Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Otherborn by Anna Silver Review and Giveaway



Rating: 4 out 5 Stars

London and her teenage friends live in a reprocessed world.

Confined within Capital City’s concrete walls, London has done the impossible and the illegal. She’s created something New- a song. But her mentor, club owner Pauly, is not impressed. Since the historic Energy Crisis forced everyone behind walls generations ago, the Tycoons have ensured there is truly nothing new allowed under the sun. Pauly warns London to keep her song to herself, if she knows what’s good for her.

What he doesn’t know, is that London is keeping an even bigger secret: she dreams. And she’s not alone. London’s band-mates and friends have begun dreaming as well, seeing themselves in “night pictures” as beings from another world. As Otherborn, they must piece together the story of their astral avatars, the Others, in order to save their world from a dreamless, hopeless future.


When Pauly is murdered and an Otherborn goes missing, London realizes someone is hunting them down. Escaping along the Outroads, they brave the deserted Houselands with only their dreams to guide them. Can they find their friend before the assassin finds them? Will being Otherborn save their lives, or destroy them?

Review:

You know when you sometimes read a book and you are so into it that you feel what the characters are feeling? That's how I felt while reading Otherborn. Anna Silver made me feel how I would feel if I lived in this dystopian world, which was terrifying. This world is dark and scary. And I loved it.  

London was a badass. From the first scene in the book were she grabs a cigarette and smokes it, I knew I was going to love her. I'm not saying that smoking is good but it's rare to see a female character smoking. Otherborn was refreshing and did I say dark? Yes this read is in the darker side of the dystopian genre. 


The book is a little slow in the beginning and you have to get used to Anna Silver's writing but at the end it was a fantastic read. 




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AUTHOR BIO
 Anna Silver is an artist and writer living in the greater Houston area with her family, pets, and overactive imagination. Her art, which includes oil paintings, assemblage sculptures, and fairy houses, has been featured in the Houston gallery Las Manos Magicas. She studied English Writing & Rhetoric at St. Edward’s University in Austin. She has written web copy for private clients and freelanced for the Hill Country Current in Texas. Her write-up on a past-life regression experience was chosen to be featured in best-selling author Brian Weiss’ new book. She is a member of the Writer’s League of Texas. OTHERBORN is her first published novel.



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1 comment:

  1. Bethzaida, thank you for a terrific review and a great post! I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. I hope you share it on Goodreads/Amazon/B&N and get your 10 entries in the Kindle giveaway!

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