PositiveBook Forum...a skillfully crafted collection of short stories that offer ample rewards—vivid characterizations, evocative language—at their finish lines ... Unlike a good deal of earnestly multicultural fiction, Yanique’s stories look beyond mere ethnicity to locate the subtler strands of human identity ... In her effort to cast Caribbean life in a magic light, Yanique sometimes relies on folklore’s well-worn tropes ... Yanique finds apt expression for her characters’ struggles in these short but urgent sprints.