Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu’s debut is a high-octane, character-driven delight. Here’s the rare book that puts you on the edge of your seat not just during off-road car chases and high-stakes dares, but also in quiet moments when a character waits for a text back or begins to choose what type of person she’ll become. With its anonymous game of one-upmanship, a cast of witty, self-aware teenagers, and a complicated heroine who’s irresistible not despite her flaws but because of them, Ride or Die fires on all engines.