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Gina Ciocca

Author of Last Year's Mistake

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Works by Gina Ciocca

Last Year's Mistake (2015) 98 copies
Busted (2018) 47 copies
A Kiss in the Dark (2018) 37 copies
Last Year's Mistake (2016) 32 copies

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Original de: El Extraño Gato del Cuento

Last Year's Mistake es el libro que buscaba me diera un poco de sentimientos, tiendo a recurrir a los libros juveniles que vienen con drama porque tienden hacerme llorar, de vez en cuando el cuerpo necesita liberar, y si eres una estatua como yo, un poco de ayuda de los libros no está de más.

Al principio pensé que no me gustaría este libro, la personalidad de Kelsey en el primer capítulo se me hizo tan irritante, soy práctica por naturaleza, y hacer ese escándalo/drama por alguien que no veías hace mucho, no va conmigo. Me escondo y ya. Sin embargo, al adentrarme en la historia se me hizo fácil encariñarme con ella, entender el porqué de ciertas acciones.

Una de las cosas más resaltantes de Last Year's Mistake es que puedes diferenciar el paso del tiempo, a pesar de no ser más de dos años de diferencia, sientes como la voz de Kelsey cambia, como su personalidad pasa por todo ese desarrollo, desde caer en una ligera depresión para luego decidir empezar de nuevo. Kelsey me recordó mucho a Emily (Since You've Been Gone) ya que las dos están en cierta forma bajo la sombra de una persona que sin querer gira su vida. La diferencia es que en Last Year's Mistake vemos el otro lado, qué pasa cuando no salen tan bien las cosas, y te sientes perdido cuando te dejan de lado.

La amistad de Kelsey y David al inicio es muy bonita, y mientras todas las cosas pasan, mal entendidos, mudanzas, Kelsey madura y toma, a mí parecer, una buena decisión la noche en que todo el desastre comienza. Me gustó porque se respeta a sí misma, sabe lo que vale y que no es ningún premio consuelo. Y luego de eso, sigue madurando, aceptando algunas cosas, fallando en otras, no es un personaje que pueda decir admiro o quiero, pero tiene un gran desarrollo.

A diferencia de David que es y será solo un hipócrita egoísta.

Last Year's Mistake quizá no sea mi libro favorito pero me gustó bastante, fue bastante entretenido leerlo.

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Ella_Zegarra | 8 other reviews | Jan 18, 2022 |
I really enjoyed this book. Loads of romance, enjoyable and very realistic characters, lots of swoon worthy moments and all the feels you want in a book. In particular I loved how the author alternated between past and present to weave together the mystery of what the heck happened between Kelsey and David. You will be rooting for them to fix it from page one!
 
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stacyastokes | 8 other reviews | Sep 7, 2021 |
This is a cute quick read. Marisa had not planned to catch her best friend's boyfriend cheating, but when the opportunity came, she took it. When a former friend moves back Marisa gets involved in a convoluted plan to catch cheaters--both the romantic and academic kind. Reputations will be ruined and restored when all the pieces fall together.
 
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readingbeader | 2 other reviews | Oct 29, 2020 |
Busted has everything you want from a young adult book; plenty of drama, a bit of swoon-worthy romance, a heaping pile of cuteness and friendship. Gina Ciocca has given readers a unique storyline with Busted, perfectly combining teens over-use of internet and social media with all the angst that comes from dating in high school. Main character and narrator, Marisa, is your quintessential high school student. She's trying to fit in, make good grades, participate in extra activities that will look good on her transcripts, spend time with friends, and, of course, navigate the tough world of dating. She's sweet, a bit naive, occasionally petty, and an overachiever at everything. Helping protect one friend from relationship disaster has turned into helping every girl from the same fate, but an old friend seeking to insert herself back into Maria's life may be using her for more than she realizes. She didn't plan on becoming her town's very own PI, but she embraces the role and finds herself becoming the center of her very own investigation.

"I heard you caught her boyfriend cheating."

Busted felt so much like my high school experience. At times, Marisa seemed to lack direction and focus, something that could have taken away from the book, but really felt accurate to how teenagers truly are. She placed a very high value on what others think of her, something that leads to her downfall later on and becomes a huge lesson for her. I really enjoyed the sneaking around and loved how much weight relationships had on the characters. We saw old friendships, best-friendships, the wrong kind of friendships, friends becoming something more, exes, boyfriends, siblings, parents, and everything in between. It is obvious Gina Ciocca went to great lengths to give readers a complex, character-driven novel, something I find a lot of YA novels lack.

"I only knew that it felt more like a promise than a parting of ways."

Busted might require you to write a map to get through it, but otherwise it was one of the best YA novels I have read in a while. It had just the right amount of drama, it didn't blur the lines between YA and NA, and it delivered a couple positive messages that I think youths should hear and we all can appreciate. If you're a fan of fast-paced, contemporary young adult, Busted needs to be on your TBR list.

ARC provided via Netgalley.
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