Take One Candle Light a Room

I loved this book! It's incredible how she was able to get into the mind of not just a black woman, but a biracial woman. I think that specificity is overlooked when people talk about Straight's achievement. I could relate to the way she portrayed some of the thoughts and emotions that a biracial woman might have. Sometimes it felt as though the book was written for me. I had to keep looking at the author's picture in the back to confirm that it wasn't a memoir; she was so believably in the character's head.

Everything that Antoine saw had a memory attached to it, making the world, in the book, rich and real. The back stories were complex and detailed, further adding to the reality of the novel. I can't say enough about how true to reality and well written this book is.

The story line itself was engaging and I was hooked from page one.


Kayla Santos