The story started off a little slow for me and I had a hard time getting into it right up until I realized the novel shifts perspectives. The perspective shifts were fascinating and everything picks up pace from there. The author does an amazing job of weaving all the pieces of the story together in a way that doesn’t feel contrived or forced. The individual storylines are seamlessly puzzle-pieced together to create a larger exploration of all the different ways people can explore identity, race, and family within themselves and society’s constructs.