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The Industry (The Industry #1)

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Kirra Hayward is an ordinary sixteen year old - smarter than most, but otherwise completely anonymous. When she stumbles across an unusual puzzle on the internet and manages to solve it, she has no idea of what she′s letting herself in for.
Kidnapped by a shadowy organisation known only as The Industry, Kirra soon discovers how valuable her code-breaking skills are. And whe...more

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Published March 20th 2012 by HarperCollins Australia

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Mar 19, 2012 Mandee rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: aussie, ya-lit, i-have-a-copy, for-review, hc-au, aussieya2012, aww2012, april2012release

Kirra Hayward is a year ten student at Freemont Grammar. She's very intelligent and has skipped ahead in maths and science, taking classes at year twelve level. She's assigned a project for maths and decides to cheat and see if she can find something online that she can copy. While looking she discovers a website entitled Crack The Code. At first she dismisses it but then a number jumps out at her and once she's seen it, other letters and numbers pop out and before she realises she's come up wit...more

Kirra Hayward is a year ten student at Freemont Grammar. She's very intelligent and has skipped ahead in maths and science, taking classes at year twelve level. She's assigned a project for maths and decides to cheat and see if she can find something online that she can copy. While looking she discovers a website entitled Crack The Code. At first she dismisses it but then a number jumps out at her and once she's seen it, other letters and numbers pop out and before she realises she's come up with a fourteen-digit code. She submits her answer, is disappointed when nothing happens so she logs off and goes on to her next class.

Unbeknownst to Kirra, the website was set up by a man named Latham. He's part of The Industry. A network of people who will take on jobs for those willing to pay the price. They're all criminals but prefer terms such as contractor and they see their tasks as jobs not illegal operations. A man named Spencer invented a code that was unbreakable to everyone but himself but now he's dead and contractors in The Industry are searching for others who might be able to crack the unbreakable code.

Kirra is kidnapped one afternoon on her way home from school, bundled onto a plane and flown half way around the world. On the plane she's introduced to Latham who tells her that he needs her help. Once they arrive at their destination, she's dumped in a cell which is heavily guarded by recruits.

Latham isn't shy about admitting that his jobs often involve killing people and that by aiding him, she's assisting in their murders and of course this isn't something that Kirra wants to be involved in. But he has his ways of forcing her to help, like pain-inducing drugs. Then he finds the best way of getting her help is to threaten the life of another person. Enter Milo Franklyn, an eighteen year old boy from South Hampton, England. He shows up in her cell one day, Kirra is wary at first but soon comes to find his company reassuring. And Latham can use them against each other so they always give him the code when he asks.

So, that's about as much as I want to discuss plot-wise, so I don't spoil it for your guys. Up until this point I had many questions about what exactly The Industry is and why Kirra can de-code the unbreakable code and how it actually happens. Because Kirra doesn't have the answers, neither do the readers. It wasn't until another character appears that Kirra starts to find out exactly what The Industry is and how vast the network is.

The pacing jumped between slow scenes when Kirra spent extended periods of time locked up and fast, action-packed scenes when she's taken on a mission or attempts to escape. I think it balanced out well because I'm sure when you're locked up for weeks on end, time must really drag.

I liked Kirra, I don't feel we got to know her extremely well but she seems like a great person. She doesn't have many friends but she's intelligent, loves her family and is willing to risk her life for another person. Milo was intriguing, I didn't know whether we could trust him or not and Latham was just plain evil. Towards the end we meet Desmond and I really wanted to like him, he seems like a much nicer person than Latham, he's protective, actually listens and treats people as people not prisoners.

By the end I still had a lot of questions so I was happy to realise that this book is the first in a series, so hopefully we learn more about The Industry in the following books. I would definitely recommend this book to fans of realistic fiction, thrillers and mystery novels. The Industry is released April 1, 2012. You can order your copy online from Fishpond or purchase it from any good book store.

