Wren’s favorite part of the job is training new Reboots, but her latest newbie is the worst she’s ever seen. As a 22, Callum Reyes is practically human. His reflexes are too slow, he’s always asking questions, and his ever-present smile is freaking her out. Yet there’s something about him she can’t ignore. When Callum refuses to follow an order, Wren is given one last chance to get him in line—or she’ll have to eliminate him. Wren has never disobeyed before and knows if she does, she’ll be eliminated, too. But she has also never felt as alive as she does around Callum.
The perfect soldier is done taking orders.
Review: I wanted to love this book. You read the summary; how could this book not kick A? I'm still not entirely sure how, but the fact is that it failed to deliver. She took an amazing concept and just phoned it in. It's well-written, but pretty superficial. I can accept that it's YA, so she chose to not go as in-depth as something written for an older audience, but it still read as top-level. It wasn't totally egregious, though, until she managed to cram about 200 pages worth of material into the last 50 pages. When I realized how close I was to the end, I assumed it had to have a cliff-hanger because there was no way to resolve the issue. Wrong. She resolved it by telling the story like I read my kids their fifth bed-time story. Having said that, at least it wasn't a waste of time. Still worth a read, but I wouldn't move it to the top of the pile.
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