So Let Them Burn

I was really looking forward to this book which takes a Jamaican mythological perspective of dragons, colonialism, imperialism, family, and racism.  It’s a YA book nominated for the 2025 Lodestone Award at the Hugos featuring protagonists on the cusp of adulthood and a small pantheon of gods who interact with them.  The first half dragged miserably.  It was full of exposition to explain how everything got to its present state.  The second half got much better, but it didn’t quite pull me in as deeply as I would have hoped.  This being the first of a series, it ended with a cliffhanger and wow, was it a doozey. But I don’t know if I need to put closure on this story by reading the sequel.

Come visit my blog for the full review…