Fix Me - Softcover

Lisa M Cronkhite

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1635830087 ISBN 13: 9781635830088

Publisher: Flux, 2017

Synopsis

Penelope Wryter's life has been a mess ever since her sister committed suicide a year ago. Now Pen's hooked on Fix, an illegal drug that makes her feel, think, and see differently. The hallucinations are intense, but there's one vision that keeps Pen coming back for more--Nate. He's the only person who cares about her. Too bad he's just a side effect of the drug. Pen knows she's going nowhere fast. She's desperate to change. But when she tries to say goodbye to Nate, he professes his love for her making her more confused than ever. Then, when a girl from school goes missing during a bad Fix trip, Pen realizes she may be in a lot more danger than she ever imagined. Unless Pen straightens up and faces reality quick, she might be the next missing girl on the list.

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About the Author

Lisa M. Cronkhite is the author of Dreaming a Reality, Demon Girl, Deep in the Meadows and her most recent release, Disconnected. Her work has also appeared online and in print magazines including Storyteller, Poetry Salzburg Review, and Ruminate Magazine. She lives and writes in a small suburb near Chicago. You can find her online at writingsbylisamcronkhite.blogspot.com and on Twitter @lmcronkhite.

From School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up—High schooler Penelope Wryter has been addicted to Fix, an illegal drug that allows users to manipulate the world around them, ever since her sister's suicide a year ago. She's considering quitting, but her best friend Rosario won't let up. Plus, the only time she sees Nate—the one thing keeping her together—is when she's high. Nate's just a side effect of the drug, after all. But as girls at Pen's school disappear while on Fix, reality and fantasy start to collide. Soon, Pen's forced to question everything she thinks she knows, from her loyalty to her friends to her own sanity. While the story line sounds exciting, the narrative has many shortcomings. The adult characters are mostly scenery, only appearing when necessary to advance the plot. The single exception is Pen's mother and her romantic relationship, which—while both emotionally and physically abusive—is treated as an inconvenience by Pen. In fact, every relationship is dangerously flawed, yet these issues are continually glossed over. When Rose's boyfriend, Clay, tries to force himself on Pen but is interrupted by her ex-boyfriend, Walker, he blames Pen for throwing herself at other guys. This attitude—which Walker displays fairly consistently throughout the novel—makes Pen's emotional transition from indifference to love beyond unbelievable. There's nothing redeemable about any of the characters. VERDICT Readers looking for a good thriller with characters worth rooting for should check out Barry Lyga's I Hunt Killers or There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins. Not recommended.—Kaitlin Frick, New York Public Library

About this edition

• Publisher: Flux
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1635830087
• ISBN 13: 9781635830088
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256