*Thank you to Penguin and BookishFirst* for this early copy of Break This House by Candice IIoh. When I read the sneak peak I knew this was a story I wanted more of. Although I didn’t realize how somber and emotional the story would turn out to be. Yaminah Okar “minah” as her friends call her is a shell of her former self. With the sudden unexpected death of her estranged mother from cancer. Minah must finally face the family she has tried to forget since she and her dad moved to Brooklyn. This was a very somber and emotional read. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a quick read. Although it is quite heavy in certain sections so it isn’t for the faint of heart. She has to endure a lot with confronting a lot of the pain and struggles she has endured because of her family and the secrets they have kept from her. Particularly the ones they have had kept hidden from her about her mother Sandy.