I received my copy for review from the wonderful people at Harper Collins Australia.(less)

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May 17, 2012 Paula Phillips rated it 4 of 5 stars

Do you love puzzles ? I know I do , my favourites tend to be the word puzzles. In Rose Foster's new series, we meet sixteen year old Kirra Hayward who is a mathematics genius . One school day during maths , the class is given an assignment to create a puzzle which includes an equation or mathematical reasoning. Kirra , unsure of what to do exactly logs on to the net and starts to google number puzzles. She comes across one and submits it , nothing happens and she leaves it at that, though it's s...more

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May 13, 2012 Bree T rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: australian, aww2012, series, young-adult

Kirra is just a normal, average 16yo with a younger sister and brother. She’s excellent at science and maths and tends to be a bit of a social outcast, not at all concerned with things like clothes and boys like her sister. However it turns out that Kirra can do a pretty extraordinary thing… she can crack a code that to almost everyone else, doesn’t even make sense. There’s no explanation for how and why she can do it, she just can.

This makes her very, very valuable to all sorts of people and or...more Kirra is just a normal, average 16yo with a younger sister and brother. She’s excellent at science and maths and tends to be a bit of a social outcast, not at all concerned with things like clothes and boys like her sister. However it turns out that Kirra can do a pretty extraordinary thing… she can crack a code that to almost everyone else, doesn’t even make sense. There’s no explanation for how and why she can do it, she just can.

This makes her very, very valuable to all sorts of people and organisations all over the world. Kidnapped on her way home from school one day, Kirra finds herself taken out of the country and kept in a stark room. She’s fed little information other than the people that have her are criminals, part of a huge operation known as The Industry and that they want to use her and her special skill to help them do their jobs. They’re ‘contractors’ and it seems that nothing is out of bounds if they’re hired by people with the right amount of money.

When she refuses to help them, they threaten her cellmate Milo. Milo is apparently like Kirra in that he too is one of the handful of people all over the world that can crack the code and has also been taken. Reluctant to become involved with anyone, determined to just get away as soon as possible, Kirra does find herself warming to Milo the longer they spend time together. When he is threatened with excruciating pain, she knows she will break her word and help them, no matter that what she’s doing goes against everything she believes in.

Kirra is about to find out that The Industry is bigger and far more complex than she could have possibly dreamed. There are companies and individuals all caught up in it and it’s almost impossible to tell who is friend and who is foe.

The Industry is the first novel in an exciting new series from young Australian author Rose Foster. I didn’t know much about it before I won a copy in a giveaway over at Erin’s blog but when it turned up in the mail I was in the mood for a bit of YA and the premise intrigued me. Kirra is a bit of an outcast at her school, she has no real friends and given that she takes some classes two years above her level (she’s in year 10 but takes math at a year 12 level) she’s also a bit of a target for disdain. Whilst searching online for an assignment, she comes across an interesting puzzle and finds that she thinks she can solve it. After she puts the answer in though nothing happens…until she is kidnapped brutally in broad daylight.

From there Kirra’s normal life turns into an absolute nightmare. I found the idea of The Industry extremely interesting and also very well written without being too over the top and unbelievable. You have to stretch your imagination but in a fun way and I think that Kirra was also well written in the way she tried to cope with her abduction. She has almost no way to know how much time as passed, she has little human contact at first in her cell and the one person who shows her kindness is punished. Then Milo drops into her cell and at first Kirra is openly hostile and reluctant to even talk to him. Milo slowly worms his way in though and given their proximity, Kirra forms an attachment to him.

I do feel that there is a section in this book that lags a fraction, pace wise but the book makes up for that by then really switching it up and executing a neat (not altogether unexpected, but still very skillful) twist that I felt definitely helped change the flow and feel of the story and make it a whole lot more interesting. I felt that Kirra really came into her own as a character towards the end of the book. She realises that her life as she has known it is probably over and that given she’s such a valuable commodity, the potential of putting them in danger if she contacted them was high. She is forced to grow up alarmingly swiftly and I feel that in the next book, she is going to really be a character to watch.

