Y'know what, 5% in and there's already been racist microagressions against the armenian love interest and afterwards the white protag got angry about getting an angry response, so I think I'm done with this book.
This is what the protag thinks: "Alek acted like he'd been insulted by a born and bred racist." Gee Eliot I wonder why he reacted that way.
Especially since the white protag then said defensively, and I quote: "I'm not your enemy. Hashtag, I stand with immigrants."

Where's all those gritted teeth emoji.

Anyway, I'm sure the worldbuilding is fun, but I'm not here for a book whose basis for enemies to lovers is "I was racist at a dude, he reacted badly and now I hate him and he hates me and our reasons for hating each other are both completely on the same level." Because, y'know, fuck that.