Book Review: How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs

Review

This was my first time reading this author and I enjoyed this collection of short stories. Some stories I enjoyed more than others and I gave a star rating for each short story below.

Light-Skinned Girls and Kelly Rowland’s
4 stars

Mash Up Love
3 stars

Slack
4 stars
Sad but good story.

Bad Behavior
3 stars

Island
3.5 stars

Mermaid River
4 stars

The Ghost of Jia Yi
3.5

How to Love a Jamaican
3 stars

On Shelf
4 stars

We Eat our Daughters
5 stars
This was my favorite short story of the whole book. It spoke about the complexities and differences of mother/daughter relationship in certain cultures.

Shirley From a Small Place
4 stars