This book blew me away. It's unlike any thriller I've read in that it's young, fresh, and at times, darkly hilarious and downright poignant. It stars incredible, well-defined characters that make you sad, angry, and enraged with their circumstances. Brandi and Taylor take the reader on a wild journey with twists and turns that left me reeling. Can't recommend it enough!

Super fun, super readable, where there are gaps in characterization they can be more or less accounted for with privilege and rampant drug use. My main issue was that the monetary amounts mentioned didn't really make sense. At several points both 10k and 5mil were bandied about with life changing implications, but, given the lifestyles led by the respective characters, well, it just didn't work.

Brandi is just an intern at a prestigious fashion house but she is willing to climb the ladder, despite the racism she experienced from her white colleagues. When she overhears a conversation she shouldn’t have she becomes linked with the owner’s spoiled, it-girl daughter.

Wow, I sped through this one in a matter of hours. I could not put it down. It is so suspenseful and you will be so frustrated, so angry. You’ll have to keep turning the pages to see how it turns out and you are more and more shocked as time goes on. I loved the diversity aspect and how racism within power structures plays a role. This was definitely one of my favorite reads this year!

“In the streets, you have your guard up. You know what to look out for, what to pay attention to. This world is different. Everyone is beautiful. The vultures are hard to see.”

Someone Had to Do It comes out 12/27.