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Immoral Code
by Lillian Clark
It’s like Ocean’s 11 meets The Breakfast Club. A group of teens that are all different and shouldn’t fit together, but do. And they come up with a plot to help their friend in need...risking everything.
There’s a lot of book BEFORE the actual event takes place. You get to know the characters, the group, their dynamic, each one’s place inside the group. And of course, the relationships with each other. You also get points of view from everyone, which I loved. This made it far easier to not only get their thoughts on everything going on, but to also ensure that each one was fleshed our enough to feel like a separate person. An individual. That was brilliantly done.
And, it’s not as if they just decide to do the thing and they jump right in with no planning. It’s the opposite. Lots of detail, chatting, and even disagreeing. So much, in fact, that you almost feel as if you’re a part of it all and deserve your own say.
Waiting for the big day is intense...the build up is overwhelming. But rightfully so! This is a big deal. And illegal. You know what’s at stake. That just adds to the overall intensity as the plan goes down. I was so glad that there were snags, because no matter how much you plan, you always have to prepare for something going wrong. Call an audible. Which happened. And that made the stakes higher. And with the alternating points of view, you found yourself wondering where each involved person was...and had they been caught.
The ending is where the book is weak, unfortunately. I do like that they didn’t simply get away with their crime. However, it seemed a bit...unrealistic? that Bellamy’s father would have a change of heart after this. Want to know her. And be willing to pay. I don’t know. Maybe the explanations at the end were enough, but we’d only seen one view on the man. I think we needed just a little more interaction WITH him to believe how it ultimately turned around.
Overall, a great, fun read. I loved the spunky characters.
There’s a lot of book BEFORE the actual event takes place. You get to know the characters, the group, their dynamic, each one’s place inside the group. And of course, the relationships with each other. You also get points of view from everyone, which I loved. This made it far easier to not only get their thoughts on everything going on, but to also ensure that each one was fleshed our enough to feel like a separate person. An individual. That was brilliantly done.
And, it’s not as if they just decide to do the thing and they jump right in with no planning. It’s the opposite. Lots of detail, chatting, and even disagreeing. So much, in fact, that you almost feel as if you’re a part of it all and deserve your own say.
Waiting for the big day is intense...the build up is overwhelming. But rightfully so! This is a big deal. And illegal. You know what’s at stake. That just adds to the overall intensity as the plan goes down. I was so glad that there were snags, because no matter how much you plan, you always have to prepare for something going wrong. Call an audible. Which happened. And that made the stakes higher. And with the alternating points of view, you found yourself wondering where each involved person was...and had they been caught.
The ending is where the book is weak, unfortunately. I do like that they didn’t simply get away with their crime. However, it seemed a bit...unrealistic? that Bellamy’s father would have a change of heart after this. Want to know her. And be willing to pay. I don’t know. Maybe the explanations at the end were enough, but we’d only seen one view on the man. I think we needed just a little more interaction WITH him to believe how it ultimately turned around.
Overall, a great, fun read. I loved the spunky characters.