I'm not Dying with you Tonight by Gilly Segal and Kim Jones

When a riot breaks out at a school football match, two girls who never spoke before must rely on each other to cross the town to safety.



This is a fairly quick read, featuring two well defined female characters. The riot itself is ill defined and apparently rambling, and I've never been on a street with so few turn offs. However, I accept that being in a riot probably altered the perception of time and distance traveled. The story is tightly written, with almost nothing that felt like padding.

The secondary characters were well written, but most of them featured only briefly as most of the book was spent dodging parts of the riot. I think I'd have liked Pops if he'd been in more than two scenes. I'm ambiguous about Black. You'll see why when you read, I won't spoil it now.

I enjoyed this read and, since there are several threads left unfinished, I'm hoping to see more from these authors. They have a wonderful smooth style. This is going to do well.

From #OwnVoices debut author duo Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones comes a page-turning and timely story about two teenage girls—one black, one white—who only have each other to get through the violent race riots enveloping their city over the course of one night

Lena has killer style, an awesome boyfriend, and a plan. She knows she's going to make it big. Campbell, on the other hand, is just trying to keep her head down and get through the year at her new school.

When both girls attend the Friday night football game, what neither expects is for everything to descend into sudden mass chaos. Chaos born from violence and hate. Chaos that unexpectedly throws them together.

They aren't friends. They hardly even understand the other's point of view. But none of that matters when the city is up in flames, and they only have each other to rely on if they're going to survive the night.