The Bookanistas: Across the Universe

It's here, it's here! We can FINALLY talk about Beth Revis' ACROSS THE UNIVERSE. Okay, now where do we begin?
Let's start with the first chapter. It is, hands down, the best first chapter we have ever read. We loved it so much we read it aloud during our YA book club and the girls were practically drooling, we ask about it every time we go into a bookstore and we had the librarian from our event the other night write down the title so she could use it for the book selection next month! We're stalker-level-obsessed supportive! I guess what we're trying to say is the first chapter blew our mind.
Here's what the back cover has to say:
A Story of Love, Murder, and Madness Aboard an Enormous Spaceship Bound for the Future
Amy is a cryogenically frozen passenger aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed. She expects to wake up on a new planet, 300 years in the future. But fifty years before Godspeed's scheduled landing, Amy's cryo chamber is unplugged, and she is nearly killed.
Now, Amy is caught inside an enclosed world where nothing makes sense. Godspeed's passengers have forfeited all control to Eldest, a tyrannical and frightening leader, and Elder, his rebellious and brilliant teenage heir.
Amy desperately wants to trust Elder. But should she? All she knows is that she must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets before whoever woke her tries to kill again.
Across the Universe is Titanic meets Brave New World.
LiLa's Take:If the first chapter blew our mind, the entire book rocked our world. Yowsers--that's not meant to sound dirty. Moving on. So, Amy makes the decision to stick with her parents and be put to sleep for 300 years (and learns that while her body is frozen, her mind is not. CAN YOU IMAGINE? 300 years of THINKING?), giving the spaceship enough time to make to Centauri Earth, where the selected team of individuals plus the current generation of Godspeed can establish a new life. BUT there's a crimp in the plan when Amy gets woken up 50 years early. 50 years people! And not only that, but she wasn't supposed to survive the thaw--she was the victim of an attempted murder! Thus she is launched into an interplanetary murder mystery all the while trying to navigate the culture of Godspeed, which is very different than the one she left behind. The differences are FASCINATING, you guys. This is the kind of book you devour in a night, feeling all hungover when you realize you have to wait for the next installment. It's a delicious blend of sci-fi (few and far between in YA), mystery and love.
This review would not be complete if we didn't say a little something about Beth. Beth is seriously one of the most supportive authors out there. She truly deserves all that is coming her way and we can't wait to see what she dreams up next. We have our own theories, which we LOVE sharing with people, but we'll leave it up to the professional!

In honor of the AtU release, one lucky commenter will win a brand-spanking new copy fresh from the bookstore. Just leave a comment about what YOU would think about for 300 years.

Check out what the other Bookinistas are up to this week:
Elana Johnson celebrates the release of Across the Universe with a giveawayChristine Fonseca gets lost in NightshadeShannon Messenger raves about Like Mandarin with an ARC GiveawayJamie Harrington thinks the outlook is good for The Secret Society of the Pink Crystal BallShelli Johannes-Wells celebrates Harcourt winnersMichelle Hodkin, Carolina Valdez Miller and Shana Silver travel Across the UniverseScott Tracey gets some ClarityMyra McEntire is In The Fort with Beth RevisMegan Miranda falls head over heels for Fall For AnythingBethany Wiggins is living for Three Quarters DeadJen Hayley worships UnearthlyCarrie Harris flips for Hold Me Closer, NecromancerKirsten Hubbard goes crazy for Delirium