Blog Tour Review: I Become Shadow by Joe Shine
Title: I Become Shadow
Author: Joe Shine
Publisher: Soho Teen
Publication Date: June 10, 2014
Page Count: 304
Where I got it: Publisher for Blog Tour
Where you can get it: Amazon
How much: List Price 17.99
Format I read it in: Print ARC
Challenge: 2014 Book Blogger Summer Reading Program
Description/Blurb:
This debut thriller combines a pulse-pounding thriller (like False Memory or Starters) with a new adult coming-of-age story set at Texas A&M University.
When Ren Sharpe was fourteen, she was kidnapped by a shadowy organization called FATE and trained to be a human weapon.
Now, four years later, she receives her assignment: protect Gareth Young at all costs. Currently a student at Texas A&M, Gareth will someday change the world. FATE calls people like Gareth “FIPs”—future important people—and they’re everywhere, each with a FATE-trained shadow.
But when disaster strikes, Ren will have to turn on her maker. Together with Junie, a fellow abductee and the one person she trusts, Ren takes Gareth on the run.
Because whatever else happens, failure is not an option.
From the Hardcover edition.
My Thoughts:
I Become Shadow by Joe Shine
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I received an email inviting me to be a part of the blog tour for this book and I jumped at the chance. The description I had read seemed so unique, so different, that I just had to read it. I was not disappointed.
The premise of this book was unlike anything else I have read recently. I was enthralled and amazed by both the story line and the characters.
I instantly fell in love with Ren. She was sarcastic and funny and a total smartass. She reminded me of me.
Imagine being an awkward, gawky teenager one minute, and the next you are being plucked from your bed, not without violence, I might add, and wrested away in the middle of the night, never to see your family again. Then imagine being dropped into a place that you never knew existed and put through a grueling hell for 4 years. Intrigued yet? I sure was.
The characters start out as typical teenagers, but then they develop over time into so, so much more. This story will grab ahold of you and drag you along for the ride of a lifetime. And then, just when you think the ride is over, and you might get a happily ever after, the cliffhanger to end all cliffhangers leaves you gasping, wondering what the heck just happened, and then asking how long it will be before you can find out what happens.
This is definitely a must read YA novel this summer, and if you are a fan of dystopian fiction, or just good action stories in general, this is the novel for you. Give it a read. You will not be disappointed.
About the Author
Joe Shine grew up in Austin, TX (the greatest city ever), and is a graduate of Texas A&M University. He has an MFA from the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California, and after brief stints in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, Joe returned home to Austin (repeat: the greatest city ever). Joe has a normal human job like most everyone else but hopes to become a full-time writer one day, and this is where you, the reader, must do him a really big solid and love I Become Shadow, his first novel.
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**DISCLAIMER** In full compliance with FTC Guidelines, I received a copy of this book from the publisher for a blog tour in exchange for a fair and honest review. I was in no way compensated for this opinion, and the thoughts are my own. Links above will take you to a site where you can PURCHASE a copy. Using those links will take you through an affiliate link and I will receive a small percentage of the purchase cost. You are in no way obligated to use affiliate links and there is no additional cost to do so.
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