A review by maralyons
This Little Light by Lori Lansens

4.0

‘This Little Light’ by Lori Lansens is a fascinating dystopian YA novel set in 2024, where the Christian far right has gained much more power and influence and abortion has been banned. The story is told in a rambling blog format over 48 hours, written by Rory, while she and a friend are on the run accused of bombing their Christian school. 16 year old Rory and her friends are wealthy and live in Calabassas, California, near Los Angeles and famously home to the Kardashian family. The format was pretty interesting but didn’t always work for me as some parts seem a bit long-winded and some parts didn’t seem realistic. (How was the battery of an old laptop so endless?) Nevertheless, Lansens is a talented writer and kept me hooked. I was so curious to learn the background as to what lead Rory and Fee to being on the run from Christian zealots. The story was fascinating and I liked that Rory’s voice was that of an “outsider” perspective, her being a liberal Jewish atheist in a now extremist Christian country.

Thank you NetGalley and Abrams / The Overlook Press for providing this ARC.