The Industry is really a promising start to what could be a really phenomenal trilogy or series (I’m not sure how many volumes are planned so far). It’s different and I think there’s a lot within it that would appeal – the ability of a character that no one else has, becoming a valuable commodity for both good and evil purposes. You really get a chance to put yourself in Kirra’s shoes. I’m going to be keeping a eye out for the next one.(less)

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Oct 04, 2011 Brodie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012

One click of the mouse forever changed the life of Kirra Haywood. She stumbles across a mysterious "Crack the Code!" website and solves the puzzle without a second thought. A week later on her way home from school, she's kidnapped by the people who uploaded the code. Gone without a trace, without a shred of evidence left behind for her family to track her whereabouts. Apparently she's one of the only living people in the world who can decipher the Spencer Code. It's not something you can learn t...more One click of the mouse forever changed the life of Kirra Haywood. She stumbles across a mysterious "Crack the Code!" website and solves the puzzle without a second thought. A week later on her way home from school, she's kidnapped by the people who uploaded the code. Gone without a trace, without a shred of evidence left behind for her family to track her whereabouts. Apparently she's one of the only living people in the world who can decipher the Spencer Code. It's not something you can learn to decrypt, you're either one of the rare individuals who possess this mystifying talent to solve it, or you're not. But why? And how can a 16 year old (even if she is studying maths two years her senior) decipher a code that has baffled the most skilled individuals in the field? And how on earth will she ever escape the cruel, ruthless man who's taken her hostage, when she's become his most valued weapon?

After weeks of imprisonment and torture, Kirra finds she has a new cellmate. Milo Franklyn. I loved the interactions between these two in the beginning. They're not overly friendly toward one another and Milo is so amusingly annoying. Kirra has no real interest in striking a friendship with him, in large part due to events that transpired before he arrived. But Milo is stubbornly persistent and eventually Kirra begins to open up to him. During the months locked away together, a tentative connection grows between the pair. But will they both be to escape alive? And is all as it seems in this scary world they're apart of?

I really felt for Kirra. Her future is totally shattered. The more she learns about the world she's become entangled in, the more she realises she can't ever go back to her family, she can't ever let her guard down or allow people to know who she is because no matter where she goes in the world, the bad guys will be in constant pursuit. Yet despite the unfairness of her situation, I'm excited to see her grow in future books. To learn and train and basically kick some serious ass, because she's already showed she's got it in her. She began to rise up and take control, fight back against those who destroyed her life. And if this is what Rose Foster offered us from her first installment, I'm giddy with excitement to sample the kickass action and twists she'll serve up in the sequel.

Both guys and girls will find themselves completely engrossed in this gripping and action-packed secret world of assassins, extractors, code-breakers and all kinds of criminals.... ah, sorry Desmond, 'criminals' sounds petty, doesn't it? They're Contractors, highly-skilled in their field and 100% certifiably dangerous. The Industry reads like an action-thriller movie, I can already see it making a great film! The secondary characters were all fantastic, but you'll always be second-guessing who to trust. Who is a friend and who is an enemy? I'll just say that I'm particularly fond of those who she does manage to form an alliance with!

The Industry is a highly addictive, witty, edge-of-your-seat thrill-ride that will constantly keep you alert for the next unsuspecting danger or betrayal. Whether it's a gun, a shocking twist or a healthy dose of torture, there is always something awaiting you around the next corner. There's never a dull moment and the action refuses to cease. And when you've finally escaped the fast-paced danger, you'll be bouncing on your heels, eager for another round. The stakes are high and the escapes are narrow. Forget everything about your boring, mundane life - welcome to an exciting, dangerous, pulse-racing world. Welcome to The Industry.

Be sure to check out The Industry's Facebook page where other reviewers will soon be posting their thoughts on this stunning debut novel. Plus it's the place to be for all the latest news and updates in the lead up to release!(less)

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Jan 13, 2013 Rhonda rated it 4 of 5 stars

So nice to read an YA without a vampire or werewolf to be seen (not that I don't enjoy a well-written vamp etc). Still, The Industry made for a pleasant change (though not without it's hint of the paranormal - cracking codes because the answer just appears to you? Really?) The very 'ordinary' (if geeky outsider)female protagonist was very appealing and believable (but I have to say the 'girlie' sister/mother combination was annoyingly hackneyed but their appearance was brief and therefore beara...more

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Apr 06, 2012 Yasmin rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is another really good book, but (spoiler) I didn't like the ending.

