Kiley Reid does social commentary SO well. I was often cringing over the scenes that played out in this novel- they were expertly crafted. I really enjoyed the dorm life setting and the ethical dilemmas. While I didn’t love it quite as much as Such a Fun Age, I still found this to be a page turning character study.

Books like this remind me of my undergrad English Lit classes. We read and discussed many books with little to no plot. I dreaded every moment of reading this so I decided to put it down. I wish I read more reviews of this before requesting. It's not the book it's me.

I enjoyed this strange fly on the wall book following three friend groups of women as they deal with relationships and college and money. This book didn’t really have much of a plot and felt very slice of life but I was there for it. I really enjoyed the characters in this story they felt so real there were times I adored them and times when I was like what the heck are you doing. I have another book by this author on my bookshelf can’t wait to pick it up after this one. I really liked this authors writing the pacing was great I flew through this book. I would like to thank net galley and the publishers for a chance to read this book for an honest review.

A residential assistant who wants to graduate and buy a house gets entangled with a professor and three unruly students.

I usually don’t read reviews too closely before starting a book but in this case I was glad that I had. I went into this knowing it was a very character driven slow moving story. I think knowing that, I was able to enjoy how all the characters were fleshed out and how it all came together as things got incredibly chaotic. Reid’s writing is incisive and the dynamics she created are deliciously uncomfortable. I do think the right reader for this novel will have to have some interest in college age girl talk and all the bad decisions that come with that and be ok with unlikable characters. I also think this could have been a bit shorter, allowing the story to progress faster.

I found this book easily digestible and enjoyed the characters but the plot was lacking. I’m all for a character-driven novel but when the plot thickened I wasn’t that impressed and it felt a bit over the top to me. I enjoy Reid’s writing but I won’t be recommending this one as much as Such A Fun Age.

While the topic of this book is not of interest to me, the writing is very good. We meet a lot of characters. College students, their parents, RAs, a professor, and more. The setting is u of Arkansas. Fluid sexuality is explored. Those who are privileged and those who are dealing with socioeconomic challenges are a large part of the story. There is a lot of social anxiety. It’s worth a read. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

Synopsis: Millie is a RA at the University of Arkansas. She becomes entangled into the world of a professor, and 3 college students. Millie is working hard to save up money to buy a house, graduate, and ultimately land a job. Her involvement in the lives of the 3 colleges students, along with lending help towards research the professor is conducting, finds Millie in some unusual, and complicated circumstances.

For me, Come and Get It, did not stand up to Reid's 'Such a Fun Age'. In 'Come and Get It', Reid once again created such realistic, and complex characters, that I continued on to learn how their stories would end because I was so invested in them, however I didn't feel like the climax in the book really amounted to much. I was left wanting more, and I didn't feel satisfied with the ending.

While lacking plot, the characters in this book had such layers, and dimension. They truly came to life. I laughed aloud several times while reading, and I found the interactions between the characters to be vibrant, and real.

Reid did a great job drawing attention to race, micro- and macro-aggressions, and I wished we would have gotten more out of it in the ending.

I sincerely thank NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for providing an ARC, and allowing me to share my candid opinion.

ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

I would give this a solid 4.5 stars, I wish we could make half ratings! The story and characters and well built and written in a way that hold your attention throughout, even when not much of substance is going on. I enjoyed following the characters through living in college dorms and all the teen angst and drama that can feel like the end of the world. I would definitely recommend if you like YA fiction with lots of drama and mainly female characters!

Loved this one! I think we will be seeing it as a highly-sought after pick for a lot of book clubs. I highly recommend this unique story. It was even an Aardvark pick!

While I was a big fan of Reid's first novel, this one didn't stick with me. I enjoyed the premise, however I found the writing style to be repetitive and overly simplistic, and characters to be dull and one-dimensional. There is a bit of intrigue to hold the reader's attention, but overall this isn't a book I would recommend.

The new release from Kiley Reid (who wrote Such a Fun Age) is a look at college dorm life with a twist. Agatha is a professor and author who recently took a position at a Southern school while working on a new book. Agatha meets Millie, a black Resident Advisor when she enlists her help in interviewing students in the dorm. After her first evening, Agatha decides to change her work and becomes obsessed with listening into the mundane conversations happening amongst the girls on the dorm floor. Meanwhile Millie has developed a crush on Agatha as she hides in her dorm room to eavesdrop. Like Such A Fun Age, the novel is trying to make a statement on more- power relationships, money, race. While I did enjoy Such A Fun Age more, I really enjoyed reading Come & Get It and was excited to read it each night. There are a lot of characters in this book so just something to keep in mind if this is a reading pet peeve.

I remember reading that first chapter, and one of the characters thinks, “…practice paycheck… hmm that sounds a lot like fraud but sure” and I *felt* myself smirk and I was like, oh yeah, I am definitely reading a Kiley Reid book.

