I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

This is a slower burn than I had anticipated, but I enjoyed savoring the tidbits Breanne Mc Ivor reveals about Trinidadian society, culture, and economics (mostly because I didn't know much about those aspects before starting this book). I learned a lot, and none of it felt forced or exaggerated within the tone of the novel.

I'm glad she gives Obadiah his own chapters, as he would have felt more villainous and much less sympathetic had she not, but the romance feels superfluous. I would have enjoyed the book even without the budding relationship between Obadiah and Bianca, and it serves to be more distracting than an enhancement of the book (plus Obadiah triggers body image issues in Bianca that are almost unforgivable).