Pages: 416
Intended Audience: Teens
Genre: Contemporary
Notes for Parents: Contains some
mature scenes.
The Back Cover
Alice has never believed in luck, but that doesn’t stop her from rooting
for love. After pining for her best friend, Teddy, for years, she jokingly
gifts him a lottery ticket—attached to a note professing her feelings—on his
birthday. Then the unthinkable happens: he actually wins.
At first, it seems like the luckiest thing in the world. But as Teddy
gets swept up by his $140 million windfall, fame and fortune come between them,
and Alice is forced to consider whether her stroke of good fortune might have
been anything but.
She bought a winning ticket. He hit the jackpot. Will they realize that
true love’s the real prize?
What the cover doesn’t tell you:
Jennifer E. Smith is the author of eight novels for young adults,
including The Statistical
Probability of Love at First Sight. She earned a master’s degree in
creative writing from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and her work
has been translated into thirty-three languages.
What’s good?
What would you do if you won the lottery? Alice
buys Teddy a lottery ticket as a lark for his 18th birthday, but it
turns out to be a winner. Teddy and his mom have always struggled financially,
so winning millions is going to change him, which is what Alice is afraid of.
This is a story about family, friendship, opportunity, obligation, grief, love,
and change. It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of Teddy’s win, and become
emotionally invested in the characters and their situations. The plot is easy
to understand and the pace is steady.
Best Part: Nothing
really stood out.
What isn’t good?
The story was predictable; There weren’t many
surprises. A few of the characters were underutilized – like Leo, Max, and
Sawyer. I kept waiting for them to be important. As this was definitely a
character-driven story, it’s not surprising that there wasn’t a lot of action,
but I was still hoping for a little more excitement.
Worst part: Nothing was
terrible.
Recommendation ☺☺☺(3.5/5)
This was a quick and easy
read. The story was engaging and the characters were easy to like. It certainly
made me wonder what I would do if I won that much money. Recommended.
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