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Mothership
by Isla Neal, Martin Leicht
Okay first of all this is considered a YA book. Whenever I read a book that parents might still be buying for kids I like to post warnings if I feel sensitive readers will be ticked off to not learn of before buying a book. Well this is one of those books that needs those warnings. A quick reading of the summary and you'll see that this is a book about pregnant teens, so there should be no surprises there. While we're dealing with a school full of pregnant teens there is actually very little talk of sex (there's really only one sex "scene" and it's not graphic). There is cursing, which will send some people ranting and raving and possibly silently using some 4 letters words themselves, I don't find that offensive, but some people don't even want such words in adult books so, yeah fair warning. There are some brief mentions / discussions of whether or not to terminate pregnancies though as this book is set in the future the laws have changed (I won't spoil it), it's not done in an offensive way especially given the circumstances, but yeah there's that. The strongest warning this book should come with is actually re: the violence. The violent scenes while not overly detailed are still quite graphic and are primarily against the pregnant teens. In other words? Very sensitive readers should just stay away.
That said, I debated between 4 and 5 stars on this one. There were a few things that bugged me here and there. Slightly overused slang (not to the point of abuse, but very very close). Unrealistic scenes even for this story. Still, I ended up going with 5 because, well, it was a fast fun read. I don't mind that this book will be a series and I've been so over picking up new series books, so that's good. I loved Elvie. I loved her bff Ducky (more of him the future books please). I loved to hate the cheerleaders. My fave actor of all time appears as an alien leader! Decommissioned cruise not quite space ships find new homes as things like schools for pregnant girls. There's not much I can say without spoiling the book. If the book description at all appeals to you and warnings don't offend you then you'll probably at least like it, if not love it.
That said, I debated between 4 and 5 stars on this one. There were a few things that bugged me here and there. Slightly overused slang (not to the point of abuse, but very very close). Unrealistic scenes even for this story. Still, I ended up going with 5 because, well, it was a fast fun read. I don't mind that this book will be a series and I've been so over picking up new series books, so that's good. I loved Elvie. I loved her bff Ducky (more of him the future books please). I loved to hate the cheerleaders. My fave actor of all time appears as an alien leader! Decommissioned cruise not quite space ships find new homes as things like schools for pregnant girls. There's not much I can say without spoiling the book. If the book description at all appeals to you and warnings don't offend you then you'll probably at least like it, if not love it.