Illuminae (The Illuminae Files: 01) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2015 ISBN-13: 978-0553499117 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook, audio CD   Ezra thought his day had started out badly when his hacker girlfriend Kady dumped him,  but then invading warships from a competing megacorporation destroyed his home, an illegal […]

Cinder is a retelling of the classic fairy tale, but it is not the “Cinderella” from your childhood or from the landmark animated film.  It is the first of four books in The Lunar Chroniclesseries; future volumes will deal with “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Rapunzel”, and “Snow White.”  Meyer’s debut novel includes all the relevant elements of the original […]

 In Trella’s world, things are black and white. She is Inside. Outside is a mythical place that doesn’t exist, a tool used to control her and her fellow Lowers, scrubs who are jam packed into large dorms, fed slop, and endlessly doing the most menial jobs. Above them are the Uppers, people the Lowers aren’t […]

There’s a definite trend in YA of post apoc tales that fall in various spots on the SF spectrum. Arclight is another of those, hitting all the recognizable bells and whistles along the way. Main character Marina is the sole survivor of the Dark, a nefarious disease? Condition? Affliction? That has taken over most of […]