Review: Excellent YA series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2014
Very consistent and fluidly written series. It's good to see teens who respect their parents, while dealing with abilities and phenomenon which force them to deal with more than what most people in human history had to deal with.A couple of things mildly grate. When Caleb was beaten by the Gang of Four, it seemed a tad absurd that the only punishment was a 2 week 50 metre stay away or we'll tell the police pulse warning. Even juvenile justice has harsher punishment for attempted murder and assault and battery. At the very least there should have been some social fallout at school from other students when they hear of the four thugs amongst them.As for some of the complaints that the series is sexist- male heroes and female damsels in distress, that's simply the direction the female author has decided to go. Perhaps she feels it will sell more books this way. Who knows. In any case, there's plenty of books out there with a strong female lead. Hunger Games, 50 Shades, and Divergent, anyone?