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I.D. - Vicki Grant.


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Ashvini''s Rating: 5/5
Emma's Rating: 3.5/5

Ashvini:
I’m still so speechless by the ending of this book! In I.D, Vicki Grant gives readers a taste of a very different lifestyle that isn’t typically touched on in books. The tone and just the way the main character talks and thinks really feels authentic to that very southern environment.
Although this book is so short it still manages to get a hold of you and fall in rhythm with Chris (the main character)’s thinking, and just when you think something’s really going to work out it’s completely the opposite. Though, now looking back I kind of feel like Chris gxxxx tx xxxl (blocked out due to spoilers) was meant to be because he was so caught up in his own needs, that he never stopped to look at the bigger picture.
I kind of wish that there were a few more clues leading up to the conclusion, just to tie it off with a bow. (I feel like that just made everything so much more intense - Emma)
 Other than that though, I think this book was very well written with a unique setting. I guess the big question, once you’ve finished the novella is: is what Chris did okay? Comment down below with your thoughts!


Emma:
Wow! That was literally my first thought when I finished this book. When Ashvini first came up to me with this book for me to read I had judged it by how small and thin it was.
 But as I read on I begun to realize that Vicki actually found a way to make those 101 pages interesting with the biggest twist at the end as well. I found myself  feeling happy, sad and embarrassed for Chris throughout the book.
This book was absolutely great. I especially  loved how the book kept me engaged from the very beginning. When I neared the end of the book I remember thinking how the book was going to end with only about X pages left (blocked out due to spoilers). Then the explosion happened. It wasn't a literal explosion but what happened was so, so, so shocking.  I wasn't expecting it. I related it to an explosion because when the book ended it was just you and your thoughts. Okay and maybe my questions to.
I really enjoyed this book. Vicki Grant is a great author and I cannot wait to read another one of her wonderful books. Thoughts anyone?


Can you guess what our next review will be on? HINTS: It's one in a brand-new seven book middle grade series. Can you keep SECRETS?

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Yours Truly,
Ashvini and Emma



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