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A review by gggina13
Those Pink Mountain Nights by Jen Ferguson
4.0
Berlin - a thick queen, works very hard in school, is in the middle of a fight with her best friend (one-sided, really, her best friend is ghosting her and she does not know WHY at all), is very responsible and attached to her job at Pink Mountain Pizza
Cameron - high school dropout, supports his family while his parents are out at work/in school, also works very hard but is a little sloppy and himbo-ish about it, but it suits him especially once you figure out he has dyslexia
Jessie - is in recovery from childhood cancer, smokes as a "fuck it" to it all, has a shitty rich dad and has her job also kind of as a "fuck you" to him
The three of them are all working the night Berlin has a spotting of Kiki - who is Cameron's cousin, who has been missing for months, whose mother was murdered
This book is a little slice of life; it does follow the kids as they find out more about the Kiki sighting, but also just follows them through work and family stuff and through finding out some news they don't love about their workplace
Berlin and Cameron are Native, and Jessie is white. I really am not sure why Jessie has a POV in this story. Maybe as the like breaking the cycle vibe of her rich capitalistic dad? Or as a third party viewer into Berlin and Cameron's relationship maybe? Berlin and Cameron have been in each other's lives forever as their moms are best friends but they have disliked each other for quite some time and it's genuinely mostly one-sided via Berlin. Cameron just isn't the type to care very much lol
There's some spiritual nature vibes in this one which is neat, there's also obviously important convos about missing and murdered Indigenous women, small business stuff, Cameron's family situation (I wanna call it uncommon but it's really more common than you'd think)
I do think I preferred the one-person POV of the first book from this author, but I enjoyed the storylines in this one and the blend of important topics and a little supsense. It was definitely worth the read and I'll definitely keep an eye out for what's next from the author!
Cameron - high school dropout, supports his family while his parents are out at work/in school, also works very hard but is a little sloppy and himbo-ish about it, but it suits him especially once you figure out he has dyslexia
Jessie - is in recovery from childhood cancer, smokes as a "fuck it" to it all, has a shitty rich dad and has her job also kind of as a "fuck you" to him
The three of them are all working the night Berlin has a spotting of Kiki - who is Cameron's cousin, who has been missing for months, whose mother was murdered
This book is a little slice of life; it does follow the kids as they find out more about the Kiki sighting, but also just follows them through work and family stuff and through finding out some news they don't love about their workplace
Berlin and Cameron are Native, and Jessie is white. I really am not sure why Jessie has a POV in this story. Maybe as the like breaking the cycle vibe of her rich capitalistic dad? Or as a third party viewer into Berlin and Cameron's relationship maybe? Berlin and Cameron have been in each other's lives forever as their moms are best friends but they have disliked each other for quite some time and it's genuinely mostly one-sided via Berlin. Cameron just isn't the type to care very much lol
There's some spiritual nature vibes in this one which is neat, there's also obviously important convos about missing and murdered Indigenous women, small business stuff, Cameron's family situation (I wanna call it uncommon but it's really more common than you'd think)
I do think I preferred the one-person POV of the first book from this author, but I enjoyed the storylines in this one and the blend of important topics and a little supsense. It was definitely worth the read and I'll definitely keep an eye out for what's next from the author!