A review by alison_marie
Brass by Xhenet Aliu

4.0

I was fortunate to receive an ARC of this from Goodreads. I'm a sucker for books set in my home state, and Xhenet Aliu so perfectly captures the feeling of the depressed, post-factory towns that dot not only Connecticut, but New England as a whole. Every character feels real and fully fleshed-out, from Elsie and Luljeta, our main narrators, to Greta and Mamie and Bashkim and his family. Brass is both an engaging family drama and a snapshot of life as a 17-year-old in a city gasping for life just as you're ready to come alive.

I can already tell this will rank among my favorite books of 2018, and I'm eager to read anything and everything Aliu writes.