A review by _thugbug_
Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I truly did enjoy this book for the first 80%. The magical realism, simple storytelling, and eerie tension really grabbed me ....but the ending was just so unsatfiying and honestly did not make a lot of sense to me. It also did not provide that sense of closure that was a common (main) theme in the book. 

Lastly, the slang used for the characters that were people of color was used so incorrectly. It was definitely distracting.