You Can Go Your Own Way

by Eric Smith

 

The plot concept of this YA tale has been done before, but this is an extremely satisfying mix of the elements. Adam’s stuck in the aftermath of his father’s death, trying to keep the pinball arcade Dad ran, running despite aging machines and a declining interest in playing them. Whitney has lost her father, despite him being alive and flourishing in growing his e-gaming cafes. No matter how hard she tries in her role as social media person for them, her father never seems to notice her unless he wants more publicity. Adam and Whitney were best friends, edging toward more, when his dad died.

Their perceptions of what followed that summer and into the school year, are different, but real for each until circumstances conspire to force the two teens to look more honestly at those events, what happened since, and how their relationship suddenly evolves thanks to a broken pinball machine, an online social media war, some dead plants, and a blizzard.

Those elements are mixed deftly, bringing the story to a very upbeat conclusion.

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