“What would you do if you won sixty-seven grand? Use it for schooling? buy a car? Or maybe even “go somewhere, I guess sixty grand can buy a lot of gas.”
High school students who after graduation get the choice to participate in a game where they get the chance to win a prize pool. This game, Panic, has injured many students and even killed one in the past. But Heather caught love-struck signs up for the game. The book also focuses on a boy who is in love with Heather’s best friend Natalie.
The book focuses on two characters, Heather and Dodge,
Heather is super insecure and compares herself to everyone. After a day’s hard work she finally feels good about herself. I feel like her character development was well crafted as she becomes more confident.
Dodge Is in the game because he wants to win more for his sister. In years past his sister lost her legs competing in the game. Dodge is also crushing hard for Heather’s best friend Natalie. Natalie makes a deal (after getting trampled in the game so she can barely stand and realizes she’s not gonna win) with Heather with the idea that they’ve been best friends for years saying they’d split the prize money if either won. But then she uses the fact Dodge likes her and asks him the same deal. If either wins they split the money of course he agrees. I think Natalie is two-faced from that moment on and disliked her character.
The book is slow-paced but it a way worth it. The cheesy romance you’d expect from a book like this but the character development in the two characters is well written and worth the read. If you like romance, realistic fiction, or even books like The Hunger Games, I believe this is worth the read.