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Kirra is your average high school student, super smart next to no friends and puts a lot of effort into her school work. So when the first day of school if her first advanced math class teachers tells everyone to create a puzzle or equation as homework, Kirra is less than excited and wants a challenge not to make a puzzle. So like most student who don't like there homework tasks, she goes to the Internet...more

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May 08, 2012 Helensvale Library rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: sam, yp

Welcome to The Industry - a thrilling espionage drama that reads like a Hollywood blockbuster penned by debut Australian author, Rose Foster. It begins with a click of a mouse as Kirra Haywood navigates onto a mysterious website that challenges her to a puzzle. What she thinks is some fun is a whole lot more as this is no ordinary puzzle but a worldwide attempt to find anyone who can solve it. It's called the Spencer Code and apparently only 3 people in the world possess the ability to crack it....more

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May 30, 2012 Ange rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, mystery-crime, thriller, 2012, books-i-own

Wow!! I’m just totally amazed by this book. When I received this book for review I was a little skeptical about it because I normally wouldn’t pick this up for myself. Now I have a new found love for thrillers!

Kirra Hayward is just your average Aussie girl, attending high school and doing her homework. She is however super smart, and whilst trying to find ideas for her maths assignment she comes across a ‘puzzle’ on the internet. Solving this code came naturally to her but Kirra couldn’t seem to...more

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May 22, 2012 Marj rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

Reminiscent of "Spies like us', The Industry's main protagonist, Kirra Hayward gets in trouble for her intelligence. A skilled mathematician and codebreaker, she breaks a code for a competition - a competition which proves to be a trap.
While I enjoyed the premise of the novel, I found some parts of the narrative a little bumpy. I felt, at the end, that there were too many balls in the air, that the author was not really sure how to round off this story while still leading us into the sequel.
This...more

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Jul 03, 2012 Shaheen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: aww2012, hc-aust

I was in the mood for some mindless reading so I picked up this YA thriller by Rose Foster, and was surprised by how much I liked it. The Industry focusses on Kirra, who solves an online puzzle and gets kidnapped so she can aid a criminal organisation in their illegal endeavours. In this book Foster describes a whole world of people who are part of The Industry - from Decoys whose job it is to distract local authorities while the real crime happens somewhere else, to intelligence agencies that k...more I was in the mood for some mindless reading so I picked up this YA thriller by Rose Foster, and was surprised by how much I liked it. The Industry focusses on Kirra, who solves an online puzzle and gets kidnapped so she can aid a criminal organisation in their illegal endeavours. In this book Foster describes a whole world of people who are part of The Industry - from Decoys whose job it is to distract local authorities while the real crime happens somewhere else, to intelligence agencies that keep track of everyone and everything, to the Assassins and Extractors who work the crimes. They have a training school, their own hospitals and news stations, all un-noticed by 90% of the population.

Kirra is hurled into this world and as a sixteen year old has a lot of idealistic views: The Industry must be backed by some government, and her Australian Government will surely be able to rescue her. At first I completely understood her reaction, but even after people repeatedly tell her that The Industry is something no one on the outside knows about, she persists in her stupid belief that she will be able to somehow and escape and go home. About midway through the book I started getting really annoyed at Kirra and totally understand Desmond's exasperation with her. I liked Kirra and hope she becomes a little more mature in the upcoming books.

The other character I really liked is Desmond - the Extractor who rescues Kirra from her captors and tries to protect her from the rest of The Industry. It is clear, however, that even though she may not be locked up, Kirra will be expected to break codes for the rest of her life and there is little chance of her ever escaping her fate. Desmond is nice to her and takes good care of her, and eventually we get to see his tough exterior melt away as he reveals that he is a caring person. I can't say the same for many of the other members of his crew though!

A great debut by an Australian author, The Industry is a good read that I enjoyed! I hope to continue the series and get to know all the characters a little better, and I think it will be fun to watch Kirra learn some skills in the next book, The Estate. (less)

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Apr 02, 2012 Shelleyrae at Book'd Out rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc-are

