Book Review: Hurricane Summer by Asha Bromfield

Title:  Hurricane Summer

Author:  Asha Bromfield

Genre:  Young Adult

Rating:  💜💜💜💜💜 

About The Book:

Tilla has spent her entire life trying to make her father love her. But every six months, he leaves their family and returns to his true home: the island of Jamaica.

When Tilla’s mother tells her she’ll be spending the summer on the island, Tilla dreads the idea of seeing him again, but longs to discover what life in Jamaica has always held for him.

In an unexpected turn of events, Tilla is forced to face the storm that unravels in her own life as she learns about the dark secrets that lie beyond the veil of paradise—all in the midst of an impending hurricane.

Hurricane Summer is a powerful coming of age story that deals with colorism, classism, young love, the father-daughter dynamic—and what it means to discover your own voice in the center of complete destruction.

My Review:

YA is usually  a hit or miss for me, but this book was such a big hit.  There were several themes that face people of color throughout the story.  I will have to read the book again, due to the fact that there was a dictionary of the Patois language, but it wasn't conducive for me to try to flip back and forth while reading  on my kindle.  The author did a great job with the characters explaining hat they were saying to Tilla in a way that she could understand.  Now usually in a book there about one or two characters that I end up not liking.  The opposite happened in this book.  There were only about maybe 4 or 5 characters that I really liked in this story.  The rest were words that I can't really say on here.  The author did such a good job with this book.  I really enjoyed it so very much.  

Link for Purchase: https://amzn.to/2T96Fgx