Thursday, November 1

Chasing The Skip by Janci Patterson

Chasing The Skip by Janci Patterson
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages:  240



Summary: Ricki’s dad has never been there for her. He’s a bounty hunter who spends his time chasing parole evaders—also known as “skips”—all over the country. But now since Ricki’s mom ran off, Ricki finds herself an unwilling passenger in a front-row seat to her father’s dangerous lifestyle.

        Ricki’s feelings get even more confused when her dad starts chasing seventeen-year-old Ian Burnham. She finds herself unavoidably attracted to the dark-eyed felon who seems eager to get acquainted. But Ricki thinks she’s ever in control—the perfect manipulator. Little does she know that Ian isn’t playing their game by her rules.


My Thoughts: So, I've had this on my TBR pile for a while and every time I glanced at it, I thought it was titled Chasing The Ship, so in my mind I thought it was about ships. Boy was I wrong! LOL

We are introduced to Ricki who always lived with her mom, until one day she doesn’t anymore. Her mom takes off and she ends up having to spend time with her father, on the road. He’s a bounty hunter (more or less) and she’s stuck with him finding people and throwing them into jail.

It’s pretty entertaining and boring at the same time. They are surviving in this tiny trailer that really isn't much of a home for a teenage girl.  Ricki is fascinated by skips.

And then it all begins, her dad agrees to go pick up a boy not much older than her. He’s in trouble for stealing cars and Ricki automatically feels for him. She even bonds with him, but he’s too much trouble for this girl.

I never really liked Ian. I knew from the start he was trouble and usually I go for the bad boys but I just didn't like him very much. He wasn't really smooth or didn't have the charm.

Chasing The Skip was an entertaining enough read and I did really enjoy Ricki and seeing how she dealt with what has become her life.  This novel left me wanting more though. I just didn't like how it tied up and I wasn't quite sold yet.

Overall: Probably more of a 3.5 cupcake rating for me, but since I don’t do half cupcakes, can’t do that. I liked Ricki and I liked certain aspects of the book but I wasn't completely sucked in like usual.

Cover: Like it, like the handcuffs.  At least now I know it’s not titled Chasing The Ship. HEHE.

What I'd Give It:

14 comments:

Paige said...

I really enjoyed this book. I liked Ian in the beginning because I like bad boys too but it wasn't until the end then I was like dude really?! But it ended up being pretty good =D

Paige @ Comfort Books

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