Musings on Living's Reviews > Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold

3.5 stars

A lovely collection of short love stories, some that are derived from West African original folktales and myths. Bolu Babalola has given these tales a contemporary retelling, that makes me wish I had heard of the original stories for comparison sake but even without this comparison, these reimagined stories feel very authentic in their own right.

My favourites are: Thisbe, Zhinu, Nefertiti, Attem and Naleli. All had just the right balance of culture, captive settings, romance and creative character development centered around strong women. I definitely would read more from the characters in those stories. Some of the others didn't grab me in the same way, but as with all anthologies, each reader finds their own favourites.

Thank you HarperCollins for the copy to review.