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A review by schadenfreudian
Gypsy (The Cavy Files, #1) by Trisha Leigh
Did not finish book.
DNF at 55%. If I did rate it based on what I read, it would be a 1 star.
Big group of characters are introduced, the Cavies, by name. Then they are each given new names. So... the reader is expected to remember who these characters are, what they can do, and who they are now. Strike 1.
Gypsy/Norah is a special snowflake that is completely average, even with her powers, but she has 3 love interests. Tired of love triangles in YA? How about a love quadrangle? Strike 2.
What killed this for me and showed me just how thin some of these characters were written, love interest numero uno tells her he had ulterior motives for getting to know her. She gets mad, yeah? No! Gypsy basically blows it off to angst about it privately. Not much is even said to him.
Numero dos, same thing, and she at least confronts him because her third love interest was there with her. Nothing came of it! He seriously ended up making a snide comment, telling her that her friend was capable of getting her home safely and walking away. And she takes that!
The strikes:
I am apparently in the minority here since it's rated highly here on Goodreads so while I don't recommend it, read at your own peril. Good luck.
Big group of characters are introduced, the Cavies, by name. Then they are each given new names. So... the reader is expected to remember who these characters are, what they can do, and who they are now. Strike 1.
Gypsy/Norah is a special snowflake that is completely average, even with her powers, but she has 3 love interests. Tired of love triangles in YA? How about a love quadrangle? Strike 2.
What killed this for me and showed me just how thin some of these characters were written, love interest numero uno tells her he had ulterior motives for getting to know her. She gets mad, yeah? No! Gypsy basically blows it off to angst about it privately. Not much is even said to him.
Numero dos, same thing, and she at least confronts him because her third love interest was there with her. Nothing came of it! He seriously ended up making a snide comment, telling her that her friend was capable of getting her home safely and walking away. And she takes that!
The strikes:
I am apparently in the minority here since it's rated highly here on Goodreads so while I don't recommend it, read at your own peril. Good luck.