Gypsy (The Cavy Files #1)
by Trisha Leigh
Release Date: 05/13/14
378 pages
Summary from Goodreads:
Inconsequential: not important or significant.
Synonyms: insignificant, unimportant, nonessential, irrelevant
In the world of genetic mutation, Gypsy’s talent of knowing a person’s age of death is considered a failure. Her peers, the other Cavies, have powers that range from curdling a blood still in the vein to being able to overhear a conversation taking place three miles away, but when they’re taken from the sanctuary where they grew up and forced into the real world, Gypsy, with her all-but-invisible gift, is the one with the advantage.
The only one who’s safe, if the world finds out what they can do.
When the Cavies are attacked and inoculated with an unidentified virus, that illusion is shattered. Whatever was attached to the virus causes their abilities to change. Grow. In some cases, to escape their control.
Gypsy dreamed of normal high school, normal friends, a normal life, for years. Instead, the Cavies are sucked under a sea of government intrigue, weaponized genetic mutation, and crushing secrets that will reframe everything they’ve ever been told about how their "talents" came to be in the first place.
When they find out one of their own has been appropriated by the government, mistreated and forced to run dangerous missions, their desire for information becomes a pressing need. With only a series of guesses about their origins, the path to the truth becomes quickly littered with friends, enemies, and in the end, the Cavies ability to trust anyone at all.
Synonyms: insignificant, unimportant, nonessential, irrelevant
In the world of genetic mutation, Gypsy’s talent of knowing a person’s age of death is considered a failure. Her peers, the other Cavies, have powers that range from curdling a blood still in the vein to being able to overhear a conversation taking place three miles away, but when they’re taken from the sanctuary where they grew up and forced into the real world, Gypsy, with her all-but-invisible gift, is the one with the advantage.
The only one who’s safe, if the world finds out what they can do.
When the Cavies are attacked and inoculated with an unidentified virus, that illusion is shattered. Whatever was attached to the virus causes their abilities to change. Grow. In some cases, to escape their control.
Gypsy dreamed of normal high school, normal friends, a normal life, for years. Instead, the Cavies are sucked under a sea of government intrigue, weaponized genetic mutation, and crushing secrets that will reframe everything they’ve ever been told about how their "talents" came to be in the first place.
When they find out one of their own has been appropriated by the government, mistreated and forced to run dangerous missions, their desire for information becomes a pressing need. With only a series of guesses about their origins, the path to the truth becomes quickly littered with friends, enemies, and in the end, the Cavies ability to trust anyone at all.
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Excerpt
“You're
early. You said there were two reasons.”
“Oh,
right. The rumor mill suggests that you turned down a date with a very
attractive, very in-demand CA boy today, and that perhaps the reason is
interest in a different very attractive, not-so-in-demand CA boy. As the
first person to befriend you in reality, I feel slighted hearing this through
the grapevine. What gives?”
“Geez,
I guess the movies don't lie about the speed of rumors in high school.” Chalk
one up for Hollywood.
“Stop
trying to blame all of your weirdness on growing up a recluse and spill.”
“Jude
asked me if I wanted to hang out after the game tonight.” Blood rushes to my
cheeks at the memory.
“And
you said no why? I mean, he's like my brother but it's not like I'm blind,
Norah. He's gorgeous, has a killer body for a seventeen-year-old, and his looks
aren’t even the best part about him.”
She
doesn't elaborate but she doesn't have to. I've known him five days and could
make a list of at least six things that make Jude attractive, and that’s after
he told me he’d been my friend because his dad told him too.
As
much as I still want to be angry about that, the truth of his issues at home
left me with a sizable soft spot. Jude's dealing with so much more than he lets
people see.
None
of which should change my desire to not get involved. Knowing what I
know.
“I
have plans with my father after the game. We're going to start some old
television show he likes. Or movie. Something.”
“Okay,
lame, but whatever. He's going to ask you again, you know. Are you going to say
yes?”
“Who
am I supposed to be interested in instead? I mean, according to wherever this
information came from in the first place?” I change the subject, well aware
that my new friend is too perceptive not to notice, but too confused about my
feelings for Jude Greene to discuss it.
“Dane
Kim, of course. You guys have been as thick as thieves the last couple of days,
and Savannah heard from Jessie Brady, who heard from Annie Simmons, who sits
behind you in Lit, that he sounded pretty jealous asking you about Jude.” Maya
licks the Nutella off another apple slice. “She also thinks you're a
know-it-all because you answered all of the questions on the pop quiz even
though you've only been in class a few days, FYI.”
“Great.”
About the Author
Trisha Leigh is a product of the Midwest, which means it’s pop, not soda, garage sales, not tag sales, and you guys as opposed to y’all. Most of the time. She’s been writing seriously for five years now, and has published 4 young adult novels and 4 new adult novels (under her pen name Lyla Payne). Her favorite things, in no particular order, include: reading, Game of Thrones, Hershey’s kisses, reading, her dogs (Yoda and Jilly), summer, movies, reading, Jude Law, coffee, and rewatching WB series from the 90’s-00’s.
Her family is made up of farmers and/or almost rock stars from Iowa, people who numerous, loud, full of love, and the kind of people that make the world better. Trisha tries her best to honor them, and the lessons they’ve taught, through characters and stories—made up, of course, but true enough in their way.
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