Book Review #150: Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
Struggling author June Hayward has always been in the shadow of Athena Liu, her much more successful writer friend. So when Athena dies in a freak accident, and June happens to find her unfinished masterpiece, why shouldn't she publish it as her own? It's still helping Athena, right? And when the situation spirals out of control, shouldn't June do whatever it takes to protect her fake reputation? It's been a while since I've written a book review! I was looking forward to reading this book so much, I'd heard great things about it and couldn't wait to get stuck in. I liked this book. I knew the plot but I didn't really know what to expect. The introduction was really great. Not only are we told a lot about Athena, but in the narration about Athena we also found out exactly what kind of person June is. June is a great unlikeable protagonist. Everything she tries to justify makes us as the reader roll our eyes, but we can't stop reading because her vo...