Damani is a Sri Lankan RideShare driver. Life has gotten more difficult now that her father is dead and she’s become the caretaker of her grieving mother who refuses to leave their basement apartment. Her friends are trying to organize and protest in the hope of getting a better life, but Damani has little time for protests, she’s barely eking out a living as it is.
Then she meets beautiful, rich Jolene. She seems perfect. There’s chemistry between her and Damani, and Jolene becomes an ally in the protests for livable wages and justice for the under-served like Damani. However, things are not always as perfect as they seem and in the end it turns out they’re definitely not.
Damani is an interesting character. She talks tough. She’s into working out so that she’s able to deal with any dangerous situations with her riders. She has weapons hidden all over the car. I found her breezy style interesting but it began to drag in the first half of the book. The second half is much livelier. It’s hard to put down.
The book is very readable social commentary. I’m not sure the romantic aspect adds a great deal, but it does enliven the ending.
I received this book from Knopf Doubleday for this review.
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