Thomas, Trisha R

Thomas’s layered novel explores complicated themes such as race, gender, and class, even as it offers a heartwarming look at finding love, friendship, and family in unexpected places. For fans of Rachel Eliza Griffiths’s Promise.

Readers will root for Elsa and Bailey to find love and acceptance in their worlds but may be disappointed at how all the loose ends are wrapped up a bit too neatly. Fans of Thomas and stories of friendships forged beyond social boundaries will enjoy.