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A review by nerfherder86
SYLO by D.J. MacHale
4.0
Tucker's average life on the island of Pemberwick, Maine, takes a sudden turn for the adventurous and scary, right on the first page when a popular player on his high school football team dies during a game, with no warning. And other mysterious deaths in town follow. Are they caused by the strange red drug being offered by a stranger in town? And then the whole island is INVADED by an unknown branch of the military called SYLO--who quarantines the whole population of locals and tourists, prohibiting any communications off-island, and preventing anyone from leaving. Tucker and his best friend Quinn witness just how they're preventing those escapes: with lethal force! The two boys, with the help of Olivia and Tori, new friends, must try to uncover the truth about SYLO, and the Ruby drug, and the weird airship that they saw explode over town just before SYLO showed up. Then they've got to try to get off the island. But it's going to be harder than they think...
Great start to a new series, aimed particularly at boy readers and those who love action and suspense. As long as you don't mind not having all your questions answered--this is, after all, the first book in a new series, so there is a lot left unresolved--there's enough explosions, chases on land and sea, scary bad guys, and conspiracies in this book to entertain you. Tucker is an everyguy, and reacts to situations just like a regular average teen guy would. I liked Tori's character the best--she's got real spunk and some mad defensive skills. I'm very curious to see where this series goes next!
Great start to a new series, aimed particularly at boy readers and those who love action and suspense. As long as you don't mind not having all your questions answered--this is, after all, the first book in a new series, so there is a lot left unresolved--there's enough explosions, chases on land and sea, scary bad guys, and conspiracies in this book to entertain you. Tucker is an everyguy, and reacts to situations just like a regular average teen guy would. I liked Tori's character the best--she's got real spunk and some mad defensive skills. I'm very curious to see where this series goes next!