From the coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Illuminae Files comes the first book in a new series that's part Romeo and Juliet, part Terminator, and all adrenaline.
On an island junkyard beneath a sky that glows with radiation, a deadly secret lies buried in the scrap. Seventeen-year-old Eve isn't looking for trouble--she's too busy looking over her shoulder. The robot gladiator she spent months building has been reduced to a smoking wreck, she's on the local gangster's wanted list, and the only thing keeping her grandpa alive is the money she just lost to the bookies. Worst of all, she's discovered she can somehow destroy machines with the power of her mind, and a bunch of puritanical fanatics are building a coffin her size because of it. If she's ever had a worse day, Eve can't remember it. The problem is, Eve has had a worse day--one that lingers in her nightmares and the cybernetic implant where her memories used to be. Her discovery of a handsome android named Ezekiel--called a "Lifelike" because they resemble humans--will bring her world crashing down and make her question whether her entire life is a lie. With her best friend Lemon Fresh and her robotic sidekick Cricket in tow, Eve will trek across deserts of glass, battle unkillable bots, and infiltrate towering megacities to save the ones she loves...and learn the truth about the bloody secrets of her past.
I can get lost in this book and when I stop reading I actually have to give myself a minute to adjust. It also has a tendency to creep back into your head and you have to stop for a minute to figure out if that was something that actually happened to you or did it happen in the book. The lines of reality get a little blurred. With that said, can you tell I loved this book. The words jumped off the page and painted such vivid images in my head. I can picture Eve and Ezekiel, laugh a Cricket's comments and adore Lemon Fresh. It's described as similar to a classic story but for some reason I am not feeling the Romeo and Juliet that it is compared to. I am getting more of an Anastasia vibe, maybe more of the cartoon version of Anastasia (I love that movie). It was the first thing I thought of especially with her name.
The story pulled me right in and this is my first book by Jay Kristoff alone, I also read part of Illuminae, which was great but not as good as this one. I loved how the story had both raw painful, no holding back moments and some really funny, laugh out loud lines. The story goes back and forth between "now" and the past. I loved the back story just as much as the present. This book has made up slang since it's set in the future, it can get distracting at times to read the slang, it is somewhat easy to understand. If you don't like made up slang this might bother you more than it did me.
Overall, I loved this book and if you know me you know I am not a huge Sci-fi, dystopian fan but this book was amazing. I loved every minute of it slang and all. Thankfully the next one is out soon so I wont have to wait that long after that FUCKING ending! HOLY SHIT! My head is spinning and not even sure I know how to process everything that happened, my heart and head hurt! Highly recommend.
