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3.5 stars. The writing was so good. SO good. But the story was just so stagnant.
I was really intrigued by the premise, and the stuff we got to see about how Stella and Desiree’s lives diverged when they separated was really interesting. The section where we first see what Stella was doing in the time after, living as white … man, the tension was thrumming through this novel!! But I think it got muddied with Jude and Kennedy and Early and Reese jumping in as viewpoints. Especially Kennedy. She fe ...more
I was really intrigued by the premise, and the stuff we got to see about how Stella and Desiree’s lives diverged when they separated was really interesting. The section where we first see what Stella was doing in the time after, living as white … man, the tension was thrumming through this novel!! But I think it got muddied with Jude and Kennedy and Early and Reese jumping in as viewpoints. Especially Kennedy. She fe ...more

Feb 13, 2022
bobbie bonte
marked it as to-read