Book Review: The Grand Scheme of Things by Warona Jay

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The Grand Scheme of Things by Warona Jay

Book Summary.

THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS Warona Jay Make sure you check out THE LOUNGE. Now on the undertheradarbooks.com. This is a place to relax, unwind, rev-up, listen and enjoy. Podcasts, Playlists and more. Please check out The Lounge. And tell me what you think. I’d love to hear how I can make the space better and more accessible to my readers. Kassidi THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS is about a writer. Her name is Relebogile Naledi Mpho Moruakgomo. Called Eddie by those who know her. Her play is not getting the reception from agencies she’s been shopping that she’d hoped for. She feels it starts with her name. She feels it tells too much about her before her writing can tell its story. She would like for her play to stand on its own. She feels it would get a better reception. Then comes Hugo. Hugo Lawrence Smith to be exact. The guy at the café. He’s not only handsome and charming and flirting with her. He seems to understand her dilemma and together they come up with a plan. Use his name and her writing. Resubmit the play in his name…what could go wrong? All that could go wrong does, and before we know it Eddie and Hugo are in an even bigger crisis.

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The Review.

THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS was ok. I appreciated what it had to say, and I liked the writing. One of its missteps might have been trying to fit everything in this one book. There are more than a handful of concepts here. Using a pseudonym to submit work is just one of them. There are also four romances with two love triangles and a mystery, and maybe even a discussion on who gets to tell a story. Outside of very solid concepts like race inequality, gender bias, homophobia, and sexism, there are also discussions about being biracial, bisexual, and an immigrant. And somewhere in there is a very basic question: Who gets to tell a story? Thanks to Netgalley and Atria Books | Washington Square Press for the advanced copy! THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS…⭐⭐⭐