Another reviewer stated that this would be perfect for a hardcore dystopian fan that enjoyed superheroes. Well, I am that fan and this was almost perfect for me.
Summary:
Aubrey is at prom and no one seems to be asking her to dance. No one even seems to notice that she is there. When the prom is stormed by the military and all of the teens are taken, except Aubrey because she's invisible. Jack also avoids being captured by the military because he didn't actually attend the dance. He just was waiting until it ended to be on clean-up duty. Now Jack and Aubrey must ban together in order to survive and hide from the military. Meanwhile, Laura and Alec are attacking. The two of them are teen terrorists destroying all that they can. But why? How does this relate to the teen kidnapping and special abilities that keep popping up?
My thoughts:
As I mentioned, this fell in my wheelhouse of novels. Dystopians are my favorite by far and I do like the idea of special abilities floating around. As many have said, this has an X-Men feel. The teens are experimented on to find out if they have these abilities and then they are "recruited" to help fight the government's cause. By no means are they treated with respect and most of them don't even know there is something special about them. It fits with the X-Men hiding from the government and attempting to use special powers for good themes. Aubrey has to hide or be used. Jack is with her all the way through. While Laura and Alec are interesting characters, I'm not sure why they are doing what they are doing. The worst part about this book is the lack of character development and overall world building. It's like these aspects are skimmed. You get enough world building to know basic setting information, but there needs to be more. Mostly a type of history to connect things along with a description that makes me feel like I am right there with the characters. While Jack and Aubrey are characters you get to know the most, they are still rather shallow. Laura and Alec are very hard to know. I don't know their motivations at all. I think part of this is because the chapters are relatively short and switch points of view a lot. I just need to feel more attached to the characters and in order to do that, I need to get inside their heads. On the other hand, this book keeps you moving. There is a lot of action. Because the shorter chapters, you really haul it through the book. There are very few times that I put the book down, and I did want to know what was going to happen next. The events in the plot are the highlight and the adventure just flows easily through the pages. That is by far the best part of the novel. I can also see it as a movie because of how action driven it is.
Summary:
Aubrey is at prom and no one seems to be asking her to dance. No one even seems to notice that she is there. When the prom is stormed by the military and all of the teens are taken, except Aubrey because she's invisible. Jack also avoids being captured by the military because he didn't actually attend the dance. He just was waiting until it ended to be on clean-up duty. Now Jack and Aubrey must ban together in order to survive and hide from the military. Meanwhile, Laura and Alec are attacking. The two of them are teen terrorists destroying all that they can. But why? How does this relate to the teen kidnapping and special abilities that keep popping up?
My thoughts:
As I mentioned, this fell in my wheelhouse of novels. Dystopians are my favorite by far and I do like the idea of special abilities floating around. As many have said, this has an X-Men feel. The teens are experimented on to find out if they have these abilities and then they are "recruited" to help fight the government's cause. By no means are they treated with respect and most of them don't even know there is something special about them. It fits with the X-Men hiding from the government and attempting to use special powers for good themes. Aubrey has to hide or be used. Jack is with her all the way through. While Laura and Alec are interesting characters, I'm not sure why they are doing what they are doing. The worst part about this book is the lack of character development and overall world building. It's like these aspects are skimmed. You get enough world building to know basic setting information, but there needs to be more. Mostly a type of history to connect things along with a description that makes me feel like I am right there with the characters. While Jack and Aubrey are characters you get to know the most, they are still rather shallow. Laura and Alec are very hard to know. I don't know their motivations at all. I think part of this is because the chapters are relatively short and switch points of view a lot. I just need to feel more attached to the characters and in order to do that, I need to get inside their heads. On the other hand, this book keeps you moving. There is a lot of action. Because the shorter chapters, you really haul it through the book. There are very few times that I put the book down, and I did want to know what was going to happen next. The events in the plot are the highlight and the adventure just flows easily through the pages. That is by far the best part of the novel. I can also see it as a movie because of how action driven it is.
