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Book Review #83: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

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I had been looking forward to reading this book for a really long time. Not only because of the great premise, but because of how well-received it was. The story follows two women, one of which is Emira, who is accused one night of kidnapping the white child she is babysitting. The other is Alix, Emira's boss, who will do anything to make the situation right. But the incident sparks a chain of events that will challenge and change the lives of everyone involved. Reading this book, something that I've learnt that I've never considered is the fact that, not being able to put a book down doesn't necessarily mean that you loved it. Because that's how I felt about the book. I couldn't put it down for the 5 days that I was reading it, but once I got to the end, I realised that I didn't love it as much as I thought I did. However, I thought the first chapter was incredible. My heart was pounding, I felt like I was in that supermarket with Emira, and I just couldn...