Review: Book Snob Recommends
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 25, 2011
Disclaimer: I received this book as a part of the Menage-a-blog giveaway from the Indie Book Collective. Now promise of a review was made.Roman is four years old. He is a genetic miracle and mystery at the same time. An enhanced clone of his maker Matthew Roman, young Roman's social, intellectual and genetic potentials are unknown. Brina has taken on the job of raising Roman, teaching him and nurturing him so that perhaps some day he could join the world as an accepted member, instead of the outlawed experiment he now is.Much more information than that and I risk ruining this amazing book for you.Pure modern sci-fi Perfect Copy is an exciting and fun read. The characters are consistent and the emotional connection between Brina and Roman bonds the reader to their story so deeply it's impossible not to care. As you can tell I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It's exactly the kind of thing I love to read. It perked my nerd ears and had me reading at a rushing speed to find out what happened next.Gaines has done a wonderful job and I commend her for the time it takes to make science so plausible and understandable to the average reader. Unfortunately there were enough errors in the manuscript that I got annoyed. Missing words, transposed phrases and even some left in editing notes. Perfect Copy could use another go through. Once those issues are corrected though the book is close to flawless.I hope there's another book coming out. I understand enough about the plot and science and scheme to be invested but still have questions about what the plan was, what Edward's part was, what Matthew the second's original plan was, and ultimately, who Roman will grow up to be. Pick this one up, it's will keep you thinking long after you stop reading.