A review by readingwithrebeccanicole
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maritza Moulite, Maika Moulite

I was swept up in this world from the beginning. Alaine is a sassy, spunky narrator who tells the story going to her parent's home country of Haiti for the first time, and dealing with her mother's Alzheimer's. I loved the atmosphere of this book, and felt like I learned more about Haiti. Alaine is also working on a school assignment of Haiti's history, so that is sprinkled in as well, which only adds to the story. The story deals a lot with hard family issues, but is able to keep keep a good balance between heavy subject matter and lighter tones of the book.

The one part of the book that didn't really work for me was the family curse plot line. It seemed really important to the plot and characters, but didn't get fully explained or wrapped up.