The Storyteller's Death | by Ann Dávila Cardinal

 

My best friend begged and pleaded with me to read this book. She was reading it for a book club and wanted me to read it with her. I relented and was overall surprised by it. I simply wouldn't have picked this book up on my accord. 

When Isla is 8 years old she is sent to Puerto Rico to spend time with her mothers family. While she is there her father dies resulting in Isla spending every summer after with her her family in Puerto Rico. Isla enjoys her time in Puerto Rico as it gives her reprieve from her alcoholic mother. When Isla is 18 she starts get visions and the visions tell her the history of her family. A version different from what she had been told.

Isla puts on her investigators cap and looks into her family history.What she learns gives her a deeper understanding of her family and opens old wounds.

This book is compelling, full of mystery and family drama.