The Meta-Rise

Bot Wars #2

by J.V. Kade

The thrilling sequel to Bot Wars, perfect for fans of Skylanders!
 
Trout St. Kroix can't believe that his half-human/half-robot father is the leader of the Meta-Rise, the robot civil rights movement. Trout can’t even enjoy being a Bot Territory celebrity, because it also puts his whole family in danger. Ratch, a robot and former friend, has found a way to take control of robot Thinkchips, and under Ratch's control, all bots—including Trout's dad—would become Ratch's drones. CanTrout—and his friends Vee and Tellie Rix, along with brother Po—find a way to stop Ratch before Trout loses his father all over again?

Genres: Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Adventure, Robots, Fantasy, Dystopia, Young Adult

304 pages, Hardcover

First published July 10, 2014

About the author

A pen name of Jennifer Rush.

Reviews

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really good follow-on from Bot Wars and a book that I really enjoyed. Perfect for children 10+, this book has it all: humour, action, suspense, robots, future-settings and family and friendships. The relationships Trout has with everyone around him are really positive, from his family (though they really have to stop lying to him!), to his friends Vee, Tellie, Lox and even robots LT and Scissors. I really like all of the characters, and the plot itself was really engaging and well thought out. I'd definitely be happy to read more in the series!

[Roderick · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know this review is pretty choppy, so I have a much better, more cleaned up version on my official Blog, https://booksunpuzzled.wordpress.com/

Here's the link to this review here, I'll leave my old review up too just because, so I don't forget my own mistakes in reviewing. anyways, have a nice day!

https://booksunpuzzled.wordpress.com/...

Click here for my old review ------> Warning, spoilers galore, if you have not read bot wars you shall not read this lest thou gets spoiled if the story and I want EVERYONE to get the full effect of this book! So, here we go...

OH MY WORLDS what....just....I can't!
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YES I LOVE THIS SO MUCH OH MY WORLDS! So....let's start this thing!

Sector 1)
What a world!
First what can I say about Trout and his world do masterfully created by JV Kade! I just can't even start how beautiful this book is like really I can't! But I'll try!
So we start with Trout going to school living an ordinary life...well as ordinary as the Meta-Rise and robot prime city is normal, so not much really. However the evil Ratchet from the first book comes and threatens our heroes by trying to find a way to take control over all the robots to make a new revolution under his rule! And Trouts all like "not gonna happen" so he and his friends work together to try and stop Ratchet and his ever growing army. And even get me started on Georgette I just wanted to cry over her. So Tellie Rix is dragged into this when her dad gets kidnapped by Ratch so he and Tellie decided to go to his rescue...and that ends badly.
After they left Ratch attacked fort and got so many members of the Rise that I just wanted to get in ther and kick his butt bad! So here we are! And when Po finds his brother it seemed like he's going to get mad right? Wrong it turns out that Marci his girlfriend got hurt and if anything that made me want to kill Ratch myself!
This story led to old New York and when the final battle Commences I'm so nervous about it!
But I won't give you any clue on what happens there so...read it!
This book and is predecessor both really touched my heart! I guess you can say that to me, this is the Si-Fi version of Harry Potter. The world was amazing, great heroes the relationships were just amazing! I got an overall love for the structure for the world I loved how Kade went into such detail letting Trout see so much, both the good and bad alike.
What makes a good story is the lessons that I can teach us and in happy to say I learned so much from this book I just can't see straight!
Very emotion driven and such fun I have a good feeling about this one!

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Sector 2)
Some hard work to be done
Now with every great story there are is problems and I did find a few things frustrating about this. First why LT? Just why with such great potential you go and get caught and made into a slave, why didn't you have your chip modified like Sissors! Seriously! Next As much as I love Trout...he was very reckless sortbf like Miko from Transformers Prime but maybe not as much.
And Robert, seriously? MORE secret I thought everything was on the table I mean come on man Trout knows of the Meta Rise so why hide anything else? But still I understand. And another thing! I felt that there wasn't enough time for the growth I wanted to see. I wanted to see Trout explore his power, Po to be stronger than before. I wanted more Vee, she was gone over half the book!
The best thing I can say is Kade should try for more amazing and outstanding ideas if she continues this....I want more, I WANT THREE MORE BOOKD WHY YWO KADE WHY?
But I understand I just feel that there was so much more that could have been done but even aside all these problems the book stands very well on its own two feet. And a sequel is almost hard for me to like. Like ever!

