I could not put down Everything’s Fine by Cecilia Rabess. This was so well written, and really thought provoking that I was thinking about it when I wasn’t reading it. This book is marketed as a romance, but I feel is not a true romance book that one would expect. This does have a love story intertwined, but it’s mostly about how Jess navigates life as a Black woman in a White world. It touches on racism in White privilege that many don’t see or realize. 

The love interest Josh is a White conservative and the two of them do not agree on many things which leads to many fights. The two are reunited from being classmates in college to coworkers at Goldman Sachs. Jess couldn’t  stand him from the beginning because their beliefs are so different but over time they become friends and then a love story blooms.  

The only thing I really didn’t like is how fast he tells her he loves her after their first time being together, saying that he has loved her since the beginning. SINCE THE BEGINNING?!! His words sure didn’t match that. Other than that the story is fast pace and reflects in true time. We even hear how Jess felt when Obama became president and the book ends when Trump was elected as president in 2016. The feelings described for both these events are how many felt at the time. 

Thank you Simon Books and Simon & Schuster for a copy of this book to review.