stealing infinity, alyson noel

stealing infinity, 

by alyson noel

subadult, fantasy chicklit

copyright 2022

read in February 2024

rated 6/10: read to pass the time

the target audience is teenage girls. there's school cliques, high fashion clothing, angst and boyfriends. all night kissing but no sex, for the heroine, misunderstandings and  back stabbing.

there's also time travel. it's central to the plot but so ludicrous that i classify the book as fantasy.

there's family ties. a mix of races and genders which is so natural that it is not at all woke.

and a moral dilemma. again, a natural presentation that does not become a moral lesson. though it may need to be resolved in a later book... if ever.

because this is only book one.

the ending is satisfying enough. lots of lose ends, some only introduced in the last few pages. if i see book two i will read it. but i won't worry if i never read more.

but then, i am not in the target demographic. i like some of the characters but... there's noone i identify with. nor anyone that i want to follow.

i enjoyed the book. despite chuckling at the... well, chuckling at quite a bit of it. but i would recommend it for its target audience.

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