Published by: Odyssey Books, July 2nd 2012
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Pages: 160
Format: Ebook
Source: Odyssey via Netgalley (thank you)
If you're going to colonise a planet, you'd better be willing to fight for it.
Within Anphobos, there grows a new race. The first generation of humans never to set foot on Earth. They are pale skinned, large eyed and worship no god but science. They possess technological skills and processes Earth has refused to acknowledge. Until now...
"We are Martian. Your religion isn't ours. Our god is Mars. Our religion is science. Anything we do in the service of Mars, is good. Make no mistake, Earth girl, we are both right and good."
Fresh off Earth, Jodi Scarfield doesn't really care for Mars or its politics. Still, accusations of treason will get a girl's attention...
The blurb of this book does absolutely nothing for this book. It gives nothing away and comes across, actually, quite confusing. There's no set up, no basic information, and the quote just confuses even more. There's about one sentence that actually explains the story. However it was only a short book and I'm desperate for more YA in space so I requested a galley. I really wanted to give this book a chance but I didn't like it.
The premise was good, but the execution fell short. The writing wasn't anything to write home about, and that would have been fine if the dialogue and the main character (whose name I can't even remember now) weren't flat and unlikable. I wasn't hooked enough by the plot, the supposed conflict, or in fact anything that was going on. The first quarter was a good beginning, but by the second I was just reading to get to the end of the book. As such, I didn't finish reading it.
If you're going to colonise a planet, you'd better be willing to fight for it.
Within Anphobos, there grows a new race. The first generation of humans never to set foot on Earth. They are pale skinned, large eyed and worship no god but science. They possess technological skills and processes Earth has refused to acknowledge. Until now...
"We are Martian. Your religion isn't ours. Our god is Mars. Our religion is science. Anything we do in the service of Mars, is good. Make no mistake, Earth girl, we are both right and good."
Fresh off Earth, Jodi Scarfield doesn't really care for Mars or its politics. Still, accusations of treason will get a girl's attention...
REVIEW
The blurb of this book does absolutely nothing for this book. It gives nothing away and comes across, actually, quite confusing. There's no set up, no basic information, and the quote just confuses even more. There's about one sentence that actually explains the story. However it was only a short book and I'm desperate for more YA in space so I requested a galley. I really wanted to give this book a chance but I didn't like it.
The premise was good, but the execution fell short. The writing wasn't anything to write home about, and that would have been fine if the dialogue and the main character (whose name I can't even remember now) weren't flat and unlikable. I wasn't hooked enough by the plot, the supposed conflict, or in fact anything that was going on. The first quarter was a good beginning, but by the second I was just reading to get to the end of the book. As such, I didn't finish reading it.
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