Lennie Cash is one of the most popular girls at
school...but
not in a good way. Being the daughter of a wanted
murderer
that took his daughter along for the ride, Lennie hasn't
had
an easy life. Lennie lives with her three bootlegging
uncles who brew and sell their own moonshine. The family
tradition is that the buyer makes a wish and her uncles
toast to it.
Six months after her best friend goes missing, Lennie
decides to let go, and sneaks out of the house with her
friend Larry to attend Michaela Gordon's annual holiday
party. With some of the family's moonshine in tow, Lennie
has everyone make a wish before drinking - it's tradition.
Doing the same thing she has seen her Uncles do thousands
of
time, she toasts to wishes for bat wings, balls of steel,
to
basketball skills, and even for the party to go on
forever.
Lennie even makes a wish of her own....to bring back her
best friend Dylan, who was murdered.
The next morning gives Lennie the whole understanding of
be
careful what you wish for. Normally such a thing as wish
granting wouldn't be so bad, but in Lennie's family, it is
catastrophic. Each and every wish Lennie granted last
night, came true. With all her wish granting, Lennie also
has attracted the attention of those that now want to use
this gift of hers for much darker uses. As Lennie races
to
try to fix her excess wishing, she has to stay out of the
hands of the one person that wants her the most....her
father.
DOWN WITH THE SHINE is a stand-alone book that was nothing
I expected....which is a good thing. The blurb on the
back gives readers just a tease of what is to come from
this
book. Author Kate Karyus Quinn delivers a story filled
with
twists, turns, and her characters are well developed and
flow easily with the common teen angst with a story line
that was original and completely different from anything
that I have read in awhile. If you are looking for
something new and different, that will keep you engrossed,
DOWN WITH THE SHINE is the book for you. There is so much
in
this story, you will not want to miss it.
Think twice before you make a wish in this imaginative,
twisted, and witty new novel from the author of ANOTHER
LITTLE PIECE.
When Lennie brings a few jars of her uncles’ moonshine to
Michaela Gordon’s house party, she has everyone who drinks
it make a wish. It’s tradition. So is the toast her uncles
taught her: “May all your wishes come true, or at least just
this one.”
The thing is, those words aren’t just a tradition. The next
morning, every wish—no matter how crazy—comes true. And most
of them turn out bad. But once granted, a wish can’t be
unmade . . .
Nice review. I especially like the fact that there weren't any spoilers. I seriously dislike any kind of spoilers at all. (Belinda Knight 3:56am August 22, 2016)
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