BOOK REVIEW: The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

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" New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America's history and legacy of racism in this suspenseful YA novel following a biracial teenager as her Georgia high school hosts its first integrated prom.

When Springville residents—at least the ones still alive—are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation … Maddy did it.

An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept Maddy is biracial. She has been passing for white her entire life at the behest of her fanatical white father, Thomas Washington.

After a viral bullying video pulls back the curtain on Springville High's racist roots, student leaders come up with a plan to change their host the school's first integrated prom as a show of unity. The popular white class president convinces her Black superstar quarterback boyfriend to ask Maddy to be his date, leaving Maddy wondering if it's possible to have a normal life.

But some of her classmates aren't done with her just yet. And what they don't know is that Maddy still has another secret … one that will cost them all their lives. "

MY THOUGHTS

Loved It.

This is definitely a must read if you enjoy YA thriller.

In this book we meet Maddy Washington a shy teenager who has a deep dark secret that becomes revealed one rainy day on the track. This revelation makes Maddy's life even more miserable than it already was in a high school that does not embrace diversity.

As Maddy tries to survive at school, at home she had to deal with an abusive father who is determined at all cost to hide who his daughter really is. Maddy soon finds out a secret that could change her life forever, and that it did because the night of the prom was something that no one in the town of Springvale never forgot.

This book is the perfect example of how a thriller is supposed to be written. I hear people saying it was inspired by Carrie. I will definitely be trying to read Carrie now after reading this.

I especially loved how this book touched on serious issues and was able to do it in a very unique way. This was good.

I recommend this one.