Alix is a blogger and influencer whose epistolary campaign titled “LetHer Speak” has landed her a book deal. Toggling between the perspectives of Emira and Alix is like marrying two very different novels, yet Reid seamlessly pulls off the union. For Alix, that means facing past misdeeds, but it also means facing the future consequences of her parenting choices. Emira does not function as some kind of tool to point Alix toward a path of racial equality. With this entertaining novel, Reid subverts our notions of what it means to write about race and class in America, not to mention what it means to write about love.

Source: Washington Post January 07, 2020 00:00 UTC