Six months after her best friend goes missing, Lennie decides to let go, and sneaks out of the house with her friend Larry to attend Michaela Gordon's annual holiday party. With some of the family's moonshine in tow, Lennie has everyone make a wish before drinking - it's tradition. Doing the same thing she has seen her Uncles do thousands of time, she toasts to wishes for bat wings, balls of steel, to basketball skills, and even for the party to go on forever. Lennie even makes a wish of her own....to bring back her best friend Dylan, who was murdered.

The next morning gives Lennie the whole understanding of be careful what you wish for. Normally such a thing as wish granting wouldn't be so bad, but in Lennie's family, it is catastrophic. Each and every wish Lennie granted last night, came true. With all her wish granting, Lennie also has attracted the attention of those that now want to use this gift of hers for much darker uses. As Lennie races to try to fix her excess wishing, she has to stay out of the hands of the one person that wants her the most....her father.

DOWN WITH THE SHINE is a stand-alone book that was nothing I expected....which is a good thing. The blurb on the back gives readers just a tease of what is to come from this book. Author Kate Karyus Quinn delivers a story filled with twists, turns, and her characters are well developed and flow easily with the common teen angst with a story line that was original and completely different from anything that I have read in awhile. If you are looking for something new and different, that will keep you engrossed, DOWN WITH THE SHINE is the book for you. There is so much in this story, you will not want to miss it.

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