Reviewed by Sam@WLABB on
I received a copy in exchange for an honest review
Eli lives in a world where you are either a legacy, a remnant human, or an ascender, the superior race created from humans using technology. Eli is an aspiring artist, who wants nothing more, than to obtain a cure for his mother's illness. With his mother growing weaker, and his options growing more and more limited, he realizes his only chance to save his mother, is to win the Olympics. This is not your sports based games, though. In these games, legacies compete in the arts. These games may seem tame, but the competition can be deadly, as they are competing for the right for them and their families to ascend.
I couldn't help but immediately connect with Eli and his need to win this competition, because his primary motivation was to save his mother. However, I also connected to his ulterior motivation: to be one of the elite, to have all he could want or need, to be elevated in society. And then, the allegory kicked in and I found myself even more involved in the story.
I am a Susan Kaye Quinn fan. I love her style. She does such an amazing job of revealing her world without the info dump. It always seems to reveal itself organically. It's always a pleasure to read something she writes, because there is a great flow to her stories. She was able to put me right into the action and the mayhem and I loved it.
The ending killed me!!!!! Good job leaving me wanting more answers. Looking forward to book 2.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 25 July, 2015: Finished reading
- 25 July, 2015: Reviewed