I settled in, I knew I was in good hands.

True with her debut, and even more skillful here, Reid is a shrewd observer of human behavior. These observations are sharp - in the truest sense of the word- you get the feeling that even you, the reader, can get cut.

For this reason, it makes sense for Come and Get It to be more of a character-driven novel. The plot not missing, but secondary to the playground of messy entanglements, ethical dilemmas, and exploration of class, race, and privilege.

Paced, not slowly per say, but deliberately. Every word seems necessary, even as you bounce POV to POV. You know you're getting to a point, though unsure of what it will be exactly. And then the climax hits you before you realize where you are; like a frog in water slowly being brought to boil. And how deliciously uncomfortable it all is.

I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of reading this book as much as I enjoyed the book itself. I will continue to read anything and everything Kiley Reid wants to publish.

My first book by this author. I heard about it on Good Morning America and was lucky enough to get an arc through NetGalley. Unfortunately, it was not for me. Just didn't like the characters at all and it was hard to care about them. I did finish the book and was glad I did. Just not a favorite.

I loved Reid's debut and I loved Come and Get It. These characters are flawed and real, and so well written. The dialogue was so fun to read. Thank you so much for sharing the galley with me!

I have been waiting to read this much anticipated book from Kiley Reid, and it did not disappoint!

The writing is so amazing. Easily written but so hyper-realistic. The author does not try too hard, but you can see each word.

This book was deeply odd but incredibly engrossing. I found it similar to Such a Fun Age in certain ways - the big cast of characters, the small details, being very female-centric. It felt awkward in a very realistic way. It roused a little bit of college PTSD. I would recommend it but would probably be selective about who I told about it.

This novel is 100s of pages of setup, waiting for the predictible trigger to be pulled. A disappointing follow up to Such A Fun Age.

What an incredible book! The writing and commentary are stellar and while the characters weren't particularly likable, their trajectories were very compelling.

A very special thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Group for an e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!

I loved Reid's first book, Such A Fun Age, so I was really looking forward to this book! There were aspects of it that I enjoyed but, overall, I much preferred Such A Fun Age over this book. This book was a bit of a challenge for me to write a review for so I'm taking a different approach than I usually do.

What I really enjoyed: I enjoy character driven novels and this was absolutely 100% character driven. I liked reading about the different perspectives of the women in the book. Millie- the 24 year old RA who is trying to set her future up for success by climbing the RA ladder at the University of Arkansas. Agatha- the visiting 38 year old professor who is studying Millie's dorm population in an effort to write her next book while also navigating a personal romantic relationship. Tyler, Kennedy and Peyton- 3 girls placed into a dorm suite together struggling with adjusting to each other's lifestyles and social circles. As all of their worlds become interwoven with each other, they are all forced to learn hard lessons about love, life, friendship, responsibility and accountability. I liked the writing style and I really enjoyed the depth Reid gave to each of the characters.

What lacked for me: Although this book was character driven I felt like it was almost TOO character driven. The little bit of plot that was featured in the story was very loose and, therefore, made me feel like something was missing from the book. The first 2/3rds of the book, I kept asking myself "Is something going to actually happen?" but the latter third made up for this a bit by having the characters come to their realizations and sort of sew up the end to the book. It was also hard to root for the characters because the majority of them were unlikable.

Overall, I know there have been two sides to the majority of the reviews I've seen. People either rave calling this one of their favorite books of 2024 already or it seems they feel "meh" about it. I leaned closer to the latter of the two perspectives.

This took me a few tries to get into it, as it was a slow start and I couldn’t really figure out the plot. However, I’m glad I picked it up again and once I got into the characters’ stories I found myself hooked. The story ambled through one semester of college, mostly taking place in a dormitory. It follows the paths of a student, and RA, and a professor and how their lives intersect. If I had to describe the plot, I would say it’s a story about choices people make, entitlement, mistakes, shame and how people react to their feelings revolving around consequences of their choices and actions, and how one person’s decisions can impact others. It led to a very climactic scene where seemingly innocuous decisions escalated to a high drama situation. I don’t feel like I was left with liking any of the characters, however I did have sympathy for each of them at different moments in time. I felt like characters I liked in the beginning I ended up feeling disappointed in, and characters I didn’t like in the beginning I grew to like more. It doesn’t really leave you with much positivity and I wasn’t sure any of the characters actually learned from their mistakes or even owned up to their culpability on what manifested from their choices— everyone kind of avoided conflict and ran away from the problems they caused. I rated this four stars because it felt slow throughout until about the final 20% when everything came crashing together, but I did think it was a realistic character study and commentary about human behavior.

This is a review of an ARC of #ComeAndGetIt from #netgalley