What have you got to lose when you fall in love?
When Jess first meets Josh at their Ivy League college she dislikes him immediately: an entitled guy in chinos, ready to take over the world.
Meanwhile Jess is almost always the only Black woman in their class.
And Josh can’t accept that life might be easier for him because he’s white.
After graduating, Jess and Josh end up working together in the same investment bank.
As they lunch, spar and pick each other’s brains, Jess begins to see Josh in a different light.
Soon, their tempestuous friendship turns into an electrifying romance that shocks them both, and Jess finds herself questioning who she really is and whether she’s willing to compromise that for love.
‘Whip smart’ – Kiran Millwood Hargrave
‘A subtle, ironic, wise state-of-the-nation novel’ – Nick Hornby
‘A brilliantly observed novel about what it means to lose yourself as a young woman’ – Nina Stibbe
‘Original, confident, hilarious’ – Sathnam Sanghera
‘Characters so real that I felt preoccupied with them when I wasn’t reading’ – Curtis Sittenfeld
‘Entertaining and acutely smart’ – Elizabeth Day
‘A mash-up of Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid, Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld and Assembly by Natasha Brown’ – Elizabeth Day
‘Spectacular’ – Curtis Sittenfeld
‘Wow I loved this book. Completely addictive’ – Taylor Jenkins Reid
‘Stunning’ – Meg Mason
‘Plain funny as hell’ – Zakiya Dalila Harris
‘Our most explosive discussion yet…the PERFECT book club book’ – Casual Readers Book Club
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