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Blood Heir, the first in a planned three-book series, began as the ultimate social mediameetspublishing success story.
(Blood Heirwas not slated to publish until June; some reviewers had advance copies.)
Nevertheless, the latter allegations caught the attention of social-justice-minded readers, and the controversy began to balloon.
A smattering of one-star reviews cropped up on ZhaosGoodreads page.
Book bloggers began announcing that they no longer intended to readBlood Heir.
While were on the valid issue of anti-POC within POC groups, examine your own beliefs, too.
There are already so many barriers for POC and WOC in the industry.
Why is this the hill we all want to die on?
just dont claim to advocate for POC and then proceed to criticize us.
Especially young, debut WOC who are new to this industry and breaking barriers.
The statement continued: I dont wish to clarify, defend, or have anyone defend me.
This is not that; this is an apology.
Unsurprisingly, the response was wide-ranging and intense.
For now, the future ofBlood Heirremains uncertain and the Twittersphere rages on.
