Reviewed by Joni Reads on
So I really enjoyed this book. Cayenne is our main character and she is a thrillseeker. She believes that the women in her family are cursed to die young so she believes that by taking unnecessary risks she is somehow cheating death.
I wanted to yell at her every time she pulled one of her stunts. She would "train jump" which means she would walk along the train tracks while a train was coming and not jump from the tracks until the very last minute. She would cliff jump with her boyfriend at night when they couldn't see the rocks below them.
I didn't connect with Cayenne at all but to me that was the point. She was distant and tried to not connect with anyone in her life because she expected to die young anyway.
That is until her deceased mom's best friend gives Cayenne and her sister Saffron videos from their mom before she passed from breast cancer. Through the videos and the accompanying journal along with her Aunt Tee's discovery that she is a carrier of the BRCA gene that causes the same cancer that took their mother, Cayenne is forced to evaluate the way she is living her life and the relationships she has formed with those around her.
This book is very informational about the BRCA gene and the different option carriers of the gene face. You can tell that this is really close to the author's heart and she includes an author's note about her discovery that she is a carrier of the gene herself.
I love that the author wrote a book about something so personal to her and it has a very moving story but also is informational as well.
I would definitely read other books by this author.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 25 May, 2020: Finished reading
- 25 May, 2020: Reviewed