(S)Kin

Stars:2.5 rounded to 3Start Date: 4/27/26Ending Date:5/6/26Genre: YA Fantasy, VerseForm: E-Arc/AudiobookPage Count: 400Publishing Date:2/11/25Point of View: 1st Setting: Brooklyn,NYContent Warning: Body HorrorMy Blog:https://tanyasreading.wordpress.com/2026/06/20/skin-by-ibi-zoboi/StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8cfa69c8-0b7e-4822-a717-b9d7ce3bf4b9?redirect=trueThank you HarperCollins for the E-Arc.Skin was not Ms. Zobi's best work from what I have read from her thus far. I loved Pride, her Pride and Prejudice retelling and Punch the Air is a modern masterpiece. For some reason Skin just didn't resonate with me and I had a hard time trying to connect to the story and the characters. One word to describe Skin is messy. It's messy in writing and story content wise in a way that it didn't know what direction it wanted to take.Our two Main Characters ,Genevieve (17 years old) and Marisol (15 years old), who were dealing with a lot of issues of growing up, just didn't click with me at all. I wanted to connect with and what was going through with Marisol dealing with a strict mom and Genevieve dealing with her skin but them and everyone else around them ( Marisol Mom, Genevieve Dad and Stepmom) was so unlikable.The fantasy part of the book was interesting but if you weren't familiar with the lore it comes from it wouldn't make a lot of sense.Also the ending felt so incomplete that there wasn't any sense of closure for the two girls.So It's 2.5 stars but I am rounding it to a 3 because of the Audiobook thanks to Bahni Turpin narrating one of the girls. She was acting her ass off as usual with the material that was given.If you want a book that is also written in verse dealing with two teenage girls coming from two different worlds who connect and form a bond I recommend Clap Where You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo.