Book Review: Rebel

Title: Rebel

Author: Amy Tintera

Genre: YA dystopian

Book Blurb: 

After coming back from death as Reboots and being trained by HARC as soldiers, Wren and Callum have finally escaped north, where they hope to find a life of freedom. But when they arrive at the Reboot Reservation, it isn't what they expected. Under the rule of a bloodthirsty leader, Micah, the Reboots are about to wage an all-out war on the humans. Although Wren's instincts are telling her to set off into the wilderness on their own and leave the battle far behind, Callum is unwilling to let his human family be murdered. When Micah commits the ultimate betrayal, the choice is made for them. But Micah has also made a fatal mistake . . . he's underestimated Wren and Callum.

Review:

Oh my god oh my god it's out! It's finally out! After waiting a whole year for the sequel and conclusion to the Reboot duo-logy, Rebel is released!! Receiving the book a day earlier than expected was a bonus as well :-)

Okay...some background info before jumping into this review.

Reboot has a special place in my heart because it was the book that dragged me out of my book slump. From grades 1-7, I was a super avid reader. Then grade 8th and 9th grade rolled around I my schedule got saturated with activities. Needless to say, the numbers of books I read dwindled...until I was lucky to even read a book for fun every few months or so. Then, on one fateful summer evening, I entered Barnes and Noble (something I hadn't done in ages due to said schedule) and Reboot caught my eyes. I picked it up and the rest is history...I was a lean, mean, reading machin

e once more :-P

Okay, so I zipped through the pages of Rebel like nobody's business.

And then...I closed the book when I finished...

And wondered why did I feel so empty?

I dug around within me...but still couldn't find any leftover emotions I normally feel after reading an awesome book--like that sense of adrenaline that shot through me when I finished Reboot oh so many months ago.

(I'm that guy on the right)

Rebel was still an interesting read with a unique plot, but there just wasn't the spark that sucked me into the book in Reboot. I've broken this review into the Pros and Cons below for the sake of saving time.

Pros:

-loved the alternating view points; Reboot was strictly told from Wren's POV, but Rebel is told from both Wren and Callum's POV

-readers discover Wren isn't invincible; Wren pretty much seemed unstoppable in Reboot, but in this book, some of Wren's weaknesses are exposed

-there was no lull in the plot

Cons:

-way too much romance for my liking

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-The plot, although unique, wasn't as gripping as I expected

I guess the main thing that really bothered me was the relationship between Wren and Callum. It seemed to dominate the entire book, even over shadowing the main plot. Am I glad I read it? Yes. But Reboot is still by far my favorite book of the two.

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