Review: Windfall

Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Windfall is a fun and surprisingly emotional read about friendship, unexpected chance, and finding yourself.

We follow Alice Chapman, who’s in love with her best friend, Teddy McAvoy, and gives him a lottery ticket for his 18th birthday - And everything changes when he wins.$141 million, $50+ million if taken in a lump sum
I thought this was a really great story that pack an emotional punch!

Both Alice and Teddy have had their share of trouble. Alice’s parents died when she was young, within 13 months of each other. At the age of nine, she was uprooted from her California home and relocated to Chicago, to live with her Uncle Jake (her dad’s brother), Aunt Sophia and cousin Leo. Teddy’s gambler father walked out on him and his mother, draining their bank accounts, forcing them to move into a small one bedroom apartment, pinching pennies to get by. So, they deserve something good to happen.

This story really hits on all of the highs and lows of coming into a sudden fortune. There is also a small bit of romance to keep things interesting. All three of the main characters learn a lot about themselves and each other over the course of the story. They do open up about a lot of things that have been unsaid for a long time.

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