A review by kestrel
When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen

3.5

The premise is so cool: A plantation is turned into a museum with whitewashed reenactments of that period. The Black main character, Mira, is invited to a wedding by her white childhood friend, Celine. The wedding is to be held on the plantation. Mira decides to go mainly because her other old friend and crush, Jesse, will be there. There are mysterious deaths surrounding the plantation and numerous ghost stories. The same ghost stories that led to the end of Mira/Celine/Jesse friendship back in the day.

This book was good, but had the potential to be great. I wish the author hadn't over-explained obvious things, and had let the scenes speak for themselves. It got annoying pretty quickly.

I would still recommend the book, since it sheds light on horrors of both past and present times.
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