Here are three books by authors with roots in the Caribbean that I wanna highlight today:

• Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique 🇻🇮
Yanique is a novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, and professor who was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Her novel follows the Bradshaw family from 1916 through the 1970s, beginning with three siblings with magical gifts who are orphaned by a shipwreck.

Y’all know I love a good multi-generational epic, especially when magic is involved! I picked up this book about a month ago and hope to begin reading it soon.

•A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera 🇩🇴
Herrera is an Afro-Dominican author born & raised in the Caribbean.

The last book in her Las Léonas series brings a repressed physician & an infuriating Duke together in an explosive historical romance set in 19th century Paris.

I cannot recommend this book enough! The characters are complex, the history is fascinating, and the love story is extra steamy.

• When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa 🇧🇷🇵🇷
Sosa is an Afro-Latina author of rom-coms with roots in Brazil & Puerto Rico. Her most recent release delivers a hilarious slow-burn like no other!

Javi & Mari have been besties pining for one another since sophomore year of college, almost a decade ago. Just as Javi feels he is finally worthy of Mari’s love, she invites him to be the man of honor in her wedding to a man she started dating for less than a year.

I finished reading this book a couple of days ago & I loved it! There were so many quips that made me cackle & the tension between the MCs was palpable.

Have you read any of these books? What Caribbean book would you recommend to me?

[ID: TEXT - 3 book recs for Read Caribbean MONTH. A brown hand holds up Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique, A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera, and When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa in front of a blurred but colorful bookshelf. Shadows of tropical plants flank the top left and right corners.]

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