mollymortensen 's review for:

Anomaly by Tonya Kuper

4.0

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Josie has a good voice but the author is obviously trying too hard to make her a geek. A few of the pop culture references were cute but she went way overboard and they just got annoying.

I actually liked Reid better than Josie. Especially at the beginning because he knows what's really going on. I liked the mystery of the powers, but after a little teasing, we soon got an info dump of answers. Nothing's really left a mystery other than

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Reid's "real identity" which isn't much of a mystery.

Josie's powers were too strong and it was too easy for her to master them. Why do they need special training if all it took was pictionary? Also, Anomalies are supposed to be really really rare, and yet like almost everyone we meet is an Anomaly…

I worried about the romance when she started describing the dude's eyelashes, and she did blush an awful lot, but it was actually pretty good. For all the powers and training, and bad guys, this is still mostly a romance. I wasn't all giggly about Josie and Reid getting together but they were a cute couple. It wasn't insta love

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(thanks to the clever, they grew up together thing, which made the romance make sense and not feel too quick.)

And it's not like they declared their undying love, they just kissed.

Will I read the next one? If it goes on sale.