A review by jenmat1197
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maritza Moulite, Maika Moulite
4.0
This is the story of Alaine and her family. Alaine lives a comfortable life in the United States with her father. Her parents are divorced, and her mom is a famous journalist that travels the world. Her parent's roots are from Haiti and Alaine has quite a bit of family still living there. When an incident happens with her mother and Alaine, she is forced to go to Haiti for a school project. She spends several months with her mom and her mom's family in Haiti trying to retrace the roots of a known family curse. Alaine's mom is not a believer in the curse, but her mom's twin sister is deeply invested in getting the curse broken. As Alaine works to break a family curse, she gets a chance to know her mother, her family (and secrets they have kept) and Haiti.
This was a good book. It was a fast read, even thought it was over 400 pages. It is well written and the characters are likable. I think it flowed pretty well, and even though it is a work of fiction, I did learn a good bit about Haiti. The protagonist, Alaine, is a teenager, so this book teeters between a YA and adult fiction, and I think is enjoyable for either demographic. I could see my almost 17 year old daughter identifying with Alaine and enjoying her hunt to break her family's curse.
This was a good book. It was a fast read, even thought it was over 400 pages. It is well written and the characters are likable. I think it flowed pretty well, and even though it is a work of fiction, I did learn a good bit about Haiti. The protagonist, Alaine, is a teenager, so this book teeters between a YA and adult fiction, and I think is enjoyable for either demographic. I could see my almost 17 year old daughter identifying with Alaine and enjoying her hunt to break her family's curse.