Girl in the Arena

Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Lyn hates everything about the "Glad" life, especially the fact that all 7 of her fathers have been killed while fighting. In the last battle, Tommy, her favorite of all the men her Mom has married, is killed by Uber. Before the fight Lyn had given Tommy her dowry bracelet for good luck. But it wasn't good luck at all; in fact it couldn't be worse. When Uber grabs the bracelet and puts it on his arm Lyn is obligated by the rules of the Gladiators to marry him. Now Lyn is blasted into the spotlight with paparazzi following her night and day to see what she will do. Should she marry Uber and become a "Glad" wife in order to save her family or is there another way out?

This book sounds contrived and hokey but I enjoyed reading it. It had many similarities to "Hunger Games" but was fresh enough to stand on it's own. Lyn is a really strong female character and Uber is also unique. He's not an ogre or a loser and is a pretty likable character. Lyn's Mom is pretty useless which can be annoying, but I found this to be a quick and fun story. I cared enough about the characters to hope that there is a sequel.



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Oh Poo and Merde! I've just read the final installment of the Georgia Nicolson diaries, "Are Those My Basoomas I See Before Me?" I am so full of sadnosity. I hate to think that this is the last book. I always looked forward to reading about Georgia and the Ace Gang.

When we last saw Georgia in "Stop in the Name of Pants," Masimo "the lurvve god" had stropped off to strop central with the Mega hump because he had seen Georgia dancing with Dave the Laugh. Once again Georgia was left in the cakeshop of love. This final book has Georgia trying to display maturiosity and win back Masimo. But what about Dave the Laugh? He is still her fun and crazy mate and he thinks she's a sex kitty. And then there's Robbie, the original sex-god; he can't really like wet Lindsay can he?

If you are a fan of this series, you will love this book. Of course Georgia's crazy family is all there in their complete madnosity as well as Angus and all of the favorites from Stalag 14.

I guess I can't blame Louise Rennison for wanting to move on, you can only remake so many Billy Shakespeare plays and write so many beard jokes, but I will certainly miss Georgia and her self absorbed ways. I am like a depressed person on depressed pills.