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So....yeah overall as much as I'm going to miss Trout and his friend, family and brobot (harhar) I still love this story and over all there is just so much emotion put into it that can't even see what is on the page but I'm think g of what the book would look like as an animated picture. An animated film! Please MAKE THAT HAPPEN!

So if you love robots, ordinary kid heroes and lots of family then this is the boom for you! Just read it it's worth it. Bot Wars and the Meta Rise, two masterful books by one JV Kade! Bravo my dear author bravo!

Off to the next great book! Later

[Dani · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great sequel filled with action, adventure, and suspense.

[Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best

Awesome best book ever you should read it I mean it's soooo good okay now I am just getting words to post

[Ryan Compton · Rating 3 out of 5]

good and has lots of action

[kylee, · Rating 4 out of 5]

Optional

[Becky B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rogue robot Ratch, has decided that robots need to have a robot ruler. He turned on the St. Kroix family in the last book, and now he’s announced all out war against the entire land unless Mr. St. Kroix, leader of the Meta-Rise steps down for a robot leader. Ratch starts his attack by causing glitches in electronics and kidnapping some influential people. Influential people who just happen to have the code for a secret lab in Old New York. And one of those people is Trout’s friend Tellie’s dad. Tellie, Trout, Po, Marsi and some of their robot friends will stop at nothing to protect their dads and end Ratch’s plans.

Another high-action sci-fi adventure, just like the first in this series. I enjoy the future slang, tech, and fast-thinking Trout. Part of me couldn’t help but wonder why the Meta-Rise didn’t just send an EMP blast or any kind of electrical surge through Old New York to freeze all the rogue robots in their tracks easy peasy. Maybe EMP generators were eliminated during the first Robot Wars. Not sure, just seemed like a very easy life-saving method that wasn’t once mentioned. It would have definitely cut down on the action, though, so my method wouldn’t have been as exciting and fun. I still liked the book, even if it didn’t seem entirely logical. I doubt kids will even think of my idea. I really like that this series provides a cleaner high-octane dystopia setting for kids not ready for the Hunger Games or Divergent series because that’s definitely a hot genre right now, and clean ones for younger kids are harder to find.

Notes on content: No language issues. Anything remotely like swearing is entirely fake words. No sexual content beyond one peck of a kiss. There are several battles, but the worst injuries on page are some broken ribs. No blood or gore.

Random note: I don’t know what it is about these covers, but both this book and Bot Wars misspelled the main character’s last name on the jacket flaps. Jacket flap spells is St. Croix, and inside it is always St. Kroix. Weird.

[Apurva Muddappa · Rating 4 out of 5]

He loved the story and wants a book #3

[Rebecca Sutton · Rating 5 out of 5]

The bots are back! And as awesome as ever. So is Trout St. Kroix and the rest of the humans (who are pretty awesome themselves) as they face a new enemy that threatens to destroy life in Bot Territory.

Loaded with as much danger, humor, suspense and inventions as Bot Wars, The Meta-Rise is an action-packed sequel that doesn't disappoint. I adore Trout and Po, Tellie and Vee, and the rest of their family and friends, but it's the bots that steal the show again. LT with his loyalty and intelligence. Scissor, loud and creative as ever. And Ratch...and his trouble.

The Meta-Rise is pure fun from start to finish. I have only one issue. When do we find out what is in that box?!

[Natalie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am not the age group that this book was written for, but my son loves the first Bot Wars book, and since I had read it and liked it well enough I decided to read this sequel. It didn't grip me as much as the first and the story had some things that annoyed me in it. My son and I agreed that Tellie was not a character that we liked and we would have preferred it if Vee could have been in the story all the way through, as well as Lox. So the ending left me a little unsatisfied, but I'm glad that I took the time to read a book that caught my sons attention and it's sequel.

[Pamela · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of Brayden's (age 12) favorite series now.

[Kellee Moye · Rating 4 out of 5]

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