Review: Intriguingly Imaginative Futuristic
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2012
Review of Oceans of Red (Volume One) by Willow CrossReviewed for Young Adult Novel Reader Blog Tour Oct. 13 2012The "Oceans of Red" series I consider to be an entirely new perspective on the usual hum-drum Dystopian or Apocalyptic routine. Make no mistake, I really enjoy these sub-genres, but the same old same old approach gets old. Author Willow Cross delivers a kick with a new concept: the majority of humans have become possessed by-demons! Yes, demons! Not zombies, not vampires, not shapeshifters-see, I told you something new!!The Resistance leader Admiral Martin has two daughters and a son, all active in the Resistance movement battling the Demonic takeover of Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Remy and older brother Greg are brawny kick-butt and take no prisoners warriors; fifteen-year-old Shane is beyond genius level, a biophysicist who in a normal world, would likely be well on her way to the Nobel Prize. All three must parse out a new approach, thinking outside of the usual framework, because the tried-and-true just isn't stopping these demon invaders.