1/7/2024 0 Comments Who made ace of spades game![]() ![]() Rather, the genius in the mystery is its thoughtfulness and that is speaks to real experiences that will resonate with readers – and I wish I could elaborate on this, because if this book wasn’t spoiler-free, this review would be twice as long with my thoughts on how I thought the reveal was brilliant.Īs well as its fantastic mystery, Ace of Spades boasts brilliantly fleshed out characters that you will enjoy scrutinising and learning more about and an eerie and tense atmosphere where you will feel too scared to let your guard down. Yet, when I think about Ace of Spades, its brilliance isn’t just because it is mind-blowing and terrifying. Faridah plays with our emotions, dropping hints here and there, expertly instilling a growing sense of dread and horror that I really enjoyed. The story is excellently paced, the mystery dark and delicious and addictive. Ace of Spades is immediately compelling and just when you think things could not get worse, they absolutely do – with a vengeance. But when Aces enters the picture, texting humiliating secret to terrifying secret, I felt transfixed to the story, unable to pull away from each shocking revelation, wanting to know what happened next as the floor beneath Chiamaka and Devon’s feet begins to crumble. Whilst Devon’s desire is to just stay low-key and get into a university that offers a music scholarship, Chiamaka is bold and popular, unapologetic in what she wants and to stay in power. Readers will be pulled into Devon and Chiamaka’s two entirely different worlds. The book begins with a few perfectly tame first chapters. When an anonymous texter named Aces begins bringing Chiamaka and Devon’s secrets to light, Chiamaka and Devon reluctantly team up together to take the anonymous texter down.Īce of Spades is nothing short of incredible and will – and I’m calling it – one of my top ten books that I read this year. Set in an elite private school and told in alternating perspectives, we follow two Black teens: Chiamaka, a biracual Italian-Nigerian-American teen who is Head Girl, popular, and isn’t afraid to get what she wants to stay in power and Devon, a Black Amerian teen and talented musician who just wants to keep his head down, focus on his music, and protect his secret. I am in awe of Ace of Spades, and it is one of the most phenomenal debuts that I have ever read. ![]() And, knowing what I know now, I wanted to feel that absolute dread of knowing what was coming, because how this story devolves and leads to was thrilling and so satisfyingly brilliant. I wanted to experience the terror and fear that this book instils with its incredible twist and turns. I wanted to relive the descension of horror this book takes you through. When I finished reading Ace of Spades, I was overcome with a very unfamiliar feeling: I wanted to go back to the very first page and read it cover to cover again. I was provided an eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Can Devon and Chiamaka stop Aces before things become incredibly deadly? 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.Īs 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. After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian, too. 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. ![]()
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