Series: Reboot Duology (bk. 2)
Genera(s): Dystopian Sci-fi/Romance
Subjects: soldiers, zombies, death, love, action,
adventure, survival
Setting: Texas
POV/Tense: 1st person POV, past tense rotating between
Wren and Callum
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 340 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover and now in Paperback
List Price: $17.99/$9.99
Publisher: HarperTeen
Summary/ product description: “Wren Connolly thought she'd
left her human side behind when she dies five years ago and came back 178
minutes later as a Reboot. With her new abilities of strength, speed, and
healing—along with a lack of emotions—Wren 178 became the perfect soldier for
HARC (Human Advancement and Repopulation Corporation). Then Callum 22 came
along and changed everything.
Now that
they've both escaped, they're ready to start a new life in peace on the Reboot
reservation. But Micah 163, the Reboot running the reservation, has darker
plans in mind: to wipe out the humans. All of them. Micah has been building a
Reboot army for years and is now ready to launch his attack on the cities.
Callum wants to stick around and protect the humans. Wren wants nothing more
than to leave all the fighting behind them.
With
Micah on one side, HARC on the other, and Wren and Callum at odds in the
middle, there's only one option left...
It's
time for Reboots to become rebels.”
My Review: Rebel
is the sequel-finale to Reboot. It’s full of awesome and told from not just
Wren’s perspective, but Callum’s too. I should of not waited a year to read this,
and am so happy to have read it now, but sad because there is no 3rd
book. Wren, Callum, Addie and the Reboots from the Austin HARC facility arrive
at the Reboot Reservation. It’s ran by a Reboot named Micah. Micah seems like a
great guy at first, but it turns out he hates humans and want revenge.
Callum wants to protect the humans in the cities and
rescue the Reboot. Wren agrees with him, but she feel like she doesn’t care
about the humans and she’d rather just take Callum and run off to some other state.
The Reboots at the reservation are amazed with Wren because her 178 is the
highest number they’ve ever seen (higher number of minutes dead before
rebooting. This means she’s stronger and faster at healing.)
I loved Callum’s POV. Why couldn’t the first book have
his perspective too? He’s such a great guy. There’s a bit of a gender role
reversal thing going on in this book. Usually female are more emotional and
sensitive (supposedly) but Wren’s the tough one who shows no emotion (except
when Callum makes her feel something) and Callum’s the charming one who’s full
of humor and emotion. Callum is Mr. Optimistic and makes the best of every
situation and finds solutions. Wren’s scarred–literally–and was sort of
brainwashed by HARC, but falling in love with Callum is changing her
perspective of a lot of things. I just love the romance of this book. This has
got to be one of my favorite YA couples. Alson, another character I enjoyed was
Addie. She’s so hilarious. She’s funnier than Callum even. There’s so much
banter between Wren, Callum and Addie. I love it. Then we meet Wren’s old
trainer, Riley. He’s a pretty cool guy and knows about Wren’s past with HARC.
This finale brings everything to a memorable close.
There’s action and romance and sci-fi stuff. It’s such a great book and I wish
there was a third book though it’s unnecessary. I’d call it Return and it would
have a black cover with a green barcode over the title and maybe horizontal
lines this time. I hope there’s a novella from Addie’s POV someday soon. I
recommend this series to everyone who read dystopian book. In case you didn’t
know, this is sort of a zombie book, but more like iZombie meets the 5th
Wave. With a romance as great as Fortris (Divergent). Wrenallum? Calwren?
Anyways, it’s a great series!
Cover Art Review: The clock like cover is interesting
and cool. Minimal, simple.
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