This was a pretty decent coming-of-age YA novel. Harris masterfully creates an intense yet thought-provoking read filled with so many emotions from all of the characters surrounding race.

In the novel we watch as Naomi Henry struggles to navigate her Blackness after a viral video of her best-friend Kylie who happens to be white is seen calling the cops on two Black teens in a shopping store parking lot and it causes an uproar in their town. Naomi and Kylie have been best-friends for years and while Naomi wants to remain loyal even after what she’s seen, the other Black students at their high school are questioning their friendship. Now Naomi can’t help but see everything in a different light.

From the beginning the novel pulls you in with the aftermath of a bomb explosion. Throughout the book we go between the past and present learning about Naomi’s friendship with Kylie and what led up to the bombing. The pacing started off well but toward the middle it drags a bit but I believe in between that time we see Naomi’s character develop a little more.

I sympathized a lot with Naomi because she was caught in the middle of something that wasn’t her fault. I felt her friendship with Kylie seemed weird there were some red flags simply based on their interactions in the book it didn’t really give best friends. Then once everything popped off after the video their friendship went up in the air.

Overall, the book was great and the author did well building suspense around such a complex issue. The details were vivid and easy to picture. My only downside was once the protests began and more confusion arose amongst the teens I could predict what was going to lead up to the bombing. Outside of that I recommend because there was definitely a lot of action going on with this one. Special thanks to the author & #quilltreebooks for my gifted copy‼️