Friday, August 9, 2013

Review: Icons

Icons (Icons #1)
by Margaret Stohl
Hardcover, 428 pages
Published May 7th 2013 
by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Summary from Goodreads:
Your heart beats only with their permission.

Everything changed on The Day. The day the windows shattered. The day the power stopped. The day Dol's family dropped dead. The day Earth lost a war it didn't know it was fighting.

Since then, Dol has lived a simple life in the countryside -- safe from the shadow of the Icon and its terrifying power. Hiding from the one truth she can't avoid.

She's different. She survived. Why?

When Dol and her best friend, Ro, are captured and taken to the Embassy, off the coast of the sprawling metropolis once known as the City of Angels, they find only more questions. While Ro and fellow hostage Tima rage against their captors, Dol finds herself drawn to Lucas, the Ambassador's privileged son. But the four teens are more alike than they might think, and the timing of their meeting isn't a coincidence. It's a conspiracy.

Within the Icon's reach, Dol, Ro, Tima, and Lucas discover that their uncontrollable emotions -- which they've always thought to be their greatest weaknesses -- may actually be their greatest strengths.

Thoughts:
This review is indeed a long time coming. In truth, I really don't know what to say about books that I've anticipated so much but then turn out not quite up to my expectation. It's not that bad but it's just not that exciting either. And the whole 'invisible' aliens thing whom are supposed to be invading the humans but never showed their faces just add to my confusion.

The love triangle felt rushed and unnecessary and as much as I wanted to like the characters, there's just something off about the four 'special' kids. They fight endlessly among each other or else suddenly develop intense attraction towards one another. Crazy.

Read this for the funny and sarcastic artificial intelligence known as the Doc (kind of like Jarvis in the Iron Man movies). Everything else just seemed mildly interesting.

Verdict: 3 stars.
In my Books in a Series and Fantasy Reading Challenge 
Available on: Amazon

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