Rain City Lights
by Marissa Harrison
Set in Seattle in 1981, Monti, an impoverished child being raised by her drug-addicted mother, is busy and disturbed with her own problems. Her mother was a singer, but she lost her job and turned into prostitution to pay for her drug and rent.
Monti’s only hope was her next-door neighbor Sasha since the age of 7, they shared so much with each other despite their parent’s dissatisfaction with this friendship, since Monti was black, and Sasha was white.
They shared their love of music and their relationship grew stronger and intimate.
As their feeling towards each other grow they become fearful to admit their desire and they pull away. With all the danger and murder in the city during the summer of 91, they both are being pushed to different paths, Monti starts a job in law enforcement, while Sasha turns to his drugs and playing music and concerts. with all this, they get away from each other until they meet again 8 years later and thrown back into the cold case of a serial killer and the feeling they both tried to bury.
I enjoyed Harrison’s choice of side characters and all their blunders. She did a great job interweaving the storyline and rich characters. main characters were perfectly crafted through flashbacks and moving the story forward. The surprising changes made the story more tempting.
This book touches so many ongoing issues and I think I like to see it turning into a movie.
Trigger warnings: gender inequality, sexual assault, violence, child abuse, drug use, and the use of racist language.
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