Fair Coin

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D3adw00d, January 12, 2013 (view all comments by D3adw00d)
EC Myers with Fair Coin has created a YA "magical" adventure that posits one thing then gives something even more wonderful. Ephraim and his supporting cast are fully realized characters and the world is much more complex then we are lead to believe. The only things that make this hard SF tale YA is the fact that Ephraim is in his last couple years of high school, were this an epic fantasy it might have issues with its classification as YA. EC is a great writer and I wait for the next series he starts.

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code7r, June 2, 2012 (view all comments by code7r)
“Fair Coin” by E.C. Myers tells the story of a teenage boy, Ephraim, who comes home from school one day to find his alcoholic mother clumped over the table with a pill bottle in her hand. Ephraim gets her to the hospital in time to save her life but is baffled when she says that he was dead. She had received news and proof (in the form of a library card) that Ephraim was struck by a bus and died. This is the first sign that Ephraim’s life is about to get crazy. The second is when he picks up the victim’s plastic bag of belongings at the hospital and goes through it and finds an unusual coin. The coin seems to grant wishes. But as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for.

This was a steady read where I was trying to figure out if it was magic, inter-dimensional travel or what. I liked the main character, Ephraim, and how he has to deal with difficult decisions. And with each decision, it brings a chain of reactions that ripple out. You never know how if you change one thing it can affect other things (i.e. the butterfly effect).

I did feel like the book was a little rushed at the end and wish that it could have been a little longer. I also would have liked to see more of these alternate worlds that Ephraim ends up in. Perhaps that is for another book. Overall it was a good read that kept you guessing throughout.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781616146092

Author:

Myers, E. C.

Publisher:

Pyr

Publication Date:

20120331

Binding:

HARDCOVER

Language:

English