Prodigal by Samantha M. Sanchez

Prodigal by Samantha M. Sanchez
Release: March 7th 2018
Format: Ebook
Source: YA Bound Book Tours
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Lyric is 21 years old and bored with the inhibited lifestyle of endless church activities she’s forced to participate in. When she gets the opportunity to be on a reality show, she jumps at the chance to move in with five strangers under the premise of pursuing further education. However, a surprise pregnancy causes her life to take an unexpected turn. Being overlooked and pushed to the side by her child’s father coupled with his lack of consideration cause her insecurities to deepen, while her pains and humiliation are documented for everyone to see. The show becomes a hit and she a star but now she has to find a way not to let the pain she feels destroy her heart and poison her soul.

Imagine the most embarrassing and hurtful moments in your life put on display for the entire world to see. You’re trying not to lose your mind and keep your composure while your social media floods with criticisms from people who have no idea what you’re really feeling but only know what they see on TV. The people who do know the people who are there with you every day offering “support” consistently invalidate your feelings. You’ve heard of the Kardashians now meet Lyric.⠀

Samantha Sanchez is 33 years old has an associates degree in psychology and liberal arts with a focus in social and behavioral science. She will be starting film school this summer. She was born and raised in San Diego, California. The author has been writing since she was 12 years old but Prodigal is her first book ever completed

Author Website: www.samanthasanchez.net

Prodigal Review:

There was a time when I loved reality shows like Big Brother and The Real World. Although I don’t watch them anymore, when I read this book, I felt nostalgic remembering those days. Prodigal turned out to be very entertaining to read and I enjoyed it.

Firstly, I just love how dramatic this story is. I still watch some of my favorite soap operas daily, and reading this book was like a guilty pleasure. Lyric goes through a lot of ups and downs. The author keeps you on your toes on what happens to Lyric. Just when you think she has her life sorted, something shocking happens that you do not expect. I kept turning the page to find out what happened to her next.

Lyric is the star of the show. It’s very hard to describe the emotions I felt for her in the story. At times, I just wanted to shake her for being so dumb and careless. But sometimes, I felt sorry for her and wanted her to sort things out. However, overall, I thought she was feisty, sassy, strong and brave for taking charge of the situation. Honestly, I don’t think I would have enjoyed reading the story if the author wrote Lyric in a different manner.

However, even though I enjoyed Lyric as the main character, I really did not like any of the supporting characters. Anthony was annoying, DeVon was sly, and even Trey was too good to be true. I really didn’t care for the supporting characters. But, kudos to the author for writing the characters so passionately that made me love to dislike them. The only other complex character I liked was Athena, but I felt like we did not see much of her. On a side note, some of the scenes felt repetitious at times. However, these were minor issues which I did not mind, because I found Lyric very fascinating to read.

The book ends in a cliffhanger which makes you want to pick out the next book in the series “Lyrical Chaos”. I can’t wait to pick this book to see what Lyric does next!