By the end of the novel there had been so many conspiracies and setting changes that I wasn’t entirely sure what was going on.Ĭallie was an interesting character because she didn’t have much of a personality until mid-way through the book. A total page turner! Until things started to feel rushed, and the characters weren’t really explored.

I really enjoyed the first half of the novel, I was totally immersed in the world, which was explained subtly and integrated well into the narrative. Starters focussed more on character relationships, which meant it took quite a while for the plot to pick up. Fast-paced, romantic, and thought-provoking.Starters is incredibly fast paced, and if I’m honest, rather confusing to begin with. We’re thrown straight into the world and the story picks up with Callie, the protagonist, visiting a ‘body bank.’ I thought this book was going to be a lot more sci-fi than it actually was. “A must-read for fans of The Hunger Games and Legend. Fans of dystopian novels will be completely engaged and clamoring for the sequel.' -School Library Journal

The inevitable sequel can’t appear soon enough.” -Booklist Constantly rising stakes keep this debut intense.” -Kirkus Reviews “Intriguing, thought-provoking and addictive.”. Dystopian sci-fi at its best.” -Los Angeles Times “Readers who have been waiting for a worthy successor to Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games will find it here. Don’t miss it!” -New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr “A smart, swift, inventive, altogether gripping story.” -#1 New York Times bestselling author DEAN KOONTZ But the neurochip they place in Callie’s head malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her renter.Ĭallie soon discovers that her renter intends to do more than party-and that Prime Destinations’ plans are more evil than she could ever have imagined. Callie, desperate for the money that will keep her, Tyler, and Michael alive, agrees to be a donor. He hires teens to rent their bodies to Enders-seniors who want to be young again. 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.Ĭallie’s only hope is Prime Destinations, a disturbing place in Beverly Hills run by a mysterious figure known as the Old Man.

An international bestseller published in over thirty countries, this riveting sci-fi dystopic thriller is “a bona fide page-turner.” Ĭallie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty.

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