Come and Get It

Come and Get It ~ Kiley Reid

Come and Get It follows three characters at the University of Arkansas: Agatha, Millie, and Kennedy.

Agatha is a visiting professor, doing social research on young women and their relationship with money. Millie is a 24 year old black R.A., a senior who is older than her classmates because she took time off to care for her sick mother. Kennedy is a transfer student who is one of Millie’s charges, and one of Agatha’s students.

This book was so well written, and examines the relationships between power and money. Agatha has both, as a professor who is well enough off. Millie is searching for security, hoping to save enough money to put a down payment on a house. Kennedy is fragile, and trying to overcome a large mistake in her past. She has transferred to this college specifically in hopes of taking a class with Agatha.

I really liked how the author examined the relationships between not only the main characters, but also the side characters. She presents them, warts and all, so matter of factly and even gently, that though some of them do ridiculous things, they never become caricatures.

This was an excellent book, highly recommended.

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