I Wish by Elizabeth Langston What Lacey needs is a miracle. What she gets is a genie with rules. Lacey Linden is hiding the truth of her life—a depressed mom, a crumbling house, and bills too big to pay. While her high school classmates see a girl with a ready smile and good grades, Lacey spends her evenings seeking ways to save her family. On a get-cash-quick trip to the flea market, Lacey stumbles over a music box that seemingly begs her to take it home. She does, only to find it is inhabited by a gorgeous "genie." He offers her a month of wishes, one per day, but there's a catch. Each wish must be humanly possible. Grant belongs to a league of supernatural beings, dedicated to serving humans in need. After two years of fulfilling the boring wishes of conventional teens, he is one assignment away from promotion to a challenging new role with more daring cases. Yet his month with Lacey is everything that he expects and nothing like he imagines. Lacey and Grant soon discover that the most difficult task of all might be saying goodbye.
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My Thoughts:
I read this book in less than 24 hours! That is how awesome it is. Lacey has experienced more grief in her short life than most adults do the entirety of theirs. She is over whelmed with responsibilities no teenager should have to face. The two things that hurt Lacey most are her stubbornness and her fear. She's to prideful to admit when she needs help and too stubborn to take it when it's offered. Enter Grant. At first you think he's the answer to all of Lacey's problems. But soon it turns out that while he can do as many handyman jobs as she wishes, it's what they both learn from each other that's the true gift. You can't put a value on learning to open you heart to love. The ending was a bit unexpected and I can't wait to read the next one. I think there's more to Lacey's story & I hope we get to see what happens. I'd like to know where she ends up going to college and if her mom ever makes the progress she needs to. I'm also dying to know what will become of Grant and his aspiring career goals.
Recommended for readers 13 & up.
I received this book from the author via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
I read this book in less than 24 hours! That is how awesome it is. Lacey has experienced more grief in her short life than most adults do the entirety of theirs. She is over whelmed with responsibilities no teenager should have to face. The two things that hurt Lacey most are her stubbornness and her fear. She's to prideful to admit when she needs help and too stubborn to take it when it's offered. Enter Grant. At first you think he's the answer to all of Lacey's problems. But soon it turns out that while he can do as many handyman jobs as she wishes, it's what they both learn from each other that's the true gift. You can't put a value on learning to open you heart to love. The ending was a bit unexpected and I can't wait to read the next one. I think there's more to Lacey's story & I hope we get to see what happens. I'd like to know where she ends up going to college and if her mom ever makes the progress she needs to. I'm also dying to know what will become of Grant and his aspiring career goals.
Recommended for readers 13 & up.
I received this book from the author via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
Wishing for You by Elizabeth Langston She’s a girl who can’t remember. He’s the guy she can’t forget… It’s her final semester of high school, and Kimberley Rey is curious to discover what will come next. She needs to pick a college, but her memory disability complicates the choice. Will her struggles to remember make it impossible to leave home? Help arrives through an unexpected and supernatural gift. Grant is a “genie” with rules. He can give her thirty wishes (one per day for a month) as long as the tasks are humanly possible. Kimberley knows just what to ask for--lessons in how to live on her own. But her wishes change when a friend receives a devastating diagnosis. As she joins forces with Grant to help her friend, Kimberley learns that the ability to live in the moment--to forget--may be more valuable than she ever knew.
My Thoughts:
This book in the series was a bit on the sad side. The rules on wish making keep the story grounded which I really liked. The same characters in this story that were in I Wish, but the focus in on Kimberly, Sean & Grant rather than Lacey & Grant. Kimberly has a hard time with things most of us take for granted. She struggles with simple tasks like doing laundry & cooking. When we first get a glimpse inside Kimberly's world we see how dependent she is on her mother, iPhone & iPad to help her get by that she's lost all confidence in herself. Grant comes along & helps her find that & much more. The fact that Grant can't solve or heal every hurt for her makes her stronger in the end. The nice surprise is the unexpected place Kimberly finds love. I can't wait to find out what's in store for the next book. This one eludes to some of it at the end and I know it will be awesome!
Recommended for readers 13 & up.
I received this book from the author via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
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Author Elizabeth Langston
Elizabeth Langston lives in North Carolina, halfway between the beaches and the mountains. She has two college-age daughters and one old husband. When she's not writing software or stories, Elizabeth loves to travel with her family, watch shows on dance or Sherlock Holmes, and dream about which restaurant ought to get her business that night.
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