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A review by jennyseiler
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
2.0
Oy. I am having a hard time with this one. There are so many glowing reviews for this book that I really feel like I've missed something or that I am missing out on something... but I just didn't get this book.
The premise is interesting. A YA novel set during the Gold Rush. The two main characters (Samantha and Annamae) are each escaping their past, and in order to do so they must disguise themselves as boys (Sammy and Andy) headed to California.
But...there were so many parts that just felt too cliche and far-fetched for me. I think my turning point where I couldn't take the book as seriously as I wanted was when I learned the names of the cowboys that Sammy and Andy encounter. Cay - short for Cayenne Pepper and their wrangler - Pedro Henando Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria Gonzalez, who prefers to be called Petey. After that, it was all downhill.
I wanted to like this book, I really did. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way.
The premise is interesting. A YA novel set during the Gold Rush. The two main characters (Samantha and Annamae) are each escaping their past, and in order to do so they must disguise themselves as boys (Sammy and Andy) headed to California.
But...there were so many parts that just felt too cliche and far-fetched for me. I think my turning point where I couldn't take the book as seriously as I wanted was when I learned the names of the cowboys that Sammy and Andy encounter. Cay - short for Cayenne Pepper and their wrangler - Pedro Henando Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria Gonzalez, who prefers to be called Petey. After that, it was all downhill.
I wanted to like this book, I really did. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way.