Suite as Sugar (Dundurn Press) by Camille Hernández-Ramdwar takes the reader through the thorny entanglements surrounding spaces between life and death, in short stories that traverse Toronto to Trinidad. Most of the stories in the debut collection take a subversive approach to discussing controversial topics, including vaccination statuses and academic doublespeak. Ancestors, too, play a pivotal role in Suite as Sugar, with elements of magical realism infusing the interactions between the living and their dearly departed. Making liberal use of Trinidadian English Creole, each story carries an underpinning of connectedness to ritual, place, and an overarching human purpose, particularly in desperate times.