Review: Pleasant but lightweight companion to the Keeley novels
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2013
This is the story of Becky, a high school senior struggling with her self-image, challenging home life, and unrequited love. Becky's angst is a little annoying at times, but it's ameliorated by being recognized as such. Becky is intelligent, and realizes--mostly--that the issues she is facing are susceptible to her control. It's her tackling these issues, with a little help from her friends, that make Becky's journey appealing.The people surrounding Becky are fun as well, if a little strange at times. A reader unfamiliar with the Keeley Thomson (and related Other Places) series will realize that several other things are going on in the background,  but not necessarily what they are. In many ways that makes the novel more realistic.With a little imagination, or with familiarity of P.S. Power's other books, one understands that the background goings-on are rather fantastic in nature. But even that appreciation doesn't detract from the immediacy and appeal of Becky's search for happiness.On the whole, the book is rather short and lacking in major conflicts. But it's a nicely satisfying addition to the larger fictional universe, and well worth reading. The ebook's price makes the book even more worthwhile.