A review by phillygirljl
A Girl Named Digit by Annabel Monaghan

4.0

Farrah, “Digit”, math genius, tries to foil a terrorist plot while fighting off her feelings for the FBI agent assigned to protect her.

While the plot in A Girl Named Digit wasn’t the most intricate of suspense/thrillers, it was an engaging and fast read due mostly to the heroine, Farrah “Digit” Higgins. I found Farrah a refreshing and funny girl and I liked the development of her character by the author. I thought it was interesting the way Farrah thought of herself as two different people. Farrah was the average teen – a senior in high school – who hung out with popular girls, and while she wasn’t exactly a mindless follower, she understood the value of trying to fit in in order to survive high school. Digit, on the other hand, is a math savant who can find the most obscure patterns in a bunch of numbers.

I noticed in some reviews that I read of Digit, that people had a problem with Farrah and John’s romance because of her being a minor (and him not). I honestly was not bothered by the fact that she was seventeen (almost eighteen) and he was twenty-one. The romance between the two was one of the things I liked about Digit. Farrah and John had CHEMISTRY between them, which I like in a good story. And while they may have shared some hot kisses, it didn’t go beyond that. Plus, I loved that John was willing to wait until Farrah turned eighteen in order to pursue their relationship further.

The reason why I liked the relationship between Farrah and John was because John accepted her for who she was – Farrah AND Digit. Part of this was probably due to his similar gift with languages, but I also felt like he just got Farrah, weird math abilities and all. It was refreshing to see that a guy DIDN’T like that a girl was trying to hide her quirks in order to fit into the mainstream.

I recommend A Girl Named Digit to readers who like “thriller-lite.” It had enough suspense to keep me reading, but it wasn’t so involving that I got lost in too many plot twists and turns.