What They Say
“It began three days ago with a fight. Seems that for me, everything begins with a fight…”
Sammy Jo may be strong, fast and tough, even in heels, but she gets into trouble when she fights some local thugs to save a rich boy named Gregory.
Now bad guy McCloud is after her – and he’s even more dangerous than her forbidden love for Gregory.
Fighter Girl was published in the United Kingdom under the title GYPSY GIRL.
Sammy Jo may be strong, fast and tough, even in heels, but she gets into trouble when she fights some local thugs to save a rich boy named Gregory.
Now bad guy McCloud is after her – and he’s even more dangerous than her forbidden love for Gregory.
Fighter Girl was published in the United Kingdom under the title GYPSY GIRL.
My Review
If there's one thing I love when reading, it's strong main characters. And I tell you something, Sammy-Jo in Fighter Girl is one of the strongest, and not just because she participates in illegal cage-fights. She's physically and mentally strong, and I love how she was the glue to holding her family together, and I loved even more that they were gypsies. I don't think I've ever read a book about the gypsies, and the Smith family are like the biggest gypsy clan there is. I actually enjoyed Fighter Girl, it had that great British spirit (despite the publishers attempts to dumb it down) and I really admired Sammy-Jo. She knows what she wants in her life, and what she wants is to fight, so she does, and she's good at it.
She's also fascinated by a boy in the house next door to their field, Gregory, but obviously gypsies can't get together with non-gypsies, there's rules, or so there seems, so it's kinda like a forbidden love thing, like Romeo & Juliet without the death. It was an intriguing relationship, but I'd have preferred a few more scenes to flesh it out - they're only ever together when it's sneaky, or Gregory's getting beaten up, so it's hard for them to really chat, and it just needed a bit more fleshing-out to be perfect, because a love story is kind of hard to fit in, considering everything else happening to and around Sammy-Jo.
I really enjoyed Fighter Girl. Yes, I had my issues - see the link above for a detailed rant about why British books should be left as they are when published in America, but apart from that, this was a good read, and I am itching for a sequel! The ending was RIPE for a sequel to be published, so what is Kathryn James waiting for?!?! Give us more of the amazing Sammy-Jo, please!
She's also fascinated by a boy in the house next door to their field, Gregory, but obviously gypsies can't get together with non-gypsies, there's rules, or so there seems, so it's kinda like a forbidden love thing, like Romeo & Juliet without the death. It was an intriguing relationship, but I'd have preferred a few more scenes to flesh it out - they're only ever together when it's sneaky, or Gregory's getting beaten up, so it's hard for them to really chat, and it just needed a bit more fleshing-out to be perfect, because a love story is kind of hard to fit in, considering everything else happening to and around Sammy-Jo.
I really enjoyed Fighter Girl. Yes, I had my issues - see the link above for a detailed rant about why British books should be left as they are when published in America, but apart from that, this was a good read, and I am itching for a sequel! The ending was RIPE for a sequel to be published, so what is Kathryn James waiting for?!?! Give us more of the amazing Sammy-Jo, please!
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