Review: Great follow up to Daynight; this book reminded me a lot of relationship between Rue and Katniss in the Hunger Games
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2014
I ordered this book immediately after reading Daynight (which I loved)! This book is a "bridge" book that not only gives a little more information about the world outside of the SCI and Thera, but introduces new characters that will be in the second book. Ms. Thomason used a very clever way to introduce characters without having them bog down the already awesome flow of Daynight! I must say, this book made me "feel" even though the book is short. I connected with Alexa in the same way I connected with Rue in the Hunger Games. Alexa is a young bi-racial girl (25% White and 75% African American) and she's trying to make ends meet with her brothers and mother when she is scooped by the "Clean Slate Complex". Ms. Thomason did an awesome job of introducing Alexa and Adam, her almost love interest. The stakes of the first book are raised in this book because we see that the SCI's reach doesn't just relate to Thera, but to Earth as well. Alexa's budding relationship with Joshua is wonderful in that: 1) it starts in an incredibly unique way, 2) it's real and not forced, and 3) it's interracial, and I haven't seen many YA books that have interracial books. But most importantly, while this book does have interracial relationships and diversity, it is not preachy and it does not focus on differences. It focuses on what can make the human condition better and people that come together because they are like minded. I HIGHLY recommend this book. I already bought Arbirate (book 2 in the series), so I will be reading it after Rick Yancey's "The 5Th Wave".What are you waiting for?! GO BUY THIS BOOK NOW!