I Wish

I was given a copy of this book in return for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

By: Elizabeth Langston
Publisher: FictionEct Press
Format: e-book
Source: publisher via netgalley
Overall rating ☆☆☆☆☆

What Lacey needs is a miracle. What she gets is a genie with rules.

Lacey Linden is hiding the truth of her life—a depressed mom, a crumbling house, and bills too big to pay. While her high school classmates see a girl with a ready smile and good grades, Lacey spends her evenings seeking ways to save her family. On a get-cash-quick trip to the flea market, Lacey stumbles over a music box that seemingly begs her to take it home. She does, only to find it is inhabited by a gorgeous "genie." He offers her a month of wishes, one per day, but there's a catch. Each wish must be humanly possible.

Grant belongs to a league of supernatural beings, dedicated to serving humans in need. After two years of fulfilling the boring wishes of conventional teens, he is one assignment away from promotion to a challenging new role with more daring cases. Yet his month with Lacey is everything that he expects and nothing like he imagines. Lacey and Grant soon discover that the most difficult task of all might be saying goodbye. 

I really enjoyed this book. The twist that the genie can give her a month of wishes but they must all be humanly possible was a nice one. Seems like something that would make sense to do if you were a magical being trying to stay on the down-low. It really made me wonder what I would wish for. The main character in this book, Lacey, is a teenager who is basically running the home. Her mom is too grief stricken to function and her brother needs her care. The situation kind of broke my heart because I have seen situations like it before. 

This is one of those books that gets you very attached to the characters. They were so easy to like. Lacey does have some of the mood swings, but it is what any 17-year-old girl would have. 

As the book got closer to the end, I found myself wishing it was longer. I wanted to see what happened after Grant went "back." Luckily, I also got book two in this series to review. 

Overall, this one gets five stars. It was an excellent book.  I finished it quite quickly and felt closure even though it is part of a series. Each book has the ability to stand alone which is something I really like in my books. It was also a book that made me both laugh out loud and cry. Those books are the best kind!