ACID

Title: ACID
Author: Emma Pass
Publisher: Corgi Children's Books
Release date: April 25, 2013
Genre: Young Adult - Dystopia
Source: Gift
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2113. In Jenna Strong’s world, ACID – the most brutal, controlling police force in history – rule supreme. No throwaway comment or muttered dissent goes unnoticed – or unpunished. And it was ACID agents who locked Jenna away for life, for a bloody crime she struggles to remember.

The only female inmate in a violent high-security prison, Jenna has learned to survive by any means necessary. And when a mysterious rebel group breaks her out, she must use her strength, speed and skill to stay one step ahead of ACID – and to uncover the truth about what really happened on that dark night two years ago.


My thoughts

A girl who presumably killed her parents locked up in a high security prison, ingredients for an action packed and thrilling book. That’s what I thought because I had never heard of this book or the other before. I won the book in a giveaway on YouTube by XTheShadowRealmX and I decided not to research this book much. I didn’t want to be prejudiced by other reviews.

I only had the blurb on the back cover to guide me and that wasn’t much. However it did spike my interest. And the lack of explanation worked to the advantage of the book. If I had known more I would’ve guessed the storyline and probably had figured out who the story ended. The ending is pretty predictable, or at least it was to me. This may be because of the many similar books I’ve read in the last two years all of which have resemblances. But this only goes for the ending.

Everything else that happened in this book (besides a tyrannical government) was a new experience to me. The main character, Jenna, was a tough girl from the beginning and the way she acted was different than that of most main protagonists. I really appreciated that about this book.

I also really like the story in its whole. The events leading up the ending were interesting, new and exciting. My dystopia addiction got a great fix that will last for a long time.

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