Review: good short followup to Daynight
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 11, 2013
Clean Slate Complex is a short story set after the events in Daynight. Here we follow Alexa, a homeless girl who is "saved" by the Second Chance Institute. While they have provided for her basic needs, she learns that the cost to her and everyone else is extremely great. She befriends the son of the couple who runs the place and soon learns the horrifying truth of those who are "transferred out" of the institute.I found the character of Alexa to be compelling. She reminds me a lot of Kira from Daynight... fierce, challenging, questioning everything. There is a little bit of romance (and maybe some love triangle), as well. The novella does a good job introducing Second Chance Institute while still leaving Thera to be a bit of a mystery (in case you didn't read Daynight).Overall it is a fairly short story and I don't see much to dislike about it. It is a good followup to Daynight and probably will be a good introduction to the next novel, Arbitrate. I enjoyed reading this a lot and did it just a day. I think all Daynight readers should give this a read