Possibly the most cringeworthy audiobook I’ve ever listened to, and I mean that in the best way. I don’t always love an unreliable narrator, but it worked perfectly in Yellowface. I spent most of the book both astonished and not at all surprised at the lack of self awareness around race and prejudice. Astonished because it hits so hard hearing it over and over, not at all surprised because sadly I see and hear worse where I live. 

What I enjoyed the most was the unknown about Juniper’s story. What really happened in the apartment that fateful night? What caused her to have counseling earlier in her life? There are so many possibilities that could paint her in a different light-either more sinister or more sympathetic. I would have loved a chapter or two from Athena’s point of view as well, but I do see the advantages of leaving that for the reader’s speculation.