On Rotation is the story Angie Appiah, seemingly-Perfect Ghanaian Immigrant Daughter. She’s in medical school with a lawyer boyfriend and an amazing friend group… but when one by one, things start to fall apart, she finds herself crying in a garden when someone else walks into her life.

Shirlene Obuobi did an excellent job discussing the pressures of being an immigrant daughter, being in medical school, and navigating adult relationships. As a Black medical student, Angie experiences and sees so much racism and within the healthcare system, and this is one of On Rotation’s strongest storylines. Angie is also learning who she is throughout the book, which includes navigating a new romantic relationship. I absolutely love the meet cute between Angie and Ricky, and loved that they didn’t have an easy start because of the baggage they both had. I did think Angie’s character development went a little backwards — she started off as such a strong force in the beginning and all through the middle, but when she started second guessing Ricky over and over again, it felt to me like she regressed a bit and was being really immature. Angie’s friend group is rock solid, and I also thought that was really well done in this book. The ending was excellent and rounded out the book really well!

Thanks to Avon for the copy of this book!