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Lone Player | Julia Rosemary Turk

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In the society where Eddie (Lavender Voclain) & best friend Margot live, resources are scarce & to ensure overpopulation is not a problem, everyone is inked with two playing cards when they are born - one on each wrist. Every New Years Day the Pick happens, two playing cards are drawn & any citizen who has the two matching cards as their tattoo are executed.

Eddie is in the midst of the final weeks of school, where (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf afterwards she has to make a choice: to become a Chaser & by extension give her parents & younger brother immunity from the Pick, or pursue her real vocation & become a Healer with those who live on the outside of society, which would mean disappointing her family but saving her best friend. Margot has had Lyme Disease for years & her father buys medicines on the black market to help hide her symptoms from the government, but Eddie wants to heal 1y

OutsmartYourShelf her completely. Meanwhile Margot's brother, Ren, is also wrestling with the decision of becoming a Chaser against his father's wishes. He knows that this may be the only way to save his sister's life.

The narrative is told by alternating between Eddie & Ren's points of view & I must say that, although both were interesting in their own way, I preferred Ren's story. This is quite a lengthy book at around 860 pages for the Kindle version, & 1y

OutsmartYourShelf although the first third was rather slow & Ren & Eddie's bickering became a little annoying, once Ren starts his training, the pace picks up & you can't put it down. I became invested in finding out what happened to the various characters & I thought the concept was excellent. It appears that this is the author's first published book, which if that is the case, makes this even more impressive. 1y

OutsmartYourShelf Verdict: great concept, slow to start & a little overegging the pudding at times when it came to Ren & Eddie's love/hate relationship, but overall I really liked it. 4.5🌟

TWs: animal death, death of a parent, executions, violence.

My thanks to the author & publishers, Lost Island Press, for the opportunity to read an ARC. I am voluntarily giving an honest review.

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OutsmartYourShelf Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5586608374

Read 7th-10th July 2023 1y

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