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Immoral Code by Lillian Clark
4.0

The world, and life, generally isn't fair but most of us have come to terms with the fact that you can't always do something about it. But if you could do something about it but it is considered morally reprehensible, as in Lillian Clark's Immoral Code, would you?

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Five friends with different ambitions bring together their unique skills for an unbelievable heist: Nari is cultivating her hacking and coding skills to be of use at one of the larger tech companies in the future; her calm boyfriend Keegan is happy to go where she leads, but tries his best to balance out her domineering personality; Reese is an adventurous and creative person, unafraid to take chances, assert herself, and stand up for her friends; Santiago is loyal and has dreams of diving in the Olympics while attending Stanford on a scholarship, despite his parents' objections to it; and Bellamy is a physics genius accepted into MIT, but her rich and uninvolved father has ruined her chances of obtaining the financial aid she so desperately needs in order to attend. These five high school friends, spurned on by Nari's determination to seek justice on their own, come up with and/or offer the support they can for a plan to siphon off enough money of her father's vastly wealthy company for Bellamy to be able to attend MIT and pursue her goals.

A swiftly-moving story, the narrative unfolds quickly and the story is propelled forward with the inventive ideas and associated actions of the group. The premise requires a significant amount of suspension of disbelief, yet if you're able to it does offer an entertaining tale. The text provided readers with the perspectives of each of the five friends involved in the heist, allowing for a variety of characters, whose stories and backgrounds are introduced, that readers could relate to; although I found that their voices, though occasionally distinct, were on the whole rather similar, to the point of being nearly indistinguishable, particularly as they shared a sense of humor (which was quite relatable and enjoyable since it also meshed with mine).

Overall, I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars.