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chrissymcbooknerd 's review for:
Tricked
by Aaron Gorvine, Lauren Barnholdt
Okay, I *think* I'm not disappointed that I'm continuing with this series, but I'm not sure yet --- they're all so short, but at the same time I think this installment did leave me a little more curious to keep reading so that I can figure out why all these loopy teenagers are being so mysterious. (Although, from the title, I'm guessing that yes, they're witches -- but nothing suggests that so far!)
So, in the last story we met Natalia, the girl who left Emily (from the PARTY series) all alone at her old school in order to move to a creepy private school. We also met Cam, the guy who (semi-obsessively) wants to be with Natalia, Raine (the bimbo ex-girlfriend), and in TRICKED we are introduced to Derek, a guy who seems to always show up at just the wrong time and who is allegedly Natalia's creepy (and again, semi-stalkerish) ex-boyfriend from her old school.
What we know so far is that Cam's best friend Brody is threatening Cam to prevent him from dating Natalia, but somehow Brody is now either pretending or attempting to be with Natalia. Raine may or may not stalking both Cam and Natalia, and Derek may or may not be a stalker too. Basically, I have no idea.
Since I'm clueless, I have to keep reading, right?
Oh, and P.S. this author seems to have a few trends here that she enjoys:
1. Swapping perspectives from male to female, which is interesting, but at the same time they both somehow remain clueless enough that it keeps the reader clueless. Good or bad? Don't know yet.
2. It seems that every character in every book I've read by Barnholdt so far seems blissfully unaware that a male and female can be friends without hooking up. It's possible!!
3. What's up with all these irresponsible parents who just turn a blind eye to teenage drunkenness? Wow!
Moving on to book 3...
So, in the last story we met Natalia, the girl who left Emily (from the PARTY series) all alone at her old school in order to move to a creepy private school. We also met Cam, the guy who (semi-obsessively) wants to be with Natalia, Raine (the bimbo ex-girlfriend), and in TRICKED we are introduced to Derek, a guy who seems to always show up at just the wrong time and who is allegedly Natalia's creepy (and again, semi-stalkerish) ex-boyfriend from her old school.
What we know so far is that Cam's best friend Brody is threatening Cam to prevent him from dating Natalia, but somehow Brody is now either pretending or attempting to be with Natalia. Raine may or may not stalking both Cam and Natalia, and Derek may or may not be a stalker too. Basically, I have no idea.
Since I'm clueless, I have to keep reading, right?
Oh, and P.S. this author seems to have a few trends here that she enjoys:
1. Swapping perspectives from male to female, which is interesting, but at the same time they both somehow remain clueless enough that it keeps the reader clueless. Good or bad? Don't know yet.
2. It seems that every character in every book I've read by Barnholdt so far seems blissfully unaware that a male and female can be friends without hooking up. It's possible!!
3. What's up with all these irresponsible parents who just turn a blind eye to teenage drunkenness? Wow!
Moving on to book 3...