Dominoes

Dominoes by Phoebe McIntosh

288 Pages

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group – Random House, Random House Trade Paperbacks

Release Date: March 12, 2024

Fiction (Adult), General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction (Adult), OwnVoices, Multicultural

Layla McKinnon and her best friend Sera are teachers. It is the end of term, and they are looking forward to the summer in London. Layla met her fiancé, Any McKinnon, at his sister’s birthday party. Layla is mixed race but can pass as White. Her friend Sera is darker and feels discrimination that Layla has never experienced. After hearing about Black people being abused by police, Sera tells Layla she just does not understand. Her message is “You are not Black enough.”

Watching a documentary about slavery in the United Kingdom, Layla begins to question her relationship with Andy, who is White. She needs to find herself before she can move forward with her life and goes to the Islands where her people came from.

The book has a steady pace, the characters are developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. This is a touchy subject when a Black or mixed-race person is judged because they are not enough. If you enjoy reading multicultural books, you will enjoy this book.