[3] She graduated from Salpointe Catholic High School and studied theater at the University of Arizona for two years before transferring to Marymount Manhattan College.

The novel received generally positive reviews from numerous media outlets,[7][15] including The Washington Post,[7] Entertainment Weekly,[8] NPR,[16] and The Atlantic magazine.

[17] The Washington Post's review said that "Reid constructs a plot so beautifully intricate and real and fascinating that readers will forget it's also full of tough questions about race, class and identity."

"[18] A review in The New York Times noted the book's "resonant insights into the casual racism in everyday life, especially in the America of the liberal elite," but described Reid's scenes and dialogue as feeling "deliberately styled for a screen adaptation," with "heavy-handed attempts to mimic millennial parlance.

"[22] The New York Times proclaimed, "Reid is a social observer of the highest order..."[23] Vox's Constance Grady wrote, "This is a dark book where money shapes everything, even the most intimate of relationships.

"[24] Ron Charles of The Washington Post declared, "You're in the presence of a master plotter who's engineering a spectacular intersection of class, racism, academic politics and journalistic ethics.