Millie Cousins is a senior RA at the University of Arkansas, and she could use some extra cash, so when she meets Agatha Paul, a writer and a visiting professor who is interested in interviewing some of the dorm residents, she arranges a lucrative side gig that will benefit them both. But this particular group of residents have their own sets of issues, and Millie’s relationship with Agatha quickly becomes more complicated than she expected...📖🐷

What I Loved: Kiley Reid is so clever, and she continues to poke fun at privilege so perfectly in her sophomore novel. I was particularly interested in the the dynamic between Millie and Agatha, which, in some ways, mirrored the relationship between Alix and Emira in Such as Fun Age, and Elizabeth and Sam in Friends & Strangers. The dynamics and interactions between the roommates were also spot on. I love messy characters and chaotic plot points, and this one had both. 📖🐷

Why Not 5 Stars: This one took me a bit longer to invest in than Reid’s first book. It was only after learning more about Millie’s backstory and the introduction of Kennedy’s character that I really started turning pages. I also didn’t find myself ruminating on the characters and conflicts from this book as much as I did when I read Such a Fun Age. 📖🐷

Still, this book did not disappoint, and I will continue to read Kiley Reid’s books moving forward! I recommend this one to those who enjoy messy characters and don’t need a clear cut ‘moral’ to the story. 📖🐷

⭐️ REVIEW ⭐️

Thank you to #NetGalley and @putnambooks @penguinbooks for allowing me to read #ComeandGetIt by @kileyreid 💰🐷

⭐️Rating:4/5 ⭐️

Synopsis: “From the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age comes a fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly students.

It’s 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie’s starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopardized by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks, and illicit intrigue.

A fresh and intimate portrait of desire, consumption, and reckless abandon, Come and Get It is a tension-filled story about money, indiscretion, and bad behavior—and the highly anticipated new novel by acclaimed and award-winning author Kiley Reid.”

My thoughts: Wow, this book was like a train wreck 🚂🤯 it had me queasy and unsettled; however, I couldn’t look away! Kiley Reid does not wrap things up in a pretty little bow, but rather let’s you sit in the uncomfortable, which is somewhat unique and something I appreciated about this book. The characters in this book grapple with money—what it means to them, to others, and the influence it has on all of our lives. The unethical behaviors had me cringing throughout, but it does comment on the lengths some people will go to for money, and other will use money to get what they want. Overall, I enjoyed the complexities and thought-provoking story and would recommend #ComeandGetIt

Kiley Reid is an immensely talented writer. She has a knack for putting words to problematic white women. I I loved "Such a Fun Age" but didn't love "Come and Get It" because the plot seemed to lack movement, and there weren't many redeeming qualities in any of the characters. I did laugh at the very end, though.

In this sophomore title, Kiley Reid proves she's a voice with staying power.

It's 2017 and Millie COusins is a resident assistant at the University of Arkansas and she's got a plan for post-grad. She has her sights set on a job, and a plan to buy a home in the area. So when visiting professor Agatha Paul offers Millie an unconventional but easy opportunity to help her, Millie agrees. It sets in motion trials in morals, ethics, sexuality, and power dynamics.

The characters are incredibly well drawn. From Millie and Agatha to the residents in the dormitories, they all seemed particularly rooted in reality with realistic and clever backstories. Race is only one part of the dilemma that these characters encounter and they challenge each other in ways that will break your heart and have you rooting for some of them.

I couldn’t get into this book at all!! Nothing happened?! I loved the author’s first book, such a fun age, but this one felt very Normal People by Sally Rooney to me, which isn’t my cup of tea.

After all the characters that we were introduced to and had to keep straight, it was a bit unsatisfying in the end. Nothing much happened. I will say that the banter among the RAs was hilarious at times, and while I did find the microaggressions and macroaggressions realistic, I did feel that it stayed pretty surface level and didn't delve deeper. It was as if it was being seen through the eyes/perspective of a white person and not the BIPOC character.

I think that prior to me reading this if I didn’t read reviews warning there is no plot I would’ve been disappointed. Let me repeat—there is no plot. It’s very character driven with slightly unreliable narrators. All of the characters are good and bad qualities. Overall it doesn’t give a great feeling of humanity tho 😂

It’s like a documentary of a college campus dorm life but also in the heads of the people. The “what if” scenarios that ran through their mind I could relate to.

While I didn’t LOVE this book I did appreciate its mundane story and the lives of average people.

