The gods will bless us by deciding which of us they deem worthy. The present is crap, I mean future and all the power lies in the hands of a few rich families (surprise, surprise); when the Carlyles have their Lift, a glorified event in which they decide who has talents or skills they can use and then promote them from waste to serf. It sounds so wrong, but considering that being waste is a guarantee to end up dead in gruesome way, what the heck, a nice job and food can make being a serf good enough.
This book follows Forever "Eve" Carlyle attempting to stop a terrorist attack on the day of the Lift and a family that travels by foot all the way to Denver in the hopes of being selected in the Lift.
Overall, the story was, we get a little bit of a mystery going with a mysterious text to Eve, hope they expand a lot more in the next book and as for the family on its way to the Lift, wonder where they'll end up. The illustrations where good, had a great play on color and light that really brought feeling to the despair of this future.
Rating 3.5 out of 5
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I was very torn on this one, it looks good, but I felt something was missing. The entire book basically plays out as a race war. Vampires versus humans and in the whole process, there is really no explanation as to how it all started.
There is a lot of mention about this ICE virus, but no history on it, no explanation on it, nothing. Then we have all these different species of Vampires, from different part of the world and they all look different and have different abilities and thirst. It also didn't make sense how in some part they say it's caused by the ICE virus, but then in other it's a mutation. Which is it? Virus or mutation?
But, I did love the conspiracy angle on it and with that I believe they can take this series way further; the potential is there, let's hope they use it.
Rating 3 out of 5
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What happens when mysterious life forms appear on Earth?
One summer night Alden and more than half the town are sitting in a field watching the largest meteor shower in human history. The meteor shower is a sight to behold, but what happens when a pretty sight isn't the only thing to come along.
When these aliens arrive, it is mass panic. Are they friendly? Are they here to kill all humans? Why are they here? What do they want?
Alden befriends one of these aliens and soon it's up to him to help them and help the world understand them.
The story line is very creative for once, a book that doesn't start off with an invasion. The graphic are sweet. This is the start of a very promising series, where hopefully we learn more about these aliens.
Rating 5 out of 5
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