This book is set in a very futuristic world, with Sci-fi Elements embedded. It’s about how aliens came to earth and shared the Earth with the humans. They have given the humans very modern technology, including an embedded shield called an exo in a human's body. This exo is like an extra layer on top of the skin that when on can deflect any harm to the body including bullets. It will also regenerate skin/body cells if the body is hurt. However, in return the aliens can reside and live among the humans on Earth. The problem, however, is that not all the humans agree with that. Instead, there are rebel groups who believe it is unnatural to live and use the alien technology and all they want is for the aliens to leave.
This book is set in the Point of View of a 17 year old boy, Donovan, who is and exo and is part of the military working to protect the country and fight against the rebels. He is the son of the leader of the country, and has lived his whole life believing that these aliens are good and that the rebels are the evil ones. The readers will see as they continue through the book how he is put into many scenarios that will give him his own opinions on the topic rather than just being told what is right or wrong. From the first chapter, I was hooked. We are put on this roller coaster with no instructions and are told to just go along with it, which is a really good way for a book to be written because it keeps it’s readers intrigued. This book is set in a completely different world with different rules and societal norms, but instead of describing them in the first few chapters, the author allows the reader to guess what they are and slowly understand them when following the main character’s life journey. This puts the reader on a more interactive level with the book because it feels as if the reader is experiencing everything that is happening in the book with the main character, since it’s almost as if trying to understand and get used to living in a new country, where you have to experience it to understand it rather than someone telling you everything about it.
The author also wastes no time with description and background information, but instead puts conflict into the main characters life from the beginning of the book. This is a really great way to hook the readers in because action leads to more actions and conflicts lead to more conflicts, and now the reader is left questioning what will happen next and how will the character solve the problem without creating a bigger one. Also, it gives a different view on the characters themselves since the readers see them in a different light and we are given no description or information of who they were before the conflict arose and what they experienced in their life, so when they hint to something, it allows the reader to guess what could have happened and who they were in their past life, giving more puzzles and mysteries to solve. In my opinion, this book was written really well and the plot line was really interesting with barely any boring or dull areas that could have slowed the story down.
The characters in the book are very well rounded where there is no true bad guy, but is left up to you to interpret who the antagonist really is because all the characters are relatable and very hard to completely hate or completely love. They are very human like and have many characteristics as well as faults that every human has as well. I believe this book is best suited for students because it opens their eyes to how societal norms are not viewed very differently for everyone and how what one person might think is right, is not always true. They learn that society is not always right, and that what you might think is normal could be really weird and abnormal to an outsider and vice versa. It can be used to teach the students about society, and societal norms.
Author Website: http://fondalee.com/
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