Marva Sheridan was born ready for this day. She's always been driven to make a difference in the world, and what better way than to vote in her first election?
Duke Crenshaw is do done with this election. He just wants to get voting over with so he can prepare for his band's first paying gig tonight.
Only problem? Duke can't vote.
When Marva sees Duke turned away from their polling place, she takes it upon herself to make sure his vote is counted. She hasn't spent months doorbelling and registering voters just to see someone denied their right. And that's how their whirlwind day begins, rushing from precinct to precinct, cutting school, waiting in endless lines, turned away time and again, trying to do one simple thing: vote. They may have started out as strangers, but as Duke and Marva team up to beat a rigged system (and find Marva's missing cat), it's clear that there's more to their connection than a shared mission for democracy.
Romantic and triumphant, The Voting Booth is proof that you can't sit around waiting for the world to change-but some things are just meant to be.
First I want to emphasize something; the blurb makes it seem like people are actively trying to stop Duke from voting. The first two times he's turned away are his own fault; he's in the wrong place for one and hasn't checked he's registered for the second. The third time is definitely not his fault, though, and the system does seem to be actively conspiring against other people. I loved watching them overcome those obstacles, for other people as well as for themselves.
Second, while I enjoyed this read, it was much frothier than I thought it would be. I was expecting a serious piece, but this is basically a love story wrapped around a filibuster on voting. Marva thinks voting is the most important thing in the whole world, and she can't understand why her boyfriend might not want to spend every minute talking about it.
...really?
I really enjoyed this; I don't want to seem like I didn't! I would sign up to Eartha Kitty's account in a heartbeat. And it's very timely, with Juneteenth just past. It's just that it's not the genre I thought I was reading.
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