Remember those books you read as a child? The ones that transported you to another world. The ones that made you wish you lived in the story. That's what The Clock Island books did for the characters in Meg Shaffer's The Wishing Game.
And now those children are adults with grown-up wishes. Like Lucy who wishes to become a mother to a foster care child whom she tutors, but she doesn't have the means to support them. If only she could win some money...
And then a letter from Jack Masterson, author of The Clock Island series of books, sends her and three others a letter. They've been invited to his island home to play a game, and the winner of the game wins the only copy of his next book. Selling the book would give Lucy the money she needs, but first she has to win.
Along with three other contestants, all of whom were such fans of the series that they ran away from home to the island as children, there's Hugo, the artist who illustrates the books' covers. He's been working with Jack for many years and has been living on the island with Jack, making sure that Jack is okay. Will this contest give him reason to leave? Or will something or someone make him stay?
Get ready, y'all, because at the end of this book I was sobbing! It's such a lovely story about redemption, love, and wishes!
The Wishing Game is published by Ballantine Books and will be available to purchase on May 30, 2023. I received a free e-ARC from the publisher.
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