The Industry is a young adult thriller by debut Australian novelist, Rose Foster. The first in a planned trilogy, it combines action, adventure, espionage and excitement centered around a shadowy international organisation known as The Industry. Sixteen year old Kirra Hayward is kidnapped by mercenaries after inadvertently deciphering the Spenser Code, a security algorithm that protects the secrets of the rich. Held prisoner, Kirra is tortured by Latham to provide the codes her captors need. The...more The Industry is a young adult thriller by debut Australian novelist, Rose Foster. The first in a planned trilogy, it combines action, adventure, espionage and excitement centered around a shadowy international organisation known as The Industry. Sixteen year old Kirra Hayward is kidnapped by mercenaries after inadvertently deciphering the Spenser Code, a security algorithm that protects the secrets of the rich. Held prisoner, Kirra is tortured by Latham to provide the codes her captors need. The only person to show her any kindness is killed after a thwarted escape attempt and when Milo, an eighteen year old boy who claims to be another codebreaker, is thrown into her cell Kirra is determined to stay aloof. Yet the forced proximity, and common enemy, encourages a bond. In another daring escape attempt, Kirra is able to flee while Milo is left behind. On the run with Extractor Desmond and his crew, Mai, Anton and Fadil, Kirra agrees to help her rescuers only if they promise to extract Milo. Breaking into a fortified assassin's stronghold is a foolish idea but Kirra is determined to rescue her friend and find a way to escape the sticky web of crime and violence she is trapped in.

Kirra's life is irrevocably changed when she is kidnapped, her ordinary routine of school and family dinners doesn't prepare her for the shadowy criminal organisation known as The Industry. Like any other victim she hopes she will be released soon but slowly realises that Latham will never let her go, her value is incalculable. Kirra is a very likeable protagonist, despite her circumstances she holds herself together, even when she has little choice to capitulate to Latham's demands. The codes Kirra supplies allows Latham to commit crimes with impunity but when Kirra gets the chance she sabotages his plans, even at the risk of her life. Kirra's moral center is skewed however in this violent new environment, and unusually Foster allows Kirra to fight back. It creates some interesting internal conflicts for Kirra which I think Foster handled well, Kirra has to consider how her new circumstances will change her, what she is willing, and not willing, to do.
I was a little disturbed about the level of violence in The Industry, I have serious issues with guns (I am for very tight gun control) but realistically Kirra has very few choices and it would be ludicrous for guns to be absent from a criminal organisation. The violence isn't gratuitous or excessive exactly but it is confronting to have a teenager wielding and using a weapon. That Kirra is often fighting for her life mitigates things somewhat but not entirely.

Necessarily, Foster needs to establish the boundaries of her world and introduce her characters, so it takes a little time for the action to get going but once it does it races along, pulling the reader with it. There are some great plot twists, though the major one is not entirely unexpected. The Industry ends not on a cliffhanger exactly but at a point that leaves you wanting to know what will happen next.

The Industry is a novel with wide appeal, adult YA fans will likely enjoy the action, and touch of romance, as much as the teenagers it is aimed at. I also think both genders will appreciate the thrilling pace and action of the story. The Industry is an exciting debut that I am happy to recommend.(less)

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Apr 18, 2012 Celine rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Review originally posted in: http://forget8me8not.blogspot.com.au/...

Cover:
It's absolutely cool! I love how the codes are forming the girl's face, the dark background and it gives this cryptic feeling!

Story:

Can you break the code?

Kirra Hayward is just your average student. Well, she is a bit more than average. Even though she is only sixteen, she is taking 2 extension classes because she is just that good. One day, her teacher gives her an assignment to make puzzles. Kirra thinks it's really la...more

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Dec 11, 2011 Shirley rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-releases, own, favourites, read-in-2011, arcs, for-review

Kirra Hayward is an ordinary high school maths geek genuis studying maths 2 grades above her level.. Upon searching on the Internet for ideas for a MATHS project, she comes across a certain odd puzzle and solves it instanly without much thought. A few days later, she is kidnapped and transported all the way to the other side of the world. She is kept prisoner, and tortured to solve more of those puzzles that she learns are not ordinary ones. In fact, these codes are called the Spencer Code, and...more Kirra Hayward is an ordinary high school maths geek genuis studying maths 2 grades above her level.. Upon searching on the Internet for ideas for a MATHS project, she comes across a certain odd puzzle and solves it instanly without much thought. A few days later, she is kidnapped and transported all the way to the other side of the world. She is kept prisoner, and tortured to solve more of those puzzles that she learns are not ordinary ones. In fact, these codes are called the Spencer Code, and you know what? Kirra happens to be one of only people in the world who can decode it! Her ability marks her as an important target that everyone would do anything to get their hands on, and her captor would do anything to keep her ability for himself. Will she be able to Escape this imprisonment? And what will happen to her future now?

