Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz

BOOK 19 OF 2021

RATING: 3/5

The next time I try to read a short story collection via audiobook, someone stop me.

I really enjoyed the first two stories, but the rest fizzled for me. Probably a combination of the stories not being as memorable for me as the first two, but also my attention drifting while I'm listening. I can absolutely appreciate Moniz's stunning writing, and would love to read a novel from her.

A snippet of the summary from Goodreads: Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida, each story in Milk Blood Heat delves into the ordinary worlds of young girls, women, and men who find themselves confronted by extraordinary moments of violent personal reckoning. These intimate portraits of people and relationships scour and soothe and blast a light on the nature of family, faith, forgiveness, consumption, and what we may, or may not, owe one another.