Contemporary | Adult Fiction | Race | Punchy | Drama
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Emira, a 25 year old woman, is wrongfully accused of kidnapping a child whom she is actually employed to babysit by a wealthy and successful couple. The falsely accused event soon spirals out of control and Emira is facing the brunt of the one thing she’s always tried to avoid: the media.

I gotta admit… I had such a hard time reading this for the majority of the book for two reasons:
It’s not typically my type of genre I read.
Alix… Fricking motherf**king Alix… *low growl whilst major eye rolling* she infuriated me no end as soon as she appeared on the pages. But I suppose that was the point?
Anyway, I pressed on despite my immediate dislike of Alix, because the subject matter was interesting and I wanted to learn more about it through fiction (as well as non-fiction) so after skimming through the annoying Alix chapter it started to pick up, and Emira was perfect. I really liked her. Emira and Briar's interactions are hella cute! And the easy friendship between Emira and Zara is so goddamn awesome.
Kiley Reid did a killer job on making me detest Alix. Gosh she was so insufferable! Annoying! A sanctimonious prick! And what she did made me want to reach into the pages and throttle the woman! Never have I ever felt such contempt for a fictional character since Umbridge. I praise Kiley Reid for making such a detestable character. At times I also cringed at Alix’s behaviour. And also wow…. Fetishism for POC? Never knew that existed! So yeah, whilst the genre of the book wasn’t exactly to my liking, and, admittedly, I was expecting The Hate U Give vibes, it taught me so much and was most definitely an eye-opener.