I did love the take on ethics, poverty, race, privilege, money.

If I read this in college I think it would’ve been 5 stars for me. But for right now it’s a 3.5 rounded down.

viscerally uncomfortable and the characters are all on a journey of washy ethical grounds, from an RA making some questionable calls to a journalist/professor going too far to serve her own interests. I was grossly fascinated and could not have paused the audiobook for anything.
Thank you to Netgalley and the Libro.fm ALC program for providing a copy for review!

2.75 stars

I have such CONFLICTED feelings about this one. I absolutely adored Such a Fun Age and so I was so excited to receive this ARC.Kiley Reid is a strong writer, but this one fell flat.. She creates interesting characters and I could feel the tension building as I read this book. But in the end, I the plot really was slow and led to a lot of nothing.

Unfortunately, Kylie Reid just might not be the author for me. She can write, boy can she write, but it is difficult to connect to her characters. This obviously kills a character driven novel. The first couple pages were riveting but as soon as the initial scene was over the novel lost momentum. It was difficult to get through this one. I had similar complaints re character development about "such a fun age" but that one held my attention until the end because it had a bit more plot.

2.5 rounded up to three for Ms. Reid's writing ability alone.

I really enjoyed this book. A little slow in the beginning for me. I did enjoy the characters and how well they all meshed together in life.

Kiley Reid's latest novel, Come and Get It, is a character-driven story that dives into themes of desire, ambition, and the precariousness of choices. While the large cast takes some time to unpack, the payoff is a rich tapestry of characters. From Millie, the protagonist who grapples with morals and ambition as her position as an RA, to Agatha, the professor who makes her an unusual offer, and the other students who live in the dorms, I found myself rooting for all of the characters even as I disagreed with them and their choices. While the plot takes a while to find its footing, the second half delivers tension and sharp observations.

It took me a while to get into this book, but once I did I started to enjoy it.
This was a very character driven novel. The problem is I did not like any of the characters. That's not usually a bad thing, I have read books in which I hated the characters but loved the book. But most of the characters were one-dimensional, and there was no plot for most of the story. The only redeeming part for me was Kennedy's story, she ended up being the only character I started to care about.
The last 10% of the book is where it started to get interesting and I did start to get invested at that point. But it took too long to get to that point and I felt like most of the novel was disjointed and the plot had no real direction.

I really enjoyed Such a Fun Age so I was excited for Reid’s sophomore novel. This is definitely very different. Come and Get It doesn’t really have a discernible plot—which I’m not always mad at!—but these characters were all so icky—which I’m also not always mad at!—and I just had a hard time getting invested. I think this book is going to be a love it or hate it one for sure, and I’m still not entirely positive how I feel about it. I’d recommend folks try it, but it’s not at the top of my list.

this was my first kiley reid book and it was unlike anything I’ve ever read! there were some parts that really stood out to me.

diverse characters: students, resident assistants and teachers from all walks of life

unique setting: college dormitory

interesting writing format: each chapter was a different character’s perspective

once it got to the last 3/4 of the book, I couldn’t put it down!

thank you to net galley for the arc.

I loved Kiley Reid's debut, but this one was a miss for me. I can appreciate the writing style but the storyline and dialogue made this one slow to get through.

This book was one that had a slow moving plot and really just wasn't that interesting. It almost felt like it was a day-to-day rehashing of someone's mundane life. There were some interesting points, but nothing that stood out. This book was very forgettable.

It's taken me a couple of days after reading this one to think about what I really wanted to write.

For a while I felt like it was a book about nothing but as you keep reading more layers to the characters are uncovered and I think in a very subtle way it touches on a lot of heavy topics.

I enjoyed the setting of the book and in the end I genuinely enjoyed the characters. This is a very interesting look at life on a southern college campus.

Really glad that I read this one.

I enjoyed this book. It felt like I was a fly on the wall listening in on all the goings on at the college. I particularly liked Millie and her story. I was sure I knew how the story would evolve and was surprised when it went in a totally different direction.

I loooooved this book. I was drawn in by the characters immediately and couldn’t stop reading until I finished. I love Reid’s writing style: rich, deep character development and intertwined story lines that you can tell are building up to something but you’re not exactly sure what it’s going to be. It’s so satisfying to read and get lost in. Like Such a Fun Age, I’m definitely going to be thinking about Come and Get It for awhile!