Wren 178 is the next Katniss Everdeen!!

Move over Katniss and make room for Wren 178. Amy Tintera's debut book, Reboot, which has already been optioned by Fox 2000 and Chernin Entertainment to develop into a movie, is simply mind blowing!!

Here's a brief synopsis. A virus breaks out and kills most of the population of the world. The virus that kills also "reboots" the dead back to the living (sort of). The longer it takes to reboot the better the reboot is...with speed, strength, the ability to heal rapidly, and next to no emotions. Wren is shot at the age of 12 and reboots 178 minutes after she died. She is considered to best reboot ever as far as HARC (Human Advancement and Re-population Center)is concerned. The story revolves around Wren 178 and her attempt to train Callum 22, another reboot, to be a soldier for HARC.

I spent a lot of time thinking "what if..." while I was reading this book. At the beginning of the story, Wren appears to be emotionless in all aspects of her life. Enter Callum...a 22 and almost still human. He doesn't follow or even care about the rules of interaction between the reboots based on their numbers. He is immediately drawn to Wren and she to him although she doesn't understand why because "no one looks at me, no one touches me".

The turns and twists of Reboot really kept on the edge of my seat. The story evolves from a training school to the edge to rebellion when Callum doesn't follow orders and is give an execution order, either he kills his next assignment or Wren has to kill him. Several things happen to make it possible for Wren and Callum to escape. The story takes off at break neck speed from this point to the amazing end.



Reboot by Amy Tintera
HarperTeen Publisher
2013

How Did I Miss Divergent!

I was on vacation for the last four days with my family and had plenty of time to read. I had have Divergent on my Kindle for so long that it is embarrassing to say. I thought that with a movie coming out a should give it a try. I was COMPLETELY blown away!! Divergent is the best book I have read in quite some time. Who knew, right?! I literally could not put it down. I read it in about a day and a half.

The main factor that really hooked me was to incredible world that Veronica Roth created. It is so richly detailed that when Tris is standing at the Chasm in The Pit I could hear the water moving. I was also impressed by the level of detail given to the description of each faction. It's a world where everything (and everyone) is colored coded and categorized into neat little groups. The whole concept really made me stop and think "what if...".

As for the main characters, we have Tris (formerly Beatrice) as our heroine and Four (formerly Tobias) as our hero. Both are transfers to the Dautless faction from the Abnegation faction but two years apart. I must say that Tris did work on my nerves when she kept referring to how little she was. Was it a factor in her level of badassedness? Absolutely not...so she's a small person move on! Other than this small issue I found Tris to be one of the most intriguing, gritty, and conflicted characters I have ever had the pleasure of reading about. As for Four...well he IS Four! What else can I really say about him? He's is what pretty much every girl wants in a guy...tough, silent and brooding!

The series is set to be a trilogy with the final book, Allegiant, to be released October 22, 2013. I will be sorry to see it end because I love the world!



Divergent by: Veronica Roth
Katherine Tegen Books

The Eternity Cure - The Blood of Eden Book 2

The Eternity Cure by: Julie Kagawa
Harlequin Teen


** SPOILER ALERT ** All I can say is WOW!! I love the Iron Fey series but I have to admit the Blood of Eden series ranks a close second to it even though it scares the bajesus out of me. The Eternity Cure was simply mind blowing as far as I'm concerned. Julie painted such a vivid picture of Ally's world that I feel like I'm right there with her. She is so detailed is her descriptions of this post-apocalyptic world that I find myself worrying for Ally and Zeke. I actually had to take breaks from reading it because I would get so sucked in to that world! That's a mark of an excellent book as far as I'm concerned. Jackel makes an appearance in this book and plays a major part in the rescue of the both his and Ally's sire, Kanin. However, it's hard to decide if he's a good guy now or still a bad guy. We also really get to see why Sarrin, the insane lunatic vampire who blames Kanin for everything, got the way he is. AND the craziest thing is that Zeke leaves Eden (after Ally moved heaven and earth and fought a zillion rabids to get he and his friends there safely) to search for Ally. Now I will wait patiently for The Forever Song which is not scheduled for release until the spring of 2014.

Today's ARCs!!

I got these lovelies compliments of Netgalley and Edelweiss (Thanks Angie!!)


The Genesis by K.L. Kerr An Uncontrollable Power. An Unstoppable Corporation. A Vampire God. The vampires of Dayson city are preparing for war. Having lived in constant fear of the Archway Corporation for decades, desperation has forced them into action. Their solution is to bring the First vampire, Alistair, back from the dead, a warrior famed for eradicating entire armies in the name of his kind. For fledgling vampire Catrina Malinka, the fabled return of some unknown deity falls low on her list of concerns. Between fending off strangers trying to kill her in her dreams and trying to rein in an uncontrollable power that no one else even understands let alone shares, Catrina is forced to fight her assumed role in the war against Archway, which threatens to send her down a path she doesn't want to travel. The first book in The Blood of Ages series, "The Genesis" is an urban fantasy about the inescapable nature of Fate and the corruption of power.
Penerefe Publications


Dream Thieves by: Maggie Stiefvater The second installment in the all-new series from the masterful, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater! Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after...
Scholastic Press


The Woken Gods by: Gwenda Bond The more things change… Five years ago, the gods of ancient mythology awoke all around the world. The more things stay the same… This morning, Kyra Locke is late for school because of an argument with her father. Seventeen-year-old Kyra lives in a transformed Washington, D.C., dominated by the embassies of divine pantheons and watched over by the mysterious Society of the Sun that governs mankind’s relations with the gods. But when rebellious Kyra encounters two trickster gods on her way home, one offering a threat and the other a warning, it turns out her life isn't what it seems. She escapes with the aid of Osborne "Oz" Spencer, a young Society field operative, only to discover that her scholar father has disappeared with a dangerous Egyptian relic. The Society needs the item back, and they aren’t interested in her protests that she knows nothing about it or her father's secrets. Now Kyra must depend on her wits and the suspect help of scary Sumerian gods, her estranged oracle mother, and, of course, Oz--whose first allegiance is to the Society. She has no choice if she’s going to recover the missing relic and save her father. And if she doesn't? Well, that may just mean the end of the world as she knows it. From the author of Blackwood comes a fresh, thrilling urban fantasy that will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman, Cassandra Clare, and Rick Riordan.
Angry Robot, Ltd.