Betrayed
by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
My rating:
I don’t have much to say about this book. It was interesting and nice to read more about Zoey and her friends, but it wasn’t life-changing. I think the author did a good job of portraying Zoey as realistically as she can. When Zoey speaks, it sounds like something a real teen would say, instead of something that an adult imagines they might say. I do have a beef with these books though. The author is trying TOO hard to be diverse. I totally love when authors include characters of different races or sexual orientations in their books. What I don’t love is when they have to point out that they’ve done it every 10 pages or so. Jessica over at Forever Young mentioned something very similar that she noticed recently. It bugs me when the author includes a gay character just for the sake of diversity. Awesome that she has a gay friend. Awesome that you point out how accepting certain people are of him. Not awesome that you have to call him “Damien-our gay friend” EVERY.SINGLE.TIME you mention him. I wish that the author would find a better way to incorporate his gayness. Perhaps in her future books, she will do a better job.
I’m reading book 3 right now and I’m anxious to see how it ends. The review will be up sometime this week.
