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Ace of Spades

Gossip GirlmeetsGet OutinAce 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 deserve to know is . . . I’m here to divide and conquer. Like all wonderful 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 enjoy their year is off to an amazing start. After all, not only does it glance 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 write of stopping, what seemed like a sick prank fast turns into a dangerous game, with all the cards stacked against them. Can Devon and Chiamaka stop Aces before things develop incredibly deadly?

With heart-pounding suspense and relevant social commentary comes a high-octane thrill

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Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Ace of Spades

Author(s)Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
PublishedJune 10, 2021
PublisherUsborne Publishing
Genre(s)Mystery
Thriller
Age groupYoung Adult

Ace of Spades is a young adult mystery thriller written by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé. It was first published on June 10, 2021.

Trigger Warnings

Author-Provided Warnings

The following content warning is given at the starting of the book:

Ace of Spades is a work of fiction, but it deals with many real issues including racism, homophobia, bullying, and suicidal ideation. For more content warnings, please go to faridahabikeiyimide.com/ace-of-spades-content-warnings

The website listed above contains the obeying list of content warnings:

  • Racism
  • Homophobia
  • Bullying
  • Blood
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Car accident
  • Racist slurs
  • Stalking
  • Emotional abuse
  • Panic attacks/disorders
  • Outing of lgbtq+ characters
  • Suicide ideation
  • Suicide attempt
  • Death of parent
  • Gun violence
  • Murder
  • Toxic Relationship
  • Sexism
  • Forced institutionalisation
  • Drug use

Additional Trigger Warnings

  • Assault
  • Cheating
  • Death (as a result of fire)
  • Emesis
  • Fire
  • Incarceration (parent, fr

    Title: Ace Of Spades

    Author:Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

    Pub. Date: June 1st 2021

    Genre: YA Contemporary/Queer

    Format: eGalley

    Publisher: Harper/Usborne

    Pages: 480 pages

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    “𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒚. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒈𝒖𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕? 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈.“

    I first heard this novel described as 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 meets 𝐆𝗼𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐩 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 which is on point as far as comparisons go. If you enjoyed Alyssa Cole’s 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝗼 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, I would absolutely select this one up! Compulsive, addictive and relevant…I couldn’t lay it down for too long. Our MC’s Chiamaka Adebayo and Devon Richards are the only two black students at Niveus Secret Academy, a secret elite school. They come from completely different socioeconomic backgrounds and don’t really run in the same circles. That changes when they find themselv

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    Islamic School Librarian

    I had heard about this 420 page YA thriller and how it was written by a Muslim student at University and the seven figure book deal that she earned. It is constantly described as a combination of Gossip Miss and Get Out, having never seen either of those, I relied on the back of the book and the inside flap to see if it was something I would like to examine and suggest my immature teenage daughter, (and followers to read). Based on the suspense teasing and plot involving racism, I figured a contemporary YA book set in elevated school would have some relationship, sexuality, language and drugs, so at the last minute I decided to read it first. Alhumdulillah, I’m glad I did. The book has sex and relationships and sensual encounters between same-sex attracted, queer, lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual characters on EVERY SINGLE PAGE. I considered stopping, it was a over the top, forced, and honestly a minuscule hard to read at times, but I continued because the commentary on racism and suspense storyline was well done that I was genuinely curious to see the high point and resolution. I note this review as a heads-up and to opine on the lack of mention of the amount of roman