Made in Hawaii is a collection of short stories of life in Hawaii.

Each story is a vignette, featuring different people at different stages in their lives. Some of the stories have a happy ending; many more deal with the complexities of love and loss or trauma. These are true slice-of-life stories of the ordinary people who brush shoulders with the extraordinary: ordinary moments that are extraordinary to those living them.

While the stories are distinctly separate, written in their own styles, there is a cohesion to them that speaks to a bigger picture of the people in Hawaii, and acknowledges the people behind the scenes of one of the world's most beautiful places.

~Many thanks to NetGalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review~

Overall I enjoyed these short stories. All of the stories are set in Hawaii and have a wonderful island flavor. However I also found the majority of the stories very sad, dealing with loss and missed opportunities. Only a few had happy ending. The book is well written and easy to read.

I am giving this feedback only because this book was approved and then archived four days after and I didn't have a chance to review it, yet it is in my statistics. Since I've requested that it looked interesting and hence three stars for an interesting topic.

Several short stories about daily life in Hawaii. A quick, easy read with some sad endings but you get perspectives of Hawaii life from all different walks of life.

Thanks for sharing this book!!! Below is my review I have posted to Goodreads and Instagram.

This is a collection of short stories about different life experiences in Hawaii. #onesentencesummary

My second Netgalley read 😁

Normally it annoys me when a story leaves me with a cliffhanger or is unfinished- but these stories were great as is.

It was really cool to read stories told from different perspectives and about different topics. I enjoyed them all and took pieces of each with me.

I would definitely recommend this to someone looking for some terrific short stories connected to Hawaii that aren't strictly told through the kanaka maoli lense.