The Black Queen was definitely an entertaining and fast read, but it lacked a lot of depth. A lot of Black reviewers are pointing out that the narrative is mostly the white girl and the titular Black queen is just a plot device. I fully agree. The characters aren't fully fleshed out and often act stereotypical. The mystery itself is somewhat predictable; I didn't know everything, but I got most of it right in the beginning. It's also blatant copaganda. Duchess spends so much of the book saying her dad works so hard and is so good as if he's not upholding a disgusting institution. The ending was really cliche and

Tinsley was never actually held accountable for the terrible things she said

. This was one of my most anticipated reads and I'm pretty disappointed.