Review: Sci-fi, YA, Romance!  Great Reading!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2013
Sometimes life is just a matter of Perception, as Lee Strauss tells us in the first book of the Perception series. If your perception of life is like Zoe Vanderveen's, you live life being part of a genetically altered society, safe within the cocoon of Sol City's walls. Everything is perfect, life is long, healthy, and exactly what some hidden powers want you to think it is. Outside these walls is the real world, where humans are just that, humans, trying to survive, flawed and dealing with the grit of being a "natural." Noah Brody lives on the outside in Los Angeles, part of the masses unable to afford the life of the GAPs . He leads protests against the GAPs and the disparity between the lives of the haves and have nots. When Zoe's brother disappears, she does the unthinkable and begins a quest to find out what really happened to him, leaving the protection of Sol City. Noah, the last person she should trust becomes the one person who could save her when she becomes a victim of the GAP system and its dark secrets. There was a history between their grandfathers that ran bitter and deep, as the two brilliant scientists perceived the use of their discoveries in vastly different ways. Can these two young people from such different backgrounds make a difference for the future of the world? Will Noah's belief in God open Zoe's eyes to the real world or is the power of technology too strong?Set in a futuristic world created by Lee Strauss, carefully built and detailed with global disasters and advanced technology that divides the classes, we are invited to examine faith vs technology, good vs evil, and watch love bloom in the most unexpected places. What is right is a matter of Perception. With non-stop intrigue and tension, this YA sci-fi romance makes a strong start for this series!A copy of Perception was provided by NetGalley and All Night Reads in exchange for my honest review.