This was a brilliant debut from Kiley Reid. It tells the story of Emira, a 25 year old who is still very much in the process of finding herself and figuring out what she wants. While she does that, she's taken a babysitting job for a wealthy family in Philadelphia. One night her boss calls her to come take their three year old daughter, Briar, while she and her husband handle an issue at the house (which ultimately stemmed from a racist comment her husband made on-air as a news anchor). 

Emira and Briar get each other, and Emira takes Briar to the grocery store near the house so she can look at all of the teas and nuts -- something the young girl likes to do. Unfortunately, some white customers think it's odd that a black woman has a young white girl in the grocery store so late at night, and they get security to approach Emira. Even though Emira tells them the truth, they don't believe her and won't let her leave. Nearby, a man films the incident. 

The rest of the novel then follows Emira as she handles that situation, as well as how the people around her handle it -- something that differs based on whether they're black or white. 

I would definitely recommend reading some own-voices reviews of this book, as well, but what really stood out to me is presence of The White Savior. Kelley plays this character when he films the incident (Kelley also has his own issues when it comes to black women, and I don't want to give too much about that away here because it's part of a reveal in the book. Alix Chamberlain, Emira's boss, is probably the biggest case of White Savior in this book. She does all these things because she wants Emira to love her and appreciate her and need her. And Emira eventually comes to see that when Alix does something unthinkable in order to "save" Emira.

The book was well-written. The dialogue was good and at times funny, particularly between Emira and her best friend Zara, as well as Briar, who was sort of caught in the middle of everything else as Emira finds herself as the rope in a game of Tug of War. 

I can't say anything that will do this book justice, but please do read some own-voices reviews and definitely read this book! It's worth all the hype. Can't wait to read more from Kiley Reid in the future.