Just a Whim
by Jocelyn Aitkin
First Impressions:
So I’ve been reading Just a Whim. A lovely little gem. It’s the characters that make this story awesome. Thyme is the feistiest, most determined and creative girl. Her brother, Theo, is just funny. He tends to go with the flow, try and be opportunistic and greedy, but he’s loyal and interesting and never quite succeeds at being taken seriously. Whim is still trying to figure out who he is, and he’s the one who the story centers around.
Whim has finally walked away from his egotistical, gloating, and sadistic father, who has the power to grant a person’s greatest wish or fear. Whim is the product of such a wish and has a similar power, but no social intelligence at all. Thankfully for him, he meets Thyme who undertakes to teach him the basics of being human, of living in this messy world that doesn’t play by the rules that have undergirded his entire life, and of falling in love.
It’s an enjoyable, generally light read with some serious moments as well. A nice reminder that life is always what we make of it.
Unpaid First Reader
2011
2011
