I wanted to read this book because I enjoyed Nic Stone’s previous work. This year, I have been trying to read more books from authors I previously enjoyed. I love the Dear Martin series, and this book was on sale on Amazon when I was browsing and decided to try this book out.  

This book is based on Rico Danger, and she is a high school senior and an afternoon-shift cashier at the Gas ‘n’ Go, who after school and work races home to take care of her younger brother. Every. Single. Day. When Rico sells a jackpot-winning lotto ticket, she thinks her luck will finally change, but only if she can find the ticket holder who hasn’t claimed the prize. She has some assistance from her popular and wildly rich classmate, Zan, but what happens when have and have-nots collide? Will this investigate duo unite or divide?  

I will forever love the way that Nic Stone writes and how she goes about difficult subjects. I loved the different perspective from the objects like Zan’s fidget spinner, Rico’s prom dress, the lottery ticket, the money. It just made it a bit more special and a bit more different. I loved Rico, I just wanted to give her a hug the whole time, she felt like the whole world was on her shoulder and she was trying to keep it together for everyone else but having a breakdown mentally the whole time. I liked the storyline and the way that it puts everything into perspective, I liked that Rico is this blunt straight talker especially when it comes to Zan. I managed to guess the storyline early on but that didn’t make it any less enjoyable, but I was just waiting for the shoe to drop.  

Zan and Rico’s mum drove me nuts in this book. Zan took a while to grow on me, I think it was because I didn’t trust him, I thought he was going to screw Rico over. I think he would have grown on me quicker if this was dual POV besides the fidget spinner’s point of view where we knew he was stressed, I just wanted more from him. Rico’s mum is selfish and just annoying, like appreciate everything your daughter is doing but also remember that SHE IS A LITERAL CHILD WHO WANTS TO EXPERIENCE HIGH SCHOOL LIKE A NORMAL GIRL. I would have liked more of an ending or an epilogue where we see Zan at Stanford and Rico at Space Camp and if they are still talking regularly or not and what happened to Jax – what did he want to do when he was older? I have so many questions.  

As I finished this, I've noticed that Dear Martin is getting another book, and I've got Odd One Out left to read so I'm excited to read more of her work.