I received this copy from the publisher (ThirdPlanet) via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
Nick is a perfect, rich kid living in a dying world. Food and energy resources are sparse and riots are in abundance. But, for the rich, new opportunities appear everyday, including the MindWave. The MindWave is basically a computer surgically implanted in your mind. Nick gets the MindWave and is ostracized from society. He spends his time in the Ether, a virtual reality, where he meets Laura and the Aeons. At first, they seem like the perfect distraction from the harsh reality, but soon, he notices that the Aeons aren't all that they seem.
Sarah is an orphan chosen by a secret government group to shut down the Aeons. Her assignment is to get close to Nick and learn about his energy buisness, but she soon becomes too invested in her assignment.
This book was really good, but I only really liked half of it. It was multiple POV, which I usually love, but this time it didn't really work for me. Tracy Cruz's life was super boring and not really needed to understand the story. Nick was too ....I don't know....stupid, pathetic? He always just kinda blew up over every little thing. He was to melodramatic! Sarah was too fickle also. She was always obsessed with one boy or another and I never truly understood her reasoning. Some other confusingness (?) in this book was everything that happened in the Ether. Every fight scene made no sense to me with everything changing so quickly. Overall, it was a good story that kept me interested, but there were definitely parts that I really could've gone without. Also, there were multiple grammar/ spelling errors.
Nick is a perfect, rich kid living in a dying world. Food and energy resources are sparse and riots are in abundance. But, for the rich, new opportunities appear everyday, including the MindWave. The MindWave is basically a computer surgically implanted in your mind. Nick gets the MindWave and is ostracized from society. He spends his time in the Ether, a virtual reality, where he meets Laura and the Aeons. At first, they seem like the perfect distraction from the harsh reality, but soon, he notices that the Aeons aren't all that they seem.
Sarah is an orphan chosen by a secret government group to shut down the Aeons. Her assignment is to get close to Nick and learn about his energy buisness, but she soon becomes too invested in her assignment.
This book was really good, but I only really liked half of it. It was multiple POV, which I usually love, but this time it didn't really work for me. Tracy Cruz's life was super boring and not really needed to understand the story. Nick was too ....I don't know....stupid, pathetic? He always just kinda blew up over every little thing. He was to melodramatic! Sarah was too fickle also. She was always obsessed with one boy or another and I never truly understood her reasoning. Some other confusingness (?) in this book was everything that happened in the Ether. Every fight scene made no sense to me with everything changing so quickly. Overall, it was a good story that kept me interested, but there were definitely parts that I really could've gone without. Also, there were multiple grammar/ spelling errors.