First, I want to thank NetGalley for providing me with this ARC. I’ve enjoyed other books from this author, and it was exciting to receive approval. Unfortunately, the joy was short-lived.

All I knew about this book when I requested it was from its description, and the blatant racism was curiously not mentioned there, so I was unaware of it until I was informed of the issue through Instagram.

At that point, I dreaded reading it, but I still owed an honest review and was hoping that this was a misunderstanding. Spoiler alert: It was not and I dnfed it.
I hate giving one-star reviews and would usually try to find something positive to say, but I’m speechless here. There is nothing to say to justify or redeem hatred.

I won’t be reading another book from this author again. My way-too-long TBR won’t suffer from this loss, but it is still a painful disappointment.

Quote from the MMC: “but shouldn’t there be a crew of people with questionable work visas picking these grapes for us?”
And the FMC's sister: “I was inspired by Elon Musk. I use his five-step design process.”

That's all I'm going to say.