Unfortunately, I didn't like the slow pacing of this story or the lead. The main character was easily led around and dreadfully boring. She didn’t really have a backbone; always at the whimsy of Aimee or running behind Tracey. 

Most likely this could have been a purposeful decision on the author's part to give us a blank slate to discover the story through, but she was so dull. At least her mama was ambitious. The minor characters like Hawa were much more interesting to me.

The parts I liked involved the time the main character spent monitoring Aimee’s girl's school and the cultural shock and blunders she went through. 

I feel like this is one of those books you’re supposed to like, y’know that has universal appeal, but I didn’t get the point. 

 ETA: The reason the main character and Tracey fell out is so dumb. Like, they drifted apart for sure, but why was that the catalyst?