A review by melissagomis
Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Katrice Barnett

4.0

This historical fiction novel was at times more historical than fiction. I really enjoyed the characters, but felt like a few of them weren't as fully developed as they could have been. The focus of the novel was on the history of African American newspapers in America and the treatment of African American's in the late 1800s-early 1900s. There were some major plot points, but they weren't the focus of the story. For example, Ivoe and Ona's house got damaged by fire after Ivoe's ex-girlfriend visits. There was very little coverage of this in their story. I don't read a lot of historical fiction so it will be interesting to see if it is all written in the same way.