Don't miss this spectacular debut novel… Can a girl who risks her life for books and an alien who loves forbidden pop music work together to save humanity? This road trip is truly out of this world! A beautiful and thrilling read for fans of Marie Lu and Veronica Roth.
Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the deaths of one-third of the world's population.
Seventeen-year-old Janelle "Ellie" Baker survives in an Ilori-controlled center in New York City. With humans deemed dangerously volatile because of their initial reaction to the invasion, emotional expression can be grounds for execution. Music, art and books are illegal, but Ellie breaks the rules by keeping a secret library. When a book goes missing, Ellie is terrified that the Ilori will track it back to her and kill her.
Born in a lab, M0Rr1S was raised to be emotionless. When he finds Ellie's illegal library, he's duty-bound to deliver her for execution. The trouble is, he finds himself drawn to human music and in desperate need of more. They're both breaking the rules for the love of art—and Ellie inspires the same feelings in him that music does.
Ellie's—and humanity's—fate rests in the hands of an alien she should fear. M0Rr1S has a lot of secrets, but also a potential solution—thousands of miles away. The two embark on a wild and dangerous road trip with a bag of books and their favorite albums, all the while creating a story and a song of their own that just might save them both.
My Review:
I was really intrigued to read this book. The idea of books and music (and I guess art, though I don't particularly care, it's part of the package) being illegal is just devastating, and I just wanted to see how these characters would fight back against it.
First off, I have to say, this cover is my kind of cover. I love the colours, and it just looks so fantastic and beautiful to me. Especially the top with the cloud, half pink, half blue, with bits of purple, right over to the cityscape. It just looks so pretty to me!
Ellie and M0Rs1S shouldn't work together, she's human, he's alien, and after the events 2 years ago, they're enemies. But somehow they make it work, given that's she's a queer black lady, and he's a labmade Ilori, though it's not like it's smooth sailing. I really enjoyed watching these two from different backgrounds interacting.
I just really enjoyed these two and their stories, dealing and overcoming being different, and finding a way to save humanity's creations, and so, the light of humanity, even though humanity isn't really deserving of it. And the way it worked out was so great to read!
There was something about the Starry Eyed band, and their latest album, The Sound of Stars. Like, the lyrics of their songs seemed to fit Ellie and M0Rs1S's journey perfectly. And how that turned out? I was kinda thinking that way, but it was great to see it play out!
I need a sequel, I need to know how they're going to gather the allies, face off against the true Ilori. I'm hoping her sophomore book will be in this series, because I don't want to wait! I'm dying to know how the Ilori are going to be taken down!
I had a great time reading this book, and it was a really wonderful read!
Author: Alechia Dow
Read: August 31st, 2020
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a DAC Book, SAC 2020 Book, and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Published: February 25th 2020
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