With the Fire on High

Beautiful. Powerful. Delicious.

4.5 stars!

I listened to this as an audiobook which was read by the author themselves. The books covers a lot of ground (sometimes, I thought maybe too much at once) and challenges readers - this book would be a fantastic read for teens and young adults, and I would've recommended it to my old secondary students.

I may revisit this review, as there's quite a lot more to say but I haven't quite got my thoughts together yet.

This book makes you want to smile and sigh happily just like Emoni's cooking does for her family and friends. I loved Emoni's voice and that every part of this book felt REAL and honestly contemporary in a way few contemporary books ever do. I love that Emoni's race is important to her and it shapes how she works with food and how she views and experiences the world but how in a book with majority black and brown characters, her race wasn't somet...read more

Very easy read! Will pass it down to my nieces when they’re of age! I would have enjoyed this a lot more in my teenage years! None the less- enjoyed a sweet little story

The plot around how her baby came about was crazy. My favorite plot was the growing relationship between Emoni and Malachi. LOVE ROMANCE:))The plot with her dad was also interesting also.