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May 28, 2019, by Ramisha Farooq
From the beginning, Fox has known exactly how she’s going to die. It’s like a dark shadow that follows her around, a haunting vision that she makes no attempt to escape.
Author Jennifer Isle Black’s debut novel couples this literary structure with uniquely dark prose to tell the story of a young student activist who must deal with the aftermath of a violent act carried out by one of her comrades. When Fox’s friend, Mink, detonates an explosive beneath the University of Manitoba’s Abbott College, Fox struggles with how to cope. You can feel the panic, the pain, and the trauma in her thoughts. She’s unsure of how to come face to face with Mink’s act, treading the line between forgiveness and confrontation. [Read the review at Broken Pencil]