Review: "Last Train to Key West" by Chanel Cleeton

I became a fan of Ms. Cleeton with the novel, When We Left Cuba and loved the continuation of the story in Next Year in Havana so I was very eager to read The Last Train to Key West. Although this is not a continuation of the saga from the first two books, this story will leave you breathless! This novel covers a week in 1935 between August 31 to September 6, when a devastating hurricane hit the Florida Keys. It follows three women who are in the Keys and how their lives become intertwined.

Ms. Cleeton uses one of my favorite writing styles. She devotes a chapter to each of the main characters and tells the story from their prospective. She slowly weaves each woman’s story together, leaving you turning pages to find out what will happen next with each. This style keeps you on the edge of your seat furiously turning pages!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It touched on a piece of American history that I had no knowledge of before. The devastation and lives lost were horrendous and their passing needs to be acknowledged. I highly recommend this book, Ms Cleeton is an outstanding author.