The storyline sounds pretty stupid.
My daughter used to manage a children’s bookstore. She hates YA books. They are loaded with PC indoctrination.
She wishes someone would write a book with characters who just happen to be black without all the SJW undertones.
And it’s only going to get worse. The correct response should have been “It’s my book, I decide what I’ll write about, if you don’t like it, don’t buy it.”