When I think back now, The Industry did feel fast-paced and full of intense action, especially towards the end, but her imprisonment scenes did lag. It was only half-way through the book, that the real action began and the fantastic plot line resumed its brilliance.

During her time in the cell, she is joined by someone else; a guy called Milo who miraculously possesses the same extraordinary talent as her to decipher the spencer code. At first Milo seemed really rude and annoying, but there was a nice side to him as well- he cared about Kirra, and gave her support and encouragement.I really like how they bonded inside their cell; it was the sort of relationship that developed gradually, as they began to trust each other and connect.

I loved all the characters! Kirra was certainly admirable in many ways, espeically her strength and loyalty. She'd never had a real friend before, and upon developing a true connection with Milo, she trusted him with all her heart and I was so touched by her loyalty! *Sigh*The poor girl! Her life suddenly changed so drastically, there wasn't even time for her to be prepared for what was to come. With her kidnapped, and unable to return to her family, what else can she look forward to in her future? I thought the secondary characters were well developed as well; especially Desmond! Okay, I have no idea why, but I just took an instant liking to him!

I loved the idea of such a huge and influential organisation being sheltered and unknown to the rest of the world. From contractors and criminals to *gasp* assassins, it's a miracle they've never been caught! The Industry reminded me a bit of those spy books ( CHERUB) I used to read, and it was definitely pleasing!

With fantastic characters, unpredictable twists, and constant pulse-pounding action, what's not to love about The Industry? I say you look out for its release next year, and GET YOURSELF A COPY! You won't be disappointed!
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Mar 31, 2012 Braiden rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-releases, aussie-ya-2012, aussie-ya

3.5/5 stars.

The Industry is a promising to a thrilling new series by Aussie debut author Rose Foster. Michael Grant blurbed on the cover and you all know that I’m a big fan of him and his work so of course I wanted to read another thriller like that of BZRK. Kirra’s journey from breaking this code on the net to being abducted to learning what she is and what The Industry is – the thrill-ride never ends. It’s like you yourself are being injected with the Balcescu drug, the drug that is injected i...more

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Dec 13, 2011 Lisa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: harper-collins

Originally posted at Read Me Bookmark Me Love Me

The Industry is a novel so packed with mystery and action, you won't know what to do with yourself! I was honoured to have received a bound manuscript of this amazing book to read and review. My first experience: brilliant. I could barely contain my excitement after turning the first page and realising how greatly it would meet my expectations!

Kirra Hayward is a very intelligent student with a specialisation in maths and computing. Enrolled in clas...more Originally posted at Read Me Bookmark Me Love Me

The Industry is a novel so packed with mystery and action, you won't know what to do with yourself! I was honoured to have received a bound manuscript of this amazing book to read and review. My first experience: brilliant. I could barely contain my excitement after turning the first page and realising how greatly it would meet my expectations!

Kirra Hayward is a very intelligent student with a specialisation in maths and computing. Enrolled in classes too effortless for her, a simple maths assignment leads her to a deadly Google search. When she stumbles across a seemingly random puzzle, she solves it having no idea how she did so. There was no formula. No method. Just a string of numbers and letters flashing in her vision. Nothing happens when she submits her answer and it's over. Or so she thought. When a special organisation is alerted of the solved puzzle, it makes her one of the most wanted people in the word. With her ability to crack the code, something only three known people can do, she's a dangerous weapon who can get through all sorts of security barriers. Get ready for some high-speed chases, kidnappings and shocking deaths!

After being captured by Latham and his cronies, Kirra is thrown into a cell where she is tortured. She must solve each code presented to her or be injected with a fluid which will make her beg for death. Kirra gives in the first time but then vows to endure the pain for the sake of humanity. I admired her inner strength as she sacrificed herself to prevent Latham's plans for evil. What a character! Unfortunately, her resolves breaks when Milo Franklyn joins her in the cell. They develop feelings for each other and suddenly, the outside world doesn't matter when someone you care about is threatened with endless agony. Yes, fun times. Both characters are intriguing with minds I would kill to further explore! They mature and change very rapidly...with some unexpected surprises. Just wait until you run into the novel's major plot twist! *gasp*

The Industry's plot will blow you away. For every question answered, three more are asked. Have fun navigating this mind-numbing mystery! Along with the stunning characters, the storyline carries the novel in fierce style. Be swept away in the electrifying romance, with moments of absolute heartache and pure fluff. In this dangerous and frightening world, the sequel will surely keep us on the edge of our seats once again! (less)

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May 11, 2012 Nikita rated it 4 of 5 stars

This novel is so exciting and sleek, it's like an action film in book form, and it's YA! But don't get me wrong, it's not some Spy Kids bullshit; it's more like Chuck. The character development is really interesting, and I particularly love that the author used a multicultural cast without having their cultures be the basis of their identity. Not every east Asian character needs to have a parental expectation crisis! I'd love to get my hands on the sequel.

