Series: Unremembered (bk. 1)
Genera: Sci-fi Romance
Subjects: Memory, amnesia, genetic engineering,
experiments, science
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 304 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover
List Price: $17.99
Publisher: Macmillan: FSG
REAL TAGLINE: “The only thing worse than forgetting
her past…is remembering it.”
Summary/ product description: “When Freedom Airlines
flight 121 went down over the Pacific Ocean, no one ever expected to find
survivors. Which is why the sixteen-year-old girl discovered floating among the
wreckage—alive—is making headlines across the globe.
Even more strange is that her body is miraculously unharmed and she has no memories of boarding the plane. She has no memories of her life before the crash. She has no memories period. No one knows how she survived. No one knows why she wasn’t on the passenger manifest. And no one can explain why her DNA and fingerprints can’t be found in a single database in the world.
Crippled by a world she doesn’t know, plagued by abilities she doesn’t understand, and haunted by a looming threat she can’t remember, Seraphina struggles to piece together her forgotten past and discover who she really is. But with every clue only comes more questions. And she’s running out of time to answer them.
Her only hope is a strangely alluring boy who claims to know her from before the crash. Who claims they were in love. But can she really trust him? And will he be able to protect her from the people who have been making her forget?
From popular young adult author Jessica Brody comes a compelling and suspenseful new sci-fi series, set in a world where science knows no boundaries, memories are manipulated, and true love can never be forgotten.”
Even more strange is that her body is miraculously unharmed and she has no memories of boarding the plane. She has no memories of her life before the crash. She has no memories period. No one knows how she survived. No one knows why she wasn’t on the passenger manifest. And no one can explain why her DNA and fingerprints can’t be found in a single database in the world.
Crippled by a world she doesn’t know, plagued by abilities she doesn’t understand, and haunted by a looming threat she can’t remember, Seraphina struggles to piece together her forgotten past and discover who she really is. But with every clue only comes more questions. And she’s running out of time to answer them.
Her only hope is a strangely alluring boy who claims to know her from before the crash. Who claims they were in love. But can she really trust him? And will he be able to protect her from the people who have been making her forget?
From popular young adult author Jessica Brody comes a compelling and suspenseful new sci-fi series, set in a world where science knows no boundaries, memories are manipulated, and true love can never be forgotten.”
My Rating: êêêêê
My Review: Loved this book so much. I haven’t read any
other books by this author, because as her other books are realistic fiction,
but she did an awesome job creating a unique sci-fi mystery. Seraphina has one
of the most unique cases of amnesia that I read about. She not only forgot her
past, but also what certain things are, like cars and computers and guns. She’s
also really good at math.
They can’t find anyone who knows her, so they put her
with a foster family and she meets Cody, her foster brother. Cody’s really
funny and it’s hilarious how he has to explain certain things to Sera. He’s got
a little crush on her too. It’s so cute. He calls her the Amnesiac Supermodel.
Sera asks him for favors and he get in trouble. Really, this book has some fun
adventures in it and some not so fun. And there’s Zen, the guy who shows up
claiming that he knows her and tells her that her name is Sera. He’s swoon
worthy and protective even if Sera can protect herself in ways he can’t.
This book was full of twists and turns. Some I could
have guessed, others I never saw coming. I read the prequel short story called
the “Memory Coder”, so I already knew some things. There’s some crazy chase
scene and the issue that Sera (called Violet by the press because her eyes) is
now a celebrity in a way because she was supposedly the only survivor in a
plane crash. So people recognize her from the news and want to take photos of
her. It’s not really spoilery to say that Sera was genetically engineered. I
love read YA about genetic engineering.
This book is like: False Memory by Dan Krokos, Altered
by Jennifer Rush, the Maximum Ride series (in some ways), The Deviants series
by Jeff Sampson (Vesper, Havoc, Ravage) and possibly The Darkest Powers and
Darkness Rising series, and throw in Hourglass by Myra McEntire. Books that
have some kind of facility/scientific organization or lab compound that secretly
does genetic engineering on human DNA. Because
of Sera’s math obsession, she reminded me of Amelia from Touch, the TV show on
Fox.
There’s a really big twist at the end and a literal cliff-hanger
(or cliff-dive). I need to know what book 2 is about now!! I know it’s
Unforgotten and it’s coming out March next year, and I really hope the cover’s
better.
Cover Art Review: Not a fan of the girl’s face. Her
hair looks too dark to be Sera’s. I’d prefer something more sci-fi-ish. I like
the title type. And the inner cover has the knot design that was mentioned.
~Haley G
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