Hey there everyone! Today I'm taking part in the Blog Tour for
Gypsy by
Trisha Leigh, organized by
Xpresso Book Tours!
I will be sharing my review & a Blog Tour wide giveaway, so click
HERE for the full tour schedule! But before that, let's get you some more information about the book & author, shall we?
Gypsy by
Trisha Leigh
(The Cavy Files #1)
Publication date: May 13th 2014
Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult
Synopsis:Inconsequential: not important or significant.
Synonyms: insignificant, unimportant, nonessential, irrelevant
In the world of genetic mutation, Gypsy’s talent of knowing a
person’s age of death is considered a failure. Her peers, the other
Cavies, have powers that range from curdling a blood still in the vein
to being able to overhear a conversation taking place three miles away,
but when they’re taken from the sanctuary where they grew up and forced
into the real world, Gypsy, with her all-but-invisible gift, is the one
with the advantage.
The only one who’s safe, if the world finds out what they can do.
When the Cavies are attacked and inoculated with an unidentified
virus, that illusion is shattered. Whatever was attached to the virus
causes their abilities to change. Grow. In some cases, to escape their
control.
Gypsy dreamed of normal high school, normal friends, a normal life,
for years. Instead, the Cavies are sucked under a sea of government
intrigue, weaponized genetic mutation, and crushing secrets that will
reframe everything they’ve ever been told about how their “talents” came
to be in the first place.
When they find out one of their own has been appropriated by the
government, mistreated and forced to run dangerous missions, their
desire for information becomes a pressing need. With only a series of
guesses about their origins, the path to the truth becomes quickly
littered with friends, enemies, and in the end, the Cavies ability to
trust anyone at all.
Trisha Leigh is a product of the Midwest,
which means it’s pop, not soda, garage sales, not tag sales, and you
guys as opposed to y’all. Most of the time. She’s been writing seriously
for five years now, and has published 4 young adult novels and 4 new
adult novels (under her pen name Lyla Payne). Her favorite things, in no
particular order, include: reading, Game of Thrones, Hershey’s kisses,
reading, her dogs (Yoda and Jilly), summer, movies, reading, Jude Law,
coffee, and rewatching WB series from the 90’s-00’s.
Her family
is made up of farmers and/or almost rock stars from Iowa, people who
numerous, loud, full of love, and the kind of people that make the world
better. Trisha tries her best to honor them, and the lessons they’ve
taught, through characters and stories—made up, of course, but true
enough in their way.
Trisha is the author of The Last Year series
and the Whitman University books. She’s represented by Kathleen Rushall
at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
Review
When I saw Gypsy's summary I thought it sounded really fascinating, so
when I got the chance to get a copy for review and be part of the blog
tour, I jumped at it. And boy am I glad that I did!
Gypsy not
only had a great pace and kept you engaged no matter if we're reading
action scenes or character development scenes. The book managed to
surprise me from the start, we begin as Gypsy in at the orphanage/school
where she's always lived with other 9 kids with special abilities.
There's a certain Professor X School sort of file to it, but rather more
secret and a little more seedy. But all of a sudden things change, and
the Cavies are taken away from the only place than they've known and
even if Gypsy sees it as a chance to forget about her useless ability
and to feel normal, it isn't as easy for the rest of the Cavies.
We
get very little information at first on who where the Professor and the
rest of the people at the Cavies only home, and once they're back to
the families they didn't know they had it's when the Cavies realize
things have just started for them. They need to get back into regular
society, they find enemies or potential allies and don't know who to
trust, so in the end it's Cavies first and foremost, their bonds
stronger than any others.
I was surprised on how easy it was to
connect with Gypsy and her struggles with the changes from being
insignificant and unimportant to have a chance to be normal and attend
high school, which was such a big deal for her! I loved how her being
happy in her new life didn't mean she forgot about the Cavies or the
questions they were trying to answer.
There's plenty of science, a
bit about conspiracies about government agencies, plenty of hidden
secrets by the government, the families... When you turn the page you
are waiting for the next shoe to drop and then we get to the final
showdown, think that things will calm down and YAY no cliffhanger and
then BAM! one heck of an awful cliffhanger right there! I'm now dying to
get my hands on book 2!! Very well deserved 4.5 stars to this mix of
science fiction with paranormal!
Giveaway!
Open to US and Canada - Ends Sept 9th
A $20 gift card at any book retailer
Signed paperback of Gypsy
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