Series: Digit
Release Date: June 5th, 2012
Farrah “Digit” Higgins has left her geek self behind in another school district so she can blend in with the popular crowd at Santa Monica High and actually enjoy her senior year.
But when Farrah, the daughter of a UCLA math professor, unknowingly cracks a terrorist group’s number sequence, her laid-back senior year gets a lot more interesting.
Soon she is personally investigating the case, on the run from terrorists, and faking her own kidnapping – all while trying to convince a young, hot FBI agent to take her seriously.
• BIPOC characters
• LGBTQIA+ characters
• characters with a disability
And doesn’t address fatphobia
• No OTT sad parts
• Alcohol use
• There’s an age difference between Heroine and love interest:
– Hero is 23
– Heroine is 17-going-on-18
• Hero is waiting until she’s 18, which she turns in a few months, to go any further.
• See Ending for HEA status.
• See Possible Triggers for Abuse and OTT sad parts.
Rating: 3.5/5 stars
I thought that A Girl Named Digit would be relatively quick because it is a short book–only 192 pages–but I didn’t even notice how fast I was reading the book. It felt like there weren’t enough pages to fit the ending. And lucky for me, there’s a sequel!
I think what I loved most about this book was the heroine being placed in a kick-ass position: terrorists are after her. And I loved how smart she was! I wish I was that smart and that my brain could actually do what she does… it’s insane (in the best way).
And the romance that builds between her and John is very believable and amazingly cute. In the beginning, I didn’t know what to think about him, because, honestly, he just seemed there. Nothing special. But then Farrah, sorry Digit, started noticing him, and it was like, “Oh, so it’s like that.”
The quality of the writing, the pace and plot development were all great. Nothing felt too rushed, although sometimes I would come back to myself and realize Digit and John met a week ago. But I guess they did cheat death together, multiple times, so it’s warranted, right?
I found the terrorist plot lined unbelievable, especially the fact they were part of an environmental terrorist group. Wouldn’t a bomb be putting harmful toxins into the environment? And bombs are like way worse than planes being charted for just five people. So that part I didn’t get, but no one ever said the plans of terrorists had to make sense.
Also, I kind of wish the reconciliation between Digit and John didn’t happen until the next book–that would’ve been more realistic. But I guess three months is a long time.
But I loved how strong Farrah was… especially in the end.
Although I wish I could give A Girl Named Digit four stars, I have to admit there was a certain umph missing, and for this reason, the book went down to 3.5 stars.
