Author: Heather Henson
Genre: realistic fiction
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Rating:
.JPG)
Summary (provided by publisher): For as long as Miri can remember it’s been her and her dad, Poe, in Paradise—what Poe calls their home, hidden away from prying eyes in rural Kentucky. It’s not like Miri doesn’t know what her dad does or why people call him “the Wizard.” It’s not like she doesn’t know why Clay, her one friend and Poe’s right-hand man, patrols the grounds with a machine gun. It’s nothing new, but lately Paradise has started to feel more like a prison.
Enter Fen. The new kid in town could prove to be exactly the distraction Miri needs…but nothing is ever simple. Poe doesn’t take kindly to strangers. Fen’s DEA agent father is a little too interested in Miri’s family. And Clay isn’t satisfied with being just friends with Miri anymore. But what’s past is prologue—it’s what will follow that will wreck everything.
My opinion: I'm okay with the idea behind this book. A teen who grows up with a parent who manufactures/sells drugs is going to find that her perception of the world and of other people is profoundly affected by that reality. I think, though, that Henson tries too hard to make Poe an admirable or at least redeemable character. We get this hole other arc for him apart from his desire to keep their life isolated from prying eyes. The plot with the DEA stretched my willing suspension of disbelief almost to the breaking point. It pretends at being a deep exploration of character but instead treads largely familiar ground.
Advanced Reader Copy provided by NetGalley
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