So... hmm. I liked some things about this book. The NB MC (Ray) is a really fun character, and the POV character
(Simone) grows on you a lot over the book. But for a lot of the time, the cis POV MC is mostly asking dumb questions for Ray and Simone's trans roommate to answer. Additionally, the MCs are a thinly veiled Claire and Brad from the BA test kitchen, and I get the ick - it feels like the (white) author saw the way the racism and lack of pay for video appearances went down at BA and said "let's make
that about me." Neither of the main characters sees the lack of POC at the magazine or in front of the camera as
their issue, despite Simone realizing this is the case once it's pointed out to her). In the end, the book does what BA did. All of the POC characters are very minor side characters that always appear as a group and never have their own projects, and the lack of POC in the company only ever comes up once or twice more when one of the POC mentions it as an add-on to Ray's reasons for leaving the magazine.