Review: The Weight of Blood

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Maddy has a secret.  Her mother was black and her father wants her to pass as white.  She has done it for many years; even going so far as staying home if there is even a chance of rain … she can’t take the chance that her hair will change.  Her carefulness ends when it begins raining during a school run.  She can’t stop what happens to her hair and everyone sees the truth.  It doesn’t take long for Maddy to become the target of mean girls and the viral video spurs students to ask for an integrated prom.  Yes, it is 2014 and their school still holds TWO proms.  One is for the white students and one is for everyone else.  Unfortunately, her classmates aren’t done picking on her and Maddy’s other secret is more than they expect. 

The Weight of Blood is a stand-alone supernatural novel that tells the ending at the beginning and then exposes the hidden truths throughout the rest of the story.  I enjoyed the varied points of view.  Sometimes readers will learn through a person’s experience, sometimes a podcast transcript, and other times an interview.  All questions are answered at the end and I believe most readers will see a commonality to a famous story by Stephen King.

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