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Futuristic Teen Drama

So interesting to hear how Lori Lansens came to write This Little Light...

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Written from the point of view of a 16 year old girl (Rory) as she writes a blog. The blog is about the events that lead up to them running and the 48 hours they spend in hiding. This is a brilliant dystopian book that is set a few years in the future but is sadly close to what our society is today. The author nails the voice and you keep turning the pages wanting to know more. So many important topics are touched throughout the book.

Going to curl up with a nice cup of #PumpkinTea and continue reading This Little Light while baby girl takes a nap. I'm just under 100 pages in and I'm enjoying it so far. I'm glad this is purely fiction but there is still some awful parenting going on in this book! Lori Lansens has an incredible gift - all her books are so different yet they are all so good.

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I won another book. I am looking forward to reading this book.

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This was just barely a pick for me. While I did enjoy it, there were parts that seemed too far fetched and it pulled me away from the main story.

The story follows two girls accused of a crime they didn't commit who are desperately trying to clear their name. In the process though, the life they lived and all they believed begins to crumble down around them.

I really enjoyed This Little Light. This book really surprised me. Highly recommend. New blog post https://wp.me/pckM0T-3c

Written as the blog of a rich, teen girl, Lori Lansens tells the story of a group of teen girls, attending a private Christian school in a future USA where abortion has been banned nationwide. Rory and Fe are on the run, being accused of setting off a bomb and working for the "red market". Everytime I thought I knew where this story was going, another bomb was dropped (no pun intended). An absolute page-turner!

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I really enjoyed this book! I had to get used to the teenage blogger narrator (found her lexicon very annoying initially, particularly on audiobook). It's a dystopian story (chillingly only slightly different than our dystopian reality) where two teenage girls are fleeing false accusations of terrorism for a pro-choice bombing at a purity ball. Thought-provoking, disturbing at times, tender at others. Extra points for a sweet trans kid character!

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The plot is taut, tense, and timely. With the issues of reproductive rights, immigration, religion, and sexuality, I couldn't help but think of The Handmaid's Tale and how although this story is set in the future, the topics are relevant today. What Lansens achieves in this work is nothing short of extraordinary. And that ending...whoa! I can't give anything away, but it was a sucker punch right to the gut.