Queenie (by Candice Carty-Williams)

This novel is described as Bridget Jones's Diary meets Americanah, and I see where the comparisons are coming from. Queenie is a Jamaican-British woman in her 20s who makes a lot of questionable life choices, many stemming from past trauma and present-day racial politics.

It felt a bit light to be a Tournament of Books novel to me, but in the end the lightness starts to feel deceptive. There's more here than it initially appears. Most of all you can't help but love Queenie as she bumbles through her life, leaning on her friends and trying to do her best.

And oh, I hope there's a sequel!