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

dark mysterious reflective sad
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I really enjoyed this book, but a dark plot point near the end really threw me. I will discuss that more later on, but first, I really enjoyed the structure of the book. I don’t normally enjoy journal style books but this did it for me. I found it a little confusing on audio but that’s normal for me, YRMV. I enjoyed her journey with her family. 

Now into the plot point that threw me so much I don’t really know how to rate the moods in this book. Which is particularly frustrating cause I read this book as part of storyboard’s onboarding challenge and specifically found it searching by moods. I was surprised the plot point was even included because it seems to not fit the genre. But I was even more confused when it just continued as if it still was this romantic YA novel. 

It’s not a romance YA novel IMO. It is a YA and it’s very good but please check trigger warnings and be aware that it could be very jarring. But maybe it is just me, because most of the reviews don’t seem to mention this or touch on it and I assumed the trigger warnings were for things that happened off page and not during the actual book. 

I explain what the plot point was below, it’s not super detailed but it does contain some spoilers. 

A character drowns near the end of the book, it’s awful and it’s not brushed off exactly, but it’s so close to the end of the book there’s not really time to process it. And it’s a very sweet character and the protagonist is responsible for it in multiple ways
 

02/2025
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