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A review by bookishlylori
Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn
3.0
Gingerbread is the first book in a trilogy about Cyd Charisse, a spunky teenager from San Francisco learning about herself, resolving past hurts, and finding her family.
This is a light YA on the surface, but definitely has moments of hidden depth that i think will only grow with our main character throughout the series. If you are a more character-driven reader, this will work out better for you as the plot wasn’t really anything remarkable. However, the characters have so much heart and personality, you can’t help but love them.
For being published in the early 2000’s, it holds up pretty well to today’s standards for YA, but still provides a bit of teenage nostalgia that I’m seeing more and more as unique to Cohn’s writing.
This is a light YA on the surface, but definitely has moments of hidden depth that i think will only grow with our main character throughout the series. If you are a more character-driven reader, this will work out better for you as the plot wasn’t really anything remarkable. However, the characters have so much heart and personality, you can’t help but love them.
For being published in the early 2000’s, it holds up pretty well to today’s standards for YA, but still provides a bit of teenage nostalgia that I’m seeing more and more as unique to Cohn’s writing.