A Different Hurricane deals with what it is to be homosexual in the Caribbean island of St Vincent and the Grenadines, where homosexuality is not just shunned socially but is also a crime. The story follows Gordon Wiley, a homosexual man who faces fear, rejection, hate and threats for no fault of his. Gordon grows up in a small village where all opinions are heard and shared, lives briefly in Montreal where he experiences an open and taboo-less culture around sexuality, and through a twist of fate, is forced back to the life he escaped from. Told through Gordon's eyes and partly through his wife's journal the plot explores the anxiety surrounding a double life and the will to create a better future for the next generation.

The prose is sensitive and reads like a stream of conscience. The only negative is that the plot switches timelines often and this switch is not as seamless as it can be. But on the whole, a very interesting narrative.

I love the way this book is written so much. The parts of the journal and then the parts of Gordon himself. 

Honestly all the people in this book are so well-written and multi faceted. 

This story absolutely broke my heart, especially since it's so real. I truly never really considered the wife's of gay men who got AIDS during the AIDS crisis. All because people decide to hate on love. Love = love, no matter the gender or the skin color of the people involved. 

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for this ARC.