Kalala has lived her entire life in the Congo. Her mother deserted her to Momma Belvie and she has had a good life so far. She has great friends, has a band, and loves Momma Belvie. Everything is going great until Kalala and her friends play Ouija and the Black claims her. Now the demon has killed, her friends hate her, and a priest tried to kill her during an exorcism. With the return of her mother, Mereveille, a new hope emerges. Maybe she can outrun the demon in Spain and they have a new life together. But, are her problems able to be outrun or will things get worse in this new land?
I was approached by the author and sent a physical copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This book didn't strike me as my normal genres, but it seemed interesting enough so I agreed. I think because of this it has taken me so long to get through the book. It isn't poorly written, although it does have things that seemed lost in translation or words that shouldn't be there due to translation issues, but otherwise the writing is fine.
I think my biggest problem with this book is large sections of it are in other languages and when I used the Google image translate app on my phone it was frequently unable to translate what was written. I don't know if it was just gibberish in the book or if the app was having struggles as I have never had that issue with the app before. Even if it wasn't a defined language it wouldn't have been a problem if they didn't say things and then move on without translating it or providing context. I ended up skimming half of the book it felt like because I seen no point in reading words that didn't make sense to me or my app.
Outside of this it is a decent Young Adult book that is probably considered horror. Not sure what other genre this would fall into. My favorite character in this book was Mari as she had a large personality and a different outlook on life that wasn't regulated to superstitious nonsense like in the Congo. In this book I enjoyed that Supernatural was referenced as it was one of my favorite TV shows before it ended, so it is a dot of relatability in this story. Kalala is an overly dramatic teenager, but that is to be expected from teenagers so can't say much about that.
This book will show you how other countries are governed by superstitious beliefs to the point of murder and leave you wondering what the Black truly is. Kalala is available on Amazon for $3.99 by clicking here
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