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A review by poisonivy70
Anomaly by Tonya Kuper
3.0
The Good, the Bad and Everything In Between
To give you a clue as to my age, when I hear the name Josie, I think of that old song *sings* Josie’s on a vacation far away….*looks around* Ahem. Anyway, YA isn’t usually my cuppa tea, but the blurb and the cover caught my attention and after the smexy books I’ve read recently, this was a good change of pace for me.
I enjoyed the split POV - though admittedly I was more a fan of Reid’s POV than Josie’s and the concept behind this book. Josie is an Oculi, a person who can change reality at will, which is a very cool idea. The angst was built-in with a mystery as to what happened to her brother, and Reid’s place in it.
While worldbuilding is a tricky thing, I would have liked more showing vs telling - it kept me at a distance from the story. The romance is mild, in keeping with the YA.
The Bottom Line
Yes, I may or may not have eye rolled at some of the OTT emo, but overall I think there’s potential with this series. I would recommend it for fans of YA - you may connect with it more than I did. That said, yes I would read the next one in this series.
**ARC provided by publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review**
To give you a clue as to my age, when I hear the name Josie, I think of that old song *sings* Josie’s on a vacation far away….*looks around* Ahem. Anyway, YA isn’t usually my cuppa tea, but the blurb and the cover caught my attention and after the smexy books I’ve read recently, this was a good change of pace for me.
I enjoyed the split POV - though admittedly I was more a fan of Reid’s POV than Josie’s and the concept behind this book. Josie is an Oculi, a person who can change reality at will, which is a very cool idea. The angst was built-in with a mystery as to what happened to her brother, and Reid’s place in it.
While worldbuilding is a tricky thing, I would have liked more showing vs telling - it kept me at a distance from the story. The romance is mild, in keeping with the YA.
The Bottom Line
Yes, I may or may not have eye rolled at some of the OTT emo, but overall I think there’s potential with this series. I would recommend it for fans of YA - you may connect with it more than I did. That said, yes I would read the next one in this series.
**ARC provided by publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review**