Review: I loved it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 11, 2012
I received this book from the author in return for a honest review as part of the release of Perception. Zoe is your typical teenage girl, attending school, surfing with her older brother, hanging out with her friends and boyfriend. Until suddenly her old brother goes missing, and no one seems to know where he is. Zoe starts her own investigation into what happened to her older brother, learning more then she can ever imagine. Zoe is what they call a GAP person someone who has been genetically altered to live an extended life around two hundred years. All GAP people live in cities where other GAP people live apart from the outsiders those who haven't had the genetic alteration. For a single person to have the alteration is around 750,000 so unless you're rich you can't afford it.Zoe's grandfather was co-founder of the GAP program he was able to take advance of the process and is currently a senator running for President. His partner passed away choosing not to do the procedure for his family. Zoe reaches out to her house keepers son Noah a young man against genetically altering people. After finding a scrap of paper with the name DEXTER she feels like he is the only one who can help her find out what really happened to her brother when he turns up dead. The deeper they dig into the death of Liam the deeper the conspiracy goes, leading the pair on a adventure that changes their lives forever.I really loved the story it is kind of sci fi mystery with a romance twist. The relationship between Zoe and Noah reminds me of Romeo and Juliet two teenagers from different families; however with the sci fi twist it's more like genetically altered don't date outsiders. Her parents try to keep the pair apart but Zoe has to know the truth about her bother. Zoe and Noah have great chemistry as a potential couple and I really like their love story that's woven in the adventure of the story. The book is fast paced drawing you in right from the start, I had a hard time putting it down because I wanted to know more about the what happened to Liam. I felt that the characters are really well written allowing you to relate to them, and feel like you're with them through the story. I can't wait to see what happens next, it's a great start to a new exciting series.