I was really excited when I read the description for this book. I am not sure I have read any book set at this time focusing on an affluent black family as the struggles with Jim Crow laws and the civil rights movement. I liked some parts of the story quite a bit, but I thought the drama surrounding the romantic pieces were drawn out and were harder for me to be invested into. I did like that we get to read the story from four young women’s perspectives each of them in a completely different position. Helen and Olivia are sisters and part of the affluent Davenport family but their desires couldn’t be more different. Olivia is excited to find a husband and fulfill her part of society. Helen loves to work on cars and wants to help expand her father’s business and bring them from carriages to automobiles. Ruby’s family has lost a lot of their wealth and are counting on her father to win the race to mayor and for Ruby to marry John, the Davenport son, to re-establish their family wealth. Amy-Rose grew up in the Davenport household and is currently a maid. She has dreams of owning her own salon. All four young women are at the precipice of stepping into their adult lives and each facing difficult choices about where to go (but mostly about their romantic lives).