OLDER FICTION
Cohn, Rachel

Cupcake

(3) YA In her brash, idiosyncratic teenspeak, eighteen-year-old Cyd Charisse, or "CC" (Gingerbread, Shrimp), narrates her attempt to adjust to her new semi-independent existence, having traded West Coast for East. CC's oversized personality doesn't leave much room for the other characters to develop. Still, fans will appreciate the romantic tension: will CC follow her man or is she a "New York hypergrrl for sure"?

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