i am… hooked. this is the second book by this author that i’ve read and it officially marks an auto-buy author. the way emill writes characters that feel so real needs to be studied because everything the characters did, said, and thought felt like it was happening. i think the reason i liked this book so much is that it celebrates black men who don’t fit the stereotypes often portrayed by the media. the main characters, Amir and Marcel, are unlike any character i’ve read before and i really liked their development as brothers and as men through the book. 

the only way i want apologies to go from now on are “My apology to you is changed behavior going forward” that line gave me chills.