Reviewed by Melanie on
I love this narrator and author. Let's see how I handle them in YA.
This book was cute. I'm not a huge fan of YA, but I really liked this author and narrator. The first thing that took me a while to get over was that I kept associating the voices to the voices from Charley Davidson. For example, this new boy in school named Jared uses the same voice as Reyes. Glitch, the main character's best friend, his voice is a lot like Uncle Bob's. In my mind, I kept wanting to put the characters in the wrong place.
The story starts off a little slow. It takes a long time to figure out who is what. Everything is explained, but not until the very end.
The jokes were cute, but they weren't the LOL funny of the adult series, but then this does not surprise me. I think the author did a great job of staying funny while staying in the YA appropriateness (I can't believe I just spelled this word correctly the first time. I wasn't even sure it was a word.). It is great if you want some light reading while still getting some humor. Definitely funnier than most YA books.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 22 July, 2013: Finished reading
- 22 July, 2013: Reviewed