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A review by netflix_and_lil
The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert
3.0
This would translate excellently to a short film or episode; the one day format is something I rarely see utilised in full length novels, and while I don't think it was executed perfectly it certainly didn't drag on, as I worried. The romance was fine, honestly I might have liked to see them go their own ways at the end of the story but I am well versed in the commandments of YA; thou shalt not have two perspectives who feel platonically towards one another.
I did love how the author used Alec as a character to showcase the inherent privilege in staying out of politics; for a lot of people in America and beyond, being complacent isn't an option. The American election is long finished but I didn't mind reading it from a present perspective; there's a kind of warm, fuzziness in feeling Marva and Duke's fictional shenanigans were worth it in the end and they got a post-publication happy ending.
I did love how the author used Alec as a character to showcase the inherent privilege in staying out of politics; for a lot of people in America and beyond, being complacent isn't an option. The American election is long finished but I didn't mind reading it from a present perspective; there's a kind of warm, fuzziness in feeling Marva and Duke's fictional shenanigans were worth it in the end and they got a post-publication happy ending.