Book Review by Veronica S. In this book we follow the story of an amnesiac named Miranda North, a super powered teen ready to kick butt. Reading this book it felt similar to books like Feed. With all the technological advances that have already been achieved, but unlike Feed it was not a dystopia or at least not as disturbing as Feed was. (Read summary of Feed below) Miranda was never ready for the burden of having superhuman abilities or ready to have to run. Miranda North is a teenager that has to rediscover who she is since she lost her memory. If feels like self discovery which the book is geared more towards teens who are discovering themselves everyday, whether emotional, physically, or mentally. We all are discovering ourselves and that is completely normal and acceptable. No one knows everything about themselves you should explore and experiment with yourself to know who you truly are, just like Miranda does she explores and learns more about herself and her family. Learning the relationships they have and the truth about her existence. Throughout the story she meets many different friends and foes. Something I disliked was how if didn't feel like the characters complimented each other very much making the friends just not feel like friends. The villains didn't feel that good they just felt forced and I think Noah would've been a better villain, or him to be a traitor to them he felt so easily set up to be a bad guy and I would've loved that. Surprise villains always feel so good when unexpected. A good thing about the characters is that they are all interesting. They aren't bland they feel alive to me. I can see these traits in people and I love when an author does that. Make the characters feel alive! Make them alive and Dan does a fairly good job with that. Existing as a mear weapon, manufactured to destroy and harm whoever the highest bidder wants, that is no life and with the help of her team she learns this. They are ticking bombs that harm those within miles of them. The Fear they produce drives normal people mad, striking with fear unable to move as they die, seeing everything unfold. They watch, pupils playful singing out in joyus tunes of demolition. Unable to fight their psychic energy as it overwhelms and even if you could overpower their physical state is in peak prime, freaks of nature as they beat you bloody. They are weapons with no choice of their life, the willing pay for a tool, a shell of a person who used to be, genetically modified and cloneable. The perfect army. Threaten the memory doses and they are yours. Living breathing weaponized human beings. I rate it a 4/5 It was interesting but the longer I have been writing this I have started to not find it as enjoyable. It may be because the series continues and I don't like that. It feels finished off stop trying to add more. (Look at 3rd paragraph)
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