Thanks so much to Netgalley and HarperVia for the ARC copy of #Hula by Jasmin Iolani Hakes. Unfortunately, this book wasn't for me though. I was so excited to read this to gain a better understanding of the traditions of the hula and the Hawaiian people since my mother grew up there as a little haole girl, but the way the novel was written was extremely hard for me to understand. As a non-native Hawaiian, the interspersed Hawaiian language tripped me up quite frequently. If there was a glossary of terms or notation(s) at the bottom of each page with the meaning of some of the phrases/words we encountered during the story, that would have helped tremendously not only with understanding the story better but teaching readers more about the Hawaiian language.