I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>The Blackwoods<\/strong> by Brandy Colbert<\/a>
Published by<\/strong> Balzer + Bray<\/a> on 10\/3\/23
Genres:<\/strong> Contemporary<\/a>, Historical<\/a>, Young Adult<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 384
Format:<\/strong> eARC<\/a>
Source:<\/strong> Publisher
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The Blackwoods. Everyone knows their name.<\/p>\n

Blossom Blackwood burst onto the silver screen in 1962, and in the decades that followed, she would become one of the most celebrated actors of our time\u2014and the matriarch of the most famous Black family in Hollywood. To her great-granddaughters, Hollis and Ardith, she has always just been Bebe. And when she passes away, it changes everything.<\/p>\n

Hollis Blackwood was never interested in fame. Still, she\u2019s surrounded by it, whether at home with her family or at the prestigious Dupree Academy among Los Angeles\u2019 elite. When private photos of Hollis are leaked in the wake of Blossom\u2019s death, she is thrust into the spotlight she\u2019s long avoided\u2014and finds that trust may be a luxury even she can\u2019t afford.<\/p>\n

Ardith Blackwood has always lived in the public eye. A television star since childhood, she was perhaps closer with Blossom than anyone\u2014especially after Ardith\u2019s mother died in a drug overdose. Ever since, she has worked to be everything her family, her church, and the public want her to be. But as a family secret comes to light and the pressures from all sides begin to mount, she wonders what is left beneath the face she shows the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t