Gravity
Ari is a 17 years old who lives in the future in a hugely different world. Earth as we know it has been destroyed by nuclear war and individual countries are no more. It is divided up by continents and each region is lead by a president. These leadership positions are also hereditary. Enter an alien race (who needed water) who want to colonize earth. Except they can't live on earth. In exchange for terra forming the earth, each human being participates in "the Taking," a process from which an alien (I mean Ancient!) gets "antibodies." This starts at 10, no questions asked, and is mandatory. "The Taking" is secretive and each human gets an eyemask to wear; the mask also paralyzes the person. Nice right?
So Ari's dad is like a head of security and this appears to also be a hereditary position, 'cause Ari is moving up! She also is engaged to the president's son for political reasons. Welcome to the future!
So, during "the Taking" one night she loses her mask and peeks. Her assigned alien (I mean Ancient!) is Jackson, who goes to her school and she thought was human. He asks her to trust him- and she does.
This was weird and not in a good way. There's also insta-love, an attempted love triangle (but not really), found 1/2 siblings (not Ari), a Super Special heroine, and multiple questionable decisions. I was also surprised at the amount of death and violence in this one. Ends in a cliffhanger. However, I have no desire to read the next. I'm out!
Romance-opoly: Outer Space Moon track
