A review by carlacbarroso
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde

3.0

Though it's more directed to a juvenile public, it was an interesting reading even if the beginning was somewhat repetitive. This books tells the story of Giannine, a 14 year old girl, who gets trapped inside a virtual reality game after a group of protesters have invaded the game center and smashed the equipment. Being trapped, she's forced to play the game to a satisfactory end, so she can be pulled out of the system, but time's not really on her side.

I did feel like I was playing a game ("Broken Sword" came to my mind on several occasions and yes, I only played that game and it's my favourite) and got frustrated, just like Giannine, whenever she had to restart it. It annoyed me that she couldn't figure out some things at first but it was fun to follow her around. The other characters hadn't much depth but then they were videogame characters and served their purpose.

In the end it was an enjoyable light read.