If you are looking for a book that reads like a Grey's Anatomy book then this is definitely for you. (Beware if you are squeamish, this book is very bloody and gruesome with lots of gory descriptions). I was hoping for more of a friendship based drama, but more than half the book is about patients in the trauma service. Don't get me wrong, I found that part interesting as most people do, but soon discovered that the medical drama was MUCH more interesting than the friendship drama.

We are teased many many times about something that happened in Zadie and Emma's third year of medical school that changed them forever, but they refuse to talk about. The reveal was so dragged out (so many chapters when they would ALMOST start talking about it and then get interrupted). As the past story very slowly unfolds, it becomes obvious what the secrets are very quickly. When the betrayals and the past secrets are revealed, it was so obvious that the drama was kind of lost.

I can say that it was overally written very well and I loved some of the characters, but not so much Emma or Zadie. For main characters, I thought they could be more well developed (though we do get some insight into Emma near the end). For a lot of the book I got confused about who the narrator was - their voices/POVs are too similar.

I have a HUGE problem with how non-white and non-skinny characters were portrayed. So many offensive stereotypes and even if these are based on real people the author know, it just's so unnecessary to have those be her POC voices (while tiny) in the book. ALSO I cringed every time she described someone's weight or looks - when she wasn't sure if she could get in an elevator because there was a "weight challenged" person who might put them over the limit?! Why was this necessary to include?

This book was okay and a quick read, but the story line was too predictable for me to really love it.