Smith, Jennifer E.
Windfall, 416 pgs. Delacorte
Press, 2017. $18.99 Content: Language: PG (3 swears); Mature
Content: PG; Violence: G.
Alice decides
to buy her best friend, Teddy, a lottery ticket for his eighteenth birthday. Although Teddy and Al have been friends for
nine years, in the last couple of years Al has been crushing on him. When Teddy wins the lottery and becomes an
instant multi-millionaire, Al wishes she would never have bought him the ticket
because she doesn’t want him to change.
At the same time that Teddy is struggling to come to terms with this
much money, Al is trying to decide where she wants to go to college. Will there future be together or will the
lottery ruin their friendship?
At first
I was worried that this book was going to be all about the downfall of lottery
winners, but it developed into a great coming of age story. I enjoyed the characters and I enjoyed
contemplating what happens when someone wins the lottery. I loved that it’s a clean romance but also
explores other themes of friendship, wealth and family relations. Good read and easy to recommend.
MS, HS – ESSENTIAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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