Described as Scandal for teens, The Fixer combines politics and girls-who-are-friends, and so I was 100% in.
It has the best written high school I've ever encountered in YA. Also, the pacing is magnificent and the story is very tightly written.
Interestingly, I would say it also has some of the best world-building I've ever come across, particularly because world-building in contemp novels often gets overlooked. Despite the far-out premise, I absolutely believed everything the characters did, because they made so much sense in the world Barnes had made. It was excellent.
I also really enjoyed the tie-off of the plot while extending the series into the next book at the same time. I am SUPER intrigued and can't wait to keep going.
It has the best written high school I've ever encountered in YA. Also, the pacing is magnificent and the story is very tightly written.
Interestingly, I would say it also has some of the best world-building I've ever come across, particularly because world-building in contemp novels often gets overlooked. Despite the far-out premise, I absolutely believed everything the characters did, because they made so much sense in the world Barnes had made. It was excellent.
I also really enjoyed the tie-off of the plot while extending the series into the next book at the same time. I am SUPER intrigued and can't wait to keep going.
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Date: 2016-07-09 11:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-09 11:09 pm (UTC)(And then also: Ally Carter's Gallagher Girls series, and her Heist Society books.)