Is this supposed to be YA dystopian? It starts out with Kelsa doing the brave thing with her burying her father the way he would have wanted it and not according to what he called "the great irrational." But, it goes downhill from there because she starts getting really reactive with all those "I'm telling the teachers and/or police!" and all because she thought boy/raven was stalking her, (OK, so may be she was justified in her behavior… still she could have been more proactive.)Well that’s how I felt about the first part. Some of it was just OK. Some (most) other parts were simply annoying. So adding all those up, Trickster's Girl isn't the best book to go with. Why? In a word, it was trying too hard. Picture this: Burial (sad.) Hike (determined.)Boy (scared.)Raven(baffled.)“Huh,” not, “Wooh!” was my first reaction. Yes, I was intrigued at first but soon became frustrated by how the story progressed. Kelsa’s father has just died. She’s grieving and angry, most especialy at her mother. This anger leads her to make a very strange decision: Help a strange boy save the Leys by searching for nexus etc. It starts out OK, but progresses a little too clumsily for my taste. Too many things going on, and very little bridge building.Peace
