YELLOWFACE BY R.F. KUANG

YELLOWFACE BY R.F. KUANG

This book has to win awards for cover design. It is perfection.

Couple that with an opening line that made me suck in my breath:
"The night I watch Athena Liu die we're celebrating her TV deal with Netflix.", and I was invested.

This is the one about young novelist June Hayward, who, in the wake of witnessing that first-line-death makes some dubious decisions as she forges her path in the publishing world. Starting with, stealing her dead friend's manuscript and passing it off as her own.

It's a twisty-turny multi-layered journey that explores many things starting with what a person could do if they want something so badly. It's fast and deep. And current, dealing with issues of racism, diversity and cultural appropriation.