A review by booksadaisyes
Suite as Sugar: and Other Stories by Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar

4.0

3.5 -4⭐️ A collection of short stories that are confronting and challenging from the themes and the language to the characters of each story. Not sugar coated as the title might imply. These stories are not easy to read, I’m not sure if it’s because the writer is presenting an unheard voice - the stories are diverse as they are often raw. This is quite a remarkable collection when considering what Hernandez-Ramdwar conveys through each short story. I didn’t enjoy this in that it left me feeling warm and fuzzy, but I enjoyed it as it stirred so many other emotions and not necessarily positive ones. Anger, disgust, shock, sadness, disbelief…despair at the harsh reality of these stories and sometimes humour, although a dark one. And on reflection, also excitement for a new voice writing ‘…in honour of the ancestors who persevered despite the odds, and for those who continue to suffer injustices in our present world.’