that tend to get minimized and maybe thought of as "not a big deal" but they still affect people negatively.
An amazing book!
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