Themis Drakontis
Kin is a rich and moving novel about family, identity, class, and the ways the world around us shapes who we become. What stayed with me most was the social environment surrounding the characters—warm and familiar, yet full of pressure, secrets, and hidden dangers. Vernice and Annie try in different ways to escape the lives they were given, one searching for stability, the other for love. Beautifully written and emotionally sharp, even if the ending felt a little abrupt.
Kin is a rich and moving novel about family, identity, class, and the ways the world around us shapes who we become. What stayed with me most was the social environment surrounding the characters—warm and familiar, yet full of pressure, secrets, and hidden dangers. Vernice and Annie try in different ways to escape the lives they were given, one searching for stability, the other for love. Beautifully written and emotionally sharp, even if the ending felt a little abrupt.