2018 reading challenge: a book you borrowed or was given as a gift

Hit by Delilah S. Dawson

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Unbeknownst to the nation, the United States had their debt wiped out... by having it all bought up by the Valor Savings Bank. Yep, the bank bought controlling interest in the government and because it had used it's influence on members of Congress, it became the Government.

And it has chosen to use a tiny little loop hole in all the Terms of Service agreements that loan and credit card customers had to sign (and didn't read because who really reads those things anyway), it's making all outstanding sums due. And if you cannot pay you get two choices, become a debt collector for them for the term of 5 days or die.

17 year old Patsy's mother was one for whom the debt collector came. In exchange for their lives and all of their outstanding debt being wiped out, Patsy agrees to become a debt collector herself. It's simple collect on 12 people (pay, work or die by her hands) and they are free. At least that's what they said would happen.

I can't say this was a bad book. It's a YA book and there are major plot points that require a strong suspension of belief to let slide. And unfortunately some of those I just could not let slide. Mostly revolving around the sudden love interest that really did not make sense to me at all.

I'm not upset that I listened to the book, but I will not be seeking out book 2.



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