“Five years ago, Wren Connolly was shot three
times in the chest. After 178 minutes she came back as a Reboot: stronger,
faster, able to heal, and less emotional. The longer Reboots are dead, the less
human they are when they return. Wren 178 is the deadliest Reboot in the Republic
of Texas. Now seventeen years old, she serves as a soldier for HARC (Human
Advancement and Repopulation Corporation).
Wren’s favorite part of the job is training new Reboots, but her latest newbie is the worst she’s ever seen. As a 22, Callum Reyes is practically human. His reflexes are too slow, he’s always asking questions, and his ever-present smile is freaking her out. Yet there’s something about him she can’t ignore. When Callum refuses to follow an order, Wren is given one last chance to get him in line—or she’ll have to eliminate him. Wren has never disobeyed before and knows if she does, she’ll be eliminated, too. But she has also never felt as alive as she does around Callum.
The perfect soldier is done taking orders.”
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from Reboot (Book #1) by Amy Tintera
I have to admit, this was a rather interesting book. Distopian in nature, I actually found this to
be a new and refreshing book in a genre which has used close to the same type
of fictional storyline over and over again.
First you have Wren, who was dead for 178 minutes before
coming back to life. As a direct
repercussion of this, she is now the strongest and deadliest Reboot soldier
around. She claims to have absolutely no
emotion, and as her story begins…you tend to believe her. She is also one of the best trainers around
in this new army. She trains each of the
newbies assigned to her with a harsh hand.
Most of her days are spent
fighting, training and sleeping. That is
until Callum…
Callum was only dead for 22 minutes before he came back as a
reboot. Given this aspect, he is one of
the newbies who seem to be the closest to humanity than any of the other
soldiers. Since this is so, he has a
hard time keeping up and tends to ask lots of questions. In the society in which they all live, this
is definitely not a good thing.
Knowing that Callum is not exactly the best recruit for her
to choose, Wren chooses him anyway. What
happens next is crazy, intense and completely dynamic for her character; Wren
actually starts showing emotions. It’s
almost as if her humanity begins to come back as she and Callum get closer and
closer to one another. Suddenly it’s not
all about recruiting and training these new soldiers, it’s about saving herself
and Callum and finally escaping a place that has now turned into her prison.
I will admit, at first I wasn’t very sure about this
book. When I read it, I was just coming
off of the high and ultimate disappointment of the Divergent series. I was hesitant to start another series in this
genre that I felt may end in just the same way.
Reservations aside, I did start reading and found that I couldn’t put
the book down! There wasn’t a dull
moment within the book and the characters take you on an intense ride all the
way till the end. The soldier and army
aspect of it kind of reminded me a bit of Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series, but the storylines are completely in different
directions, which I enjoyed.
All in all I gave this book a 4.5 out of 5 stars on
GoodReads. If you haven’t yet picked up
this series, I suggest you do. It’s
different and for anyone who likes Distopian worlds, this should definitely
have your attention from page 1.
Happy Reading! J
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