Series: The Memory Chronicles (bk. 1)
Genera: Sci-fi dystopian/Paranormal
Subjects: afterlife, death, love, supernatural,
ghosts, angels, travel
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 281 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover
List Price: $17.99
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Summary/ product description: “Three levels. Two loves. One choice. Debut novelist, Lenore Appelhans has
written a thrilling otherworldly young adult novel about a place that exists
between our world (Level 1) and what comes after life (Level 2).
I pause to look around the hive - all the podlike chambers are lit up as the drones shoot up on memories ... I've wanted to get out of here before, but now the tight quarters start to choke me. There has to be more to death than this.
Felicia Ward is dead. Trapped in a stark white afterlife limbo, she spends endless days replaying memories, of her family, friends, boyfriend ... and of the guy who broke her heart. The guy who has just broken into Level 2 to find her.
Felicia learns that a rebellion is brewing, and it seems she is the key. Suspended between heaven and earth, she must make a choice. Between two worlds, two lives and two loves.”
I pause to look around the hive - all the podlike chambers are lit up as the drones shoot up on memories ... I've wanted to get out of here before, but now the tight quarters start to choke me. There has to be more to death than this.
Felicia Ward is dead. Trapped in a stark white afterlife limbo, she spends endless days replaying memories, of her family, friends, boyfriend ... and of the guy who broke her heart. The guy who has just broken into Level 2 to find her.
Felicia learns that a rebellion is brewing, and it seems she is the key. Suspended between heaven and earth, she must make a choice. Between two worlds, two lives and two loves.”
My Rating: êêêê
My Review: This book had the most unique sci-fi-ish
afterlife as its setting. And some angels, but nothing like the other
angel-books I’ve read. This was kind of like the Matrix in some ways. There are
these chambers that let you relive your memories or other people’s memories.
Memories are currency in a way. There were some weird and confusing things,
like I had a really had time picturing the hives and chambers. I just pictured
a white, blank, uniform world. Like the weirdest dystopia ever. The story was
still pretty good. We learned a lot
about Felicia by her reliving her memories. There’re two guys she’s kissed,
Julian and Neil. Julian just so happens to be in the hives too.
Felicia has done a lot of traveling in her life. Her
mom’s job with the government, an international relations diplomat (I’m not
sure what the actual title was) has brought her to places like Germany, Kenya, and
South America. Her dad’s a pianist and likes to travel and find inspiration in
other countries. I’ve never been out of the US, so I found this interesting.
And she has a friend named Autumn, who wants to be published and is making
Felicia help write the book.
So there’s action, romance, a unique setting, lots of
travel and 2 hot guys. And some world-building. It’s a pretty good book. I
honestly did not know what to expect going in this. And I also don’t know what
to expect with the sequel. I’m interested to know where Felicia ends up and
more information on the angels and the afterlife. I really thought the
materialization stuff was cool. It’s basically manifesting.
I recommend this book to people who enjoyed the
Matrix, The Immortal Series & Riley Bloom series by Alyson Noel, Before I
Fall by Lauren Oliver, and any YA book about the afterlife, and maybe some
dystopias.
Cover Art Review: The cover almost hurts my eye to
look at because of the neon red-orange and the whiteness. The girl on the cover
isn’t bald like the people in the book. I just don’t like the cover, even if
the design is kind of cool.
~Haley G
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