The way this story has been told, with no gloss around the difficult parts struck me first. It makes for uncomfortable reading in places, but it's a difficult story, one that could have been lifted straight from a news reel out today, so it shouldn't be a glossy comfortable read about how it all comes good in the end, because these situations don't.

The way the narrative is set never allows the humanity of any of the characters to be forgotten, so each of them is seen as a whole, a crucial point in a story like this where the communication is that we need frank, honest dialogue for real change to happen. To allow us to grow and do better for each other. For some of us not to be so self obsessed and fear driven that we can't see past our own privilege.

It's hard to sum this book up without delving into the story itself and it goes against my grain as a reader to spoil something for anyone else. Just read this book. Read it with an open mind and learn something from it to take forward with you.

Riley and Jen have been best friends since childhood. Jen is white and doesn't feel like race has ever affected their relationship and Riley is black and has a slightly different experience. As adults, Jen is now married to a police officer and her husband shoots and kills an unarmed black boy. Riley is a local newsreporter and is involved in reporting the case. This book is such an interesting concept but I found that it maybe didn't go as indepth as it could have. The two women both narrate the story so we hear a lot of worry about her husband from Jen and hurt that Riley isn't in touch as much as she could. It's such a complex topic and I felt as though this book shyed away from that a little bit and made it more of a light read than it could have been. Although it was an enjoyable enough read I wouldn't mark it as a 'must read'.

Very good book. Some intense and thought provoking issues written in a sensitive manner. How far would you go to defend a friendship of decades?

A book to make you think. I thoroughly enjoyed this book even though it made me feel uncomfortable at times. It is particularly apt in this day and age. I loved the characters and I was thinking about them for days after I finished the book.
My thanks and admiration to the authors and to Netgalley and HQ for giving me the opportunity to give my unbiased opinion.

So timely and intriguing. As with many books about race, it promises a lot and delivers some. Worth a read.

Wow this book was my Favourite book of the year so far! Fantastic book and very current to what is happening at the moment with racism and BLM. This tells the story of two best friends, one white and one black. A shooting occurs of a innocent child by the white womans husband who is a cop and from that the dynamics of there friendship changes. I can't rate this highly enough, its unbiased, raw and emotional.

Great book, haven’t wanted to put this book down at all. I’ve been hooked.
Devoured this in just one sitting