Review: Enigmatic and Engaging
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 5, 2013
4 stars!The Eslites is a science-fiction piece, taking place in our time and world. This seemingly alien race has been stranded on our planet, but after finding that we have females compatible with them they decide to stay and rule over us, using and abusing our woman for their purpose. To save their race. We follow a girl, Miranda Mays, as she is brought in for compatibility testing and kept for egg extractions to make new Eslites. However, not everything is as it seems and when Miranda and her friends get pushed too far they decide to rebel, putting their lives at risk. Miranda especially since she leads their rebellion.I really liked this book and want to see where the story goes, I'm guessing it'll be part of a series. My biggest complaint is the holes in the plot and character instability. There were so many things that weren't explained or described that we NEEDED but Miranda can ogle every guy she meets so we know their build and what their wearing. We're told she's so stubborn and rebellious yet yet directly following that comment we see nothing but complacent Miranda until she talks back to Dimas, the Eslite leader and her partner for reproduction recombination. She's not the strong, determined and rebellious character everyone would have us believe even when she's at the forefront of the rebellion. Her wish-washy character and feelings for Dimas and Bryce.But despite those inconsistencies Doporto did a great job of creating and imagining these things. Her locubots, the tablets functions and capabilities, trackers and nanocytes, even all her other character development especially the Eslites. Dimas and Dr. Ridus seeming the most thought out and built.Where to next with the wearisome Miranda and enigmatic Dimas? Will he keep his word?