A Compelling Read
The plot is engaging, challenging, and a page-turner. The backdrop is Brooklyn, New York where sibling rivalry happens between Elena Mitchell and her younger sister, Terry who seems to have an idyllic existence, but life is different for Elena who will face unexpected and precarious episodes. I was on the edge of my seat reading this novel that draws into the storyline, which is a blend of transgressions, suspense, and mystery. There are attention-grabbing, complex, multi-ethnic characters, expressive settings, and extensive dialogue drawing into the preferential treatment by external forces, as well as inner biases and expectations being Black Latinos. The narrative is loaded with twists and turns, secrets and lies, deception, greed, manipulation, desire, and unrewarded love, building up to an ending that I never saw coming, reminding us that we are more alike than we are different.