A review by half_bloodreader
Facing the Sun by Janice Lynn Mather

Did not finish book. Stopped at 34%.

DNF - 34%

Multiple pov (4 childhood girl friends) 

Set in the Bahamas, deals with the negative impact of tourism development on local communities. Supposedly. 

Slow start. I struggled keeping track of who was who, initially. There's too many characters introduced all at once. 

At 34%, most of the characters are still unbothered over the hotel development taking over the beach. Eve is concerned about it and the church's future, since it is set on the beach, but she's also worried after her father's cancer. And I'm not going to judge her mind for jumping from worry to worry, while also wishing her family would be less dependant on her alone. 

Nia, Faith and Toons were getting on my nerves! Toons is KeeKee's brother for whom everyone seems to have a crush, or be in love with despite having a girlfriend. Ugh 🙄 They are all acting like fools, and making wrong choices I'm not interested in following. 

I was led to believe that the critism on tourism taking precedence over the citizens would be central. And that's not what I'm getting, I'm just getting "I'm thrilled an adult man is noticing me" and other things I didn't sign up for, so I'm out. Minors being happy with inappropriate adult attention trigger me so no