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Apr 20, 2012 Trisha rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: australian-ya, ozya2012, ya-literature

I am not sure about this one. It was packed-packed certainly, but maybe a little too violent??

Also, the writing kept pulling me out of the story. There were times when I wanted Kirra's thoughts on what was happening but mostly I got them when the feelings and reactions were obvious.

But I know teens will love it (they already do), and I do want to know what happens next, so I will be looking out for 'The Estate'.

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Oct 11, 2011 Erin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: swap-books-list

THE INDUSTRY is an addictive, fast-paced, sometimes witty, over-the-edge thriller that will keep you on constant alert and make you wonder what's going to happen next to our Kirra and the fate of mankind. Even with some untrusting alliances, some gun-to-gun action, or simply good old torture with a lesson waiting to be learned, you will never know what to expect when it comes to Rose Foster's epic writing!

Full review: http://talesoftheinnerbookfanatic.blo...

4.5 stars!

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Jul 12, 2012 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Industry was fantastic. A thriller with a great cast of characters - good, bad, evil and questionable people everywhere! Plenty of potential for the rest of the series.

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Jul 26, 2012 Connie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Dear Rose Foster,

What did you do to Milo? Fix this promptly.

With angry awe,

Connie.

Ps, great book. I loved the plot. A underground crime world that kidnaps special people? That's awesome! You have a great imagination.

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Feb 25, 2013 Mersini rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: australian-authors, young-adult, owned-books

A really easy, interesting read, somewhat reminiscent of Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider series, though much less researched. And it had a problem with pacing, particularly during the first half of the novel. But it was enjoyable.

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Jan 16, 2013 Genie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: from-library, australian, 2012-release

This book was pretty good the whole way through but became totally awesome once it neared the end.

(*jaw dropping* followed by a WHAT!? NO WAY!)and then everything fixes into place and you realise how it all makes sense...

Simply said: I cannot wait for the sequel 'The Estate'

What a thrilling ride

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Jul 25, 2012 Kassie rated it 3 of 5 stars

I thought the story was a little slow in places and didn't feel I could connect with the characters at first, especially Milo.. it got better towards the end, although predictable.

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Jun 02, 2012 Wendy rated it 5 of 5 stars

"The Industry" was exciting and fast. It was not difficult to predict some of the events that were going to happen but it did, nonetheless, make me want to read the next book.

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Jul 05, 2012 Natalie rated it 5 of 5 stars

OMG! Loved this book, what a twist on Milo at the end though, was not expecting that to come! Can't wait for the next one, The Estate

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May 14, 2012 Marg rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: YA readers, lovers of dystopian fiction

Recommended to Marg by: Samara

Shelves: dystopian-fiction

Loved it! Bleak view of society but great female character. Can't wait for the sequel

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Jul 22, 2012 тɛяɛƨα ℓσʌɛƨ ℓαмв cнσρƨ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: favourites

4.5 stars

Review coming soon! It was just...so good.

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Jul 13, 2012 Meg rated it 2 of 5 stars

It was a bit slow to start off but got interesting once it hit the half way point. Also it was cool having an Australian protaganist!

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Nov 23, 2012 Nika rated it 5 of 5 stars

Decent book with an sometimes unpredictable story line

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Oct 13, 2012 Kelly rated it 3 of 5 stars

3.5 stars. i really enjoyed this book, it was written well and i followed the storyline easily.

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Rose Foster grew up in Melbourne, Australia. Once finished high school she began her tertiary studies at Swinburne University, where she reconsidered pursuing her ambition of writing for young adults. She soon dropped out of her course, travelled briefly overseas and then set to work on The Industry. She now studies creative writing at RMIT University.

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