What a page-turner! A time-traveling Black woman from the 1970s is repeatedly thrown into a life in slavery in the early 1800s. Why? We find out. Well, sort of.

"Kindred" is one of the best-balanced novels I have ever read. It touches 1970s racism and 1800s slavery, grueling events of physical and emotional cruelty next to heartwarming episodes of love and friendship; and there's juuust a touch of romance.
The highlight for me was the exceptionally intriguing relationship between the protagonist and her counterpart, the young man whom she meets in the past. The interactions between these two and the protagonist's thoughts on their connection will stay with me for a long time.

A captivating mix between an exciting fantasy adventure (what is happening, what will happen next?!) and a truly touching narrative of slavery in pre-Civil War Maryland, very well written, and certainly not the last book by Octavia E. Butler I will read.