Review: Just right YA Dystopian
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2014
4.5 starsOriginal Review found at Sizzling Hot YA BooksSometimes you just need that certain sort of book to get you out of a reading rut. A book that will take you on a journey, steal away your train of thoughts and emotions at the same time. For me, that was exactly what Mirror X did. The perfect book for me when I was losing all sorts of hope in the dystopian YA literary world.This is Cassie’s story. A young girl living in 2022, only to wake up from a frozen state 1,000 years later. After an accident that caused her to become brain damaged, her mother froze her body in hopes that she’d wake up in a time when she could live out the rest of her life normally and healed. Well, surprise, surprise. It happens. But with her new life, comes a cost she’s not exactly willing to deal with.  She’s the only girl in this futuristic world, now able to have a biological child. But she’s seventeen, not ready to have kids, and especially not willing to be a ploy in the game that requires her to constantly have them with. It”s an ugly world she’s brought into, but somehow, there is a light that comes in the form of Michael…her nineteen year old doctor.I’m not about spoilers, as most of you already know. But what I am about, is telling you my thoughts. And oh, freaking BOY do I have some thoughts about Mirror X and especially it’s characters.Cassie, the main character first off. She’s young, a little on the stubborn side, and even more capable than most girls would be in her situation. She’s ready to fight for what she believes in, and I really admired her about that one.Then there was Michael. Shady, sexy, dark, and oh-so-secretive Michael. I have no idea how I feel about him. Sometimes I wanted to hug him. But then he’d lie, or throw something at Cassie that really had me annoyed and flabbergasted. (yes, I did just use that big word) I know he was only trying to protect her, and do his job, but gosh, sometimes I wanted to wring his neck.But then I went and fell for a boy who I probably shouldn’t have fallen for. His name was Travel.  And although I knew Cassie didn’t ‘feel’ that way about him, I couldn’t help but root for him along the way. I totally ship the idea of Cassie and Travel. For real, even if nobody else does. He was amazing, devoted to Cassie,  and a man who showed so much love that I couldn’t help but want the guy for myself.Overall, Mirror X was a gripping tale that left me reeling with all sorts of emotions. Frustration, grief, happiness… You name it, I felt it. Not a lot of books can pull all those feelings from my hardened heart, and I am SUPER glad Ms. Thompson was the one to do it. Her voice was perfect, her writing spot on, and the action and adventure made me grit my teeth and scream at my Kindle.  So take it from me, pick up Mirror X asap. It’s just really that awesome of a story.