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Immoral Code
by Lillian Clark
What promised to be a heist story a la the Oceans movies fell flat for me. One of the five (5!) main characters isn't getting a scholarship to college because her rich deadbeat dad has too much money and won't help pay for her college, so her friends scheme to help her get the money she "rightfully" deserves so she can go to school.
1. There's a lot of willing suspense of disbelief in this story for a few reasons, not the least of which involves the fact that she could have talked to her school and gotten things taken care of that way. My sister was in the exact same situation and talked to her school and made sure they knew that our dad makes enough money to help with college but wasn't going to actually pay a dime, and they gave her the necessary financial aid.
2. The first part of this book, before we get to the actual heist, is an info dump. There are five main characters and they all have their back stories explained, which could be interesting but ends up getting in the way of the action of the story. Five main characters is a tough narration style to pull off, and I don't think this book achieved what it intended.
Some readers may enjoy the story nonetheless, and if the teens at my library were interested in this one I would certainly purchase it for them, but as it is I will probably pass.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through Netgalley for the purpose of review.
1. There's a lot of willing suspense of disbelief in this story for a few reasons, not the least of which involves the fact that she could have talked to her school and gotten things taken care of that way. My sister was in the exact same situation and talked to her school and made sure they knew that our dad makes enough money to help with college but wasn't going to actually pay a dime, and they gave her the necessary financial aid.
2. The first part of this book, before we get to the actual heist, is an info dump. There are five main characters and they all have their back stories explained, which could be interesting but ends up getting in the way of the action of the story. Five main characters is a tough narration style to pull off, and I don't think this book achieved what it intended.
Some readers may enjoy the story nonetheless, and if the teens at my library were interested in this one I would certainly purchase it for them, but as it is I will probably pass.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through Netgalley for the purpose of review.