Snapshots [Kindle Edition]

Patricia Lynne (Author), Cassie Robertson (Editor)

Book Description

My name is Cyclop Blaine and I am a real person.
“You are mine.”
I am a real person: heedless of a childhood spent under the supervision of an old man I only know as Master.
“You belong to me.”
I am a real person: regardless of my teenage years bound by violence as the adoptive son of the Victory Street Gang's leader.
“You will obey me.”
I am a real person: despite the visions I see in others' eyes. Snapshots of their futures.
“You will cower before me.”
I am a real person: my life will be my own. I belong to no one.
“You. Are. MINE.”

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Patricia Lynne never set out to become a writer, and in fact, never gave it any thought during high school and college. But now she can't stop writing. Patricia lives with her husband in Michigan, hopes one day to have what will resemble a small petting zoo and has a fondness for dying her hair the colors of the rainbow.

Product Details

• File Size: 334 KB
• Print Length: 160 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B008O7VYPG
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,029 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great story and interesting characters October 26, 2012

By D. Ann

Format:Kindle Edition

The synopsis was what hooked me to begin with--well that, and the cute guy on the cover. It seemed to me that Cyclop was talking to someone, or reciting a mantra to drown out the sound of the other. I really wanted to know what happened, and who this person who was so obsessed with him was. The book is a very fast read but it keeps you engaged throughout. When it starts it seems like it's just going to be a book about a teenage boy growing up in a gang while trying to understand his place in the world. However, it jumpstarts quickly. A gang warfare breaks out and Cyclop is forced to choose between his family and his love interest. When he finally starts to get his life back together, he's thrown for another loop. A man from his past resurfaces and he starts to question all that he is. I don't want to spoil the book for you, so suffice it to say, the story continues and we meet people that are similar to him. We get to see as Cyclop fights to be normal, to define what normal even is, and how to break the hold that man has over him.

I really like the fact that it's not a regular YA book. Besides having a male lead, which is rare with the amount of female lead books that dominate the YA genre, Cyclop is bisexual. He struggles with defining his feeling for both of his love interests, especially since being in a gang isn't the most welcoming of places for a possible gay teenage boy, as he thinks of himself at the beginning. When you add in the supernatural elements, it starts to become more complex. Seeing into the future is cliché but I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't going to be another, I see the future so I can change it, book. And while Cyclop does use his power to read people's futures, and he does use it to help his gang family, the book doesn't focus on that. In fact, he doesn't like using his power and does his best not to influence what happens. He learns some tough lessons because of it which results in people close to him dying.

I'd gladly recommend the book to others. If you want to read an atypical YA novel, pick up Snapshots.

**I received the book for free from SupaGurl Tours**

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting September 30, 2012

By Sarah K

Format:Paperback

I got through this book rather quickly. Even within the writing, some parts in the book moved to fast, while other parts of the book moved at a normal pace. The writer also tends to skim over what seems to be key events, and I wished that they had gone into more depth about those events. Otherwise this alien book was interesting, featuring of gang involvement and scientific experiments on our main character.

The book centers around a character called Cyclop, taking place in a gang's house. He's a member of a gang that he has been in since he was a kid when the leader took him in. Everything was fine with him being in the gang until in-gang fighting broke out. Cyclop tried to help his gang, but in the end they threw him out and then he had to learn to live on his own. Its then that he and Amber, our female lead, grow even closer. Things were starting to look up for him, until he began to hear a voice talking in his mind. He hears it almost everyday, which aggravates his nightmares. Then he learns that his master is looking for him and will get him back no matter what.

The reason he's called Cyclop is because he keeps one eye covered with a bandana. If he doesn't do this, every time he looks into someone's eye he would have visions of the future. Cyclop is a really good guy and he really doesn't belong in a gang. You can tell this by the way he goes to a gym to train to hold in his strength so that he doesn't hurt anyone. He also thought at first that he was only interested in men because of how he had dated one of the gang members. Though that changed when he met Amber and realized that he was bi. This is a Young Adult book and there is no sex in this book, only mentions of it.

Amber is a sweet Asian girl who falls for Cyclop. At first she is weary of Cyclop because he is in a gang. Though soon that changes when she sees a different side to Cyclop. Beyond the gang she sees the sweet guy. She even believes him and trusts him when he tells her the truth about his powers.

There is romance in this book, but it doesn't center around it. Cyclop and Amber are an interesting pair because they are both different in some way. What attracted Cyclop to Amber was because she was the only Asian in his area. At first he's confused thinking he was only gay but soon realizes that he is bi and that he can love Amber.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars OMG SNAPSHOTS IS GREAT MUST READ September 28, 2012

By Nikki VampandStuff

Format:Kindle Edition

This story is so well written, I read in one siting Absolutely a must read the author pull you right in this unique world. John Blaine AKA Cyclops, is adoptive to a street gangs, who raise him when, he was small cyclops, is what he father tyker call him.. Cyalops don't no his real name or his birthday..cyclops hear voice is in he head telling him. your mine and he think it from his life before the gangs found him..you see cyclops is not normal he can look right in your eyes and see future ..he help his adoptive dad.. with their gangs who fake or a trader.Cyalops heal fast and can not really be hurt he think he a freak and homosexuality. till he meet. Amber he dawr to her in a way he don't understand..but a crazy mad doctor is after him. and want to keep him lock away from the world, as him and Amber get close.. some then happend and he get kick out of the gangs and has no where no e to go but Amber..and her Family take him in to help him.. OMG I LOVE THIS STORY IT WAS SO GOOD I DON"T WANT TO GIVE SPOILERS BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE A MUST READ \
ROMANCE, ACTION PACK ,AND CAN YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT CYCLOPS,IS AND WHERE HE FROM.

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More About the Author

I don't remember when exactly it happened, maybe while my husband was in college. I had a dream one night (and I always feel like I'm ripping off Stephenie Meyers when I say this but it's the truth) and in it there was this girl and a vampire, and the cast of True Blood was trying to keep them apart. I woke with the urge to write it - although not the True Blood part. So I did. As I went, I wasn't quite sure where it was going but that didn't deter me. I kept typing along and eventually I figured out who wanted to keep Kris and Kristen apart. After that another story came to me. Then another. And another. I couldn't stop and before I knew it I had a file for writing filled with stories - not all of them finished. I've been writing ever since. The characters in my head fight for attention and sometimes I wish I had more hands and a few computers to type it all down. Hopefully people will enjoy them as much as I do.