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Book Review of Icy Sparks

Icy Sparks
Icy Sparks
Author: Gwyn Hyman Rubio
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 2


The book was based on a good idea, and some of the passages were engaging, but one thing really took me out of the story; the girls' name. Not only is it ridiculous, but the author was clearly in love with it, and not more than a page passed without her using it in some capacity. Every sentence spoken directly to the girl used her name, more often than not her full name. Nearly 300 pages of "Icy Sparks, listen to me." and "Icy Gal, you amaze me!" and "Icy Sparks don't lie!", I couldn't wait for the book to be over. And calling her grandparent Matani and Patani seemed unnecessary, like the book was trying too hard to make the characters memorable. It is not a book I will ever read again.