I liked this book quite a bit. Avery Cunningham is so incredibly talented, and I am shocked this is her debut novel. It almost had a feel to it of a story that has been spun over a decades long career.

It was a very intriguing story, and though I ended up having the title solved early in the book (about a third of the way through, I think) the twists and turns kept me second guessing myself the whole way through.

About three quarters of the way in, I lost my focus and/or the story stagnated for a bit. I ended up putting the book down, took a nap, and blew through the rest. Even with that little dip, it was still a well written look at black high society in 1920s Chicago. The realness I felt coming through those pages and when the one big reveal that I did NOT see coming came I gasped.

Please read this book. Yes, it’s 500 pages, but it is so worth the time you spend in someone else’s shoes.