A review by mmotleyu
Hurricane Summer by Asha Bromfield

3.0

There was so much going on in this book that its scope felt a bit too large for me, but maybe that's the point-- when you are a teenager you feel everything all at once often because you don't know how to process all the new things and feelings that are happening. I listened to this book and hearing all the characters' dialect was quite beautiful, and along with the vivid descriptions of Jamaica, made me feel like I was there. I was most surprised by the lingering effects of colonialism and the patriarchical society that placed so little value on females. The topic of a teen exploring her sexuality along with her family's view of it and society's view, wasn't something I ever thought much about. Having teen daughters myself, this will be something we will be dealing with. I appreciate what this book was trying to do. I look forward to the author's next book with some tighter editing.