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RITA Reader Challenge Review

Plus One by Elizabeth Fama

Plus One

Plus One is a YA novel, and, as such, it comes with all the problems that make many books of that genre unappealing to adults like me. It is plot driven at the expense of character development or world building. The dialogue can be awkward and unrealistic. The themes are simplistic and obvious. The reader sees the surprises coming at least five chapters before the characters do. The protagonist makes tons of mistakes with no … Continue reading Plus One by Elizabeth Fama

RITA Reader Challenge Review

Plus One by Elizabeth Fama

Plus One

This book grabbed me from page one and didn’t let me go. The only reason I stopped reading was because of pesky necessities of the real world (work, food, sleep, etc.). While I was reading I both desperately wanted to know what would happen to the characters and desperately didn’t want to know. Elizabeth Fama doesn’t hold back from making her protagonists suffer and struggle. She throws every obstacle in their way and doesn’t give … Continue reading Plus One by Elizabeth Fama