A review by bahareads
Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean by Peekash Press

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

 Pepperpot was mix of joy and heartbreak. Short stories continue to surprise me with how powerful how they can be. All the stories had different flavors of life in it, I was chilled to bone with some and brought to joyful heights by others. I enjoyed Kevin Baldeosingh's Cheque Mate , Ivory Kelly's This Thing We Call Love , Sharon Leach's All The Secret Things No One Ever Knows , Kimmisha Thomas' Berry and Garfield Ellis' Father, Father the most out of all the stories in the anthology. Some of the stories in Pepperpot had open endings which left the story feeling hollow. I will say all the stories in here didn't thrill me but left me wondering about the quality of the writing and storytelling. I will say overall though I think Pepperpot gave what it needed to give - a diverse anthology telling diffrent stories of the Caribbean.