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About a Girl (Metamorphoses, #3)
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bookshelves: contemporary, glbt, love-triangle, netgalley-edelweiss, r2r-complete, read-2015, romance, young-adult, as
Mar 09, 2015
bookshelves: contemporary, glbt, love-triangle, netgalley-edelweiss, r2r-complete, read-2015, romance, young-adult, as
(Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley.)
“My name is Atlanta, and I am going to be an astronomer.”
This was an okay story, but it was just as weird as the previous two books in the series.
Tally was intent on finding her father, and I couldn’t really blame her. As Aurora’s daughter, she had been dumped on the doorstep of the main character from book 1 – who was still nameless, so I’ll continue calling her Jane – and basically just abandoned. As if knowing that your mother abandoned you wasn’t enough, she also had no idea who her father was.
“My biological mother, Aurora, ran off right after I was born, which is unfortunate, but I’ve had seventeen years and three hundred and sixty-four days to accustom myself to her untimely departure.”
The storyline in this was pretty much about Aurora going off in search of her father, which basically involved running off on her own, and letting Jane worry about her! There was also some kissing going on with another girl called Maddy, but very little was actually discovered about the identity of Tally’s father.
“Then she kissed me and I kissed her back, fierce and hungry,”
The ending to this was once again a bit of a non-ending, with lots of questions left unanswered.
6 out of 10.
“My name is Atlanta, and I am going to be an astronomer.”
This was an okay story, but it was just as weird as the previous two books in the series.
Tally was intent on finding her father, and I couldn’t really blame her. As Aurora’s daughter, she had been dumped on the doorstep of the main character from book 1 – who was still nameless, so I’ll continue calling her Jane – and basically just abandoned. As if knowing that your mother abandoned you wasn’t enough, she also had no idea who her father was.
“My biological mother, Aurora, ran off right after I was born, which is unfortunate, but I’ve had seventeen years and three hundred and sixty-four days to accustom myself to her untimely departure.”
The storyline in this was pretty much about Aurora going off in search of her father, which basically involved running off on her own, and letting Jane worry about her! There was also some kissing going on with another girl called Maddy, but very little was actually discovered about the identity of Tally’s father.
“Then she kissed me and I kissed her back, fierce and hungry,”
The ending to this was once again a bit of a non-ending, with lots of questions left unanswered.
6 out of 10.
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May 25, 2015 05:21AM
Nice review. I wrote my first ever review today, of fairest by marissa meyer!
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Mahnoor wrote: "Nice review. I wrote my first ever review today, of fairest by marissa meyer!"I'll check it out ☺
Aditi wrote: "Awesome review Sarah :-)"Thanks Aditi ☺
I'm really looking forward to reading this, but yeah, these are some pretty weird books. I can't believe the narrator of the first book shows up again and still never gets named! Is there some no-name Greek mythological character she's supposed to be? And I can't believe we don't actually see Aurora again. Grrr. Thanks for the review!
Protagonist's name is actually Atalanta. The figure from Greek mythology, not the city.
Do you need to read the previous books to read this one?
Sarah wrote: "Do you need to read the previous books to read this one?"I'm not sure you need to, but it definitely helps to know who all these people are already, because otherwise, seeing some of the loose ends get tied up is less satisfying.
They're all good!
