Book O' Clock: A terrifying future: Starters

A terrifying future: Starters

Posted by Sandra on Monday, April 2, 2012. Filed under: 2012, Book o Clock, Books, Lissa Price, Recommendations

Title: Starters
Series: Starters And Enders, #1
Author: Lissa Price
Pages: 352
Published: 2012
Read In: 2012
Rating: 5/5

Hi guys, I found this book by mistake on my kindle back in March, and I’m so glad I did! I fell in love with it. The plot is great and original, in my opinion is a bit scary but Lissa Price developed the story in an incredible way. It's a MUST read, it will thrill you and take you to a place you never thought you’d go, expect the unexpected, I guarantee you won’t put the book down. This book have romance, adventure, mystery, action and a lot of surprises! The sequel “Enders” is expected for 2013.

Here’s what Starters is about:

Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and fighting off renegades who would kill them for a cookie. Callie’s only hope is Prime Destinations, a disturbing place in Beverly Hills run by a mysterious figure known as the Old Man. He hires teens to rent their bodies to Enders—seniors who want to be young again. Callie, desperate for the money that will keep her, Tyler, and Michael alive, agrees to be a donor. But the neurochip they place in Callie’s head malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her renter, living in her mansion, driving her cars, and going out with a senator’s grandson. It feels almost like a fairy tale, until Callie discovers that her renter intends to do more than party—and that Prime Destinations’ plans are more evil than Callie could ever have imagined…

Wow, I had high expectations about this book, so i thought I'd get disappointed.. But no. I loved it. It's a YA book in all its splendor; and the best thing is that the romance in this book is not the main subject. I can say that I look forward to reading the sequel.

First of all Callie is a nice character, not the I'm-so-annoying-main-character we've all read about. Second, Michael is handsome, sweet and he is her best friend (Never saw it coming right?) and third, Blake is the super-smoking-millionaire-sweet guy. At the beginning, this love triangle was kind of what all love triangles are all about in YA books, but wait!!! Lissa Price decides to give us an unexpected twist, so this love triangle is way more intriguing, complicated and sexy. YES, just what the story needed.

And the ending of the story was such a cliffhanger.. I mean, she's standing between two guys that have feelings for her and she doesn't know what to do, and suddenly she hears a super familiar voice in her head.. WOW. And then... The END. Oh Lissa why?

The main plot is really amazing, in my opinion. I read the book in less than a day, i couldn't put it down. I actually think this could happen in the future, so it was a bit terrifying.

Still, this story was just what I needed, I already read it in spanish and english, Starters earned a special place on my bookshelf.

This book won a special place in my bookshelf, I have had the pleasure to interact with Lissa Price via Twitter, and she didn't just wrote an amazing book; she's also lovely.