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A review by jasmyn9
Trancehack by Sonya Clark
3.0
The world building and lore in this book really blew me away. It was like entering an alternate universe where so much was different, yet so much was still sort of the same. Magic users exist, and most of the Normals are afraid of them. So they have been rounded up into what is basically several ghettos. They are only allowed to leave for so long and their ability to live like the rest of the world is extremely limited.
Calla grew up in Zone 13. She's fairly happy there and was content to live her life making jewelry and occasionally hacking into the web to find out what was going on. But then Detective Asshole had to show up and she was drawn into something larger than either of them expected. Calla is hiding a lot of secrets, so this was bad bad news for her and some of her friends. But Nathan was fascinated by the girl and felt he just had to get to know her better.
There was a lot of excitement in this one. It was almost like a dash of suspense and sci-fi technology was thrown in small enough doses that it didn't take too much away from the paranormal aspect. The mystery they are investigating was very engaging and there were a couple characters from Zone 13 that you get to know fairly well and I really liked them. There was quite a twist at the end and I was surprised at the resolution, but it did feel a bit like the author wasn't sure how to wrap it up and had forced herself into a corner with no other options. But then that was how one of the characters felt as well so maybe it was intentional.
I'm interested to see where the series goes next. The world has so much potential to get very exciting.
Calla grew up in Zone 13. She's fairly happy there and was content to live her life making jewelry and occasionally hacking into the web to find out what was going on. But then Detective Asshole had to show up and she was drawn into something larger than either of them expected. Calla is hiding a lot of secrets, so this was bad bad news for her and some of her friends. But Nathan was fascinated by the girl and felt he just had to get to know her better.
There was a lot of excitement in this one. It was almost like a dash of suspense and sci-fi technology was thrown in small enough doses that it didn't take too much away from the paranormal aspect. The mystery they are investigating was very engaging and there were a couple characters from Zone 13 that you get to know fairly well and I really liked them. There was quite a twist at the end and I was surprised at the resolution, but it did feel a bit like the author wasn't sure how to wrap it up and had forced herself into a corner with no other options. But then that was how one of the characters felt as well so maybe it was intentional.
I'm interested to see where the series goes next. The world has so much potential to get very exciting.