Review: Fugitive X by Gregg Rosenblum (28 days of reviews #1)

**This is for the second book in a series and may contain spoilers**

Fugitive X by Gregg Rosenblum

Series: Revolution 19, #2
Release Date: January 7^th 2014
Publisher:  HarperTeen
Format: ebook
Pages: 272
Genre: Young Adult – Sci-fi Dystopia
Source: Edelweiss
Author:  Twitter | Goodreads
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Their fight for freedom is humanity's last hope for survival. The chilling Revolution 19 trilogy continues in Fugitive X.

A war between humans and robots is on the horizon, and only one side will survive.

Siblings Nick, Kevin, and Cass are struggling to survive in a world where deadly, sophisticated robots have turned on their creators and enslaved mankind. Fugitives from one of the bot-controlled Cities, the siblings venture into the woods, but when they are attacked by bot foot soldiers, the siblings are separated...and for the first time, they are on their own.

Created in conjunction with Alloy Entertainment; Howard Gordon, showrunner of 24 and Showtime's Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Homeland; and James Wong, writer-director of the Final Destination films, Fugitive X is the gripping next installment in the cinematic Revolution 19 series.

Fugitive X starts immediately where the first one left off. Nick, Kevin, and Cass have managed to escape the city but weren't able to save their parents. They are headed to the nearest freepost to try and reunite with their friends. There they hope to figure out a way back into the city and stage some sort of rebellion.

All of the kids end up getting separated soon after the start. After Nick is separated from the group Cass is injured and on the brink of death and Kevin has no choice but to leave her for a bot to find. Meanwhile Nick is taking by some strange robots to a place called the island. For the first time all three siblings are separated.

Cass’s story goes a completely different direction than I thought it would, with a rather large plot twist. Cass is brought back to the city to be re-educated. Everything goes completely wrong. Her sections of the book are by far my favorite. As with the first book, I had a horrible time keeping Kevin and Nick's characters straight. I would always forget who was who especially now that they weren’t together and Nick.

Speaking of plot twists, that happens a couple times during this book and I rather enjoyed that. I did see one coming from a mile away though. However I don’t think there was a way to keep that hidden. I would have been more surprised if I had been wrong.

This book gave us a little more of an explanation for what happened and why but still not enough. I am super interested to see who the senior advisor really is and why he want’s so much to be human. I think I might now who fugitive X is but I am not quite sure on that either. The ending to this book was fantastic though and left us with quite a cliffhanger. I can’t wait to continue on with the last book.

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*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 

Review: Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum

Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum

Series: Revolution 19, #1
Release Date: January 8th 2013
Publisher: HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 265
Genre: Young Adult – Science Fiction, Dystopia
Source: My Collection
Author: Twitter | Goodreads
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Twenty years ago, the robots designed to fight our wars abandoned the battlefields. Then they turned their weapons on us.

Only a few escaped the robot revolution of 2071. Kevin, Nick, and Cass are lucky —they live with their parents in a secret human community in the woods. Then their village is detected and wiped out. Hopeful that other survivors have been captured by bots, the teens risk everything to save the only people they have left in the world—by infiltrating a city controlled by their greatest enemies.

Revolution 19 is a cinematic thriller unlike anything else. With a dynamic cast of characters, this surefire blockbuster has everything teen readers want—action, drama, mystery, and romance. Written by debut novelist Gregg Rosenblum, this gripping story shouldn’t be missed.

Revolution 19 is a robot post-apocalyptic story that follows that points of view of three different kids that were lucky enough to survive. Kevin and his brother Nick, and their adopted sister Cass. They live in a village in the middle of the woods with a bunch of other people. They have their own electrical grids and they have been surviving there for years. Until one day when Nick finds something on the ground that may have doomed everyone. The kids are lucky enough to escape a second time only to realize they must put themselves into the open and go into the city to save the ones they love.

There is a lot of action and drama. A very slight romance but it definitely isn’t the focus of the book and is only brought up a couple times. I actually have a feeling that it may be more pronounced in the second book. I loved the fact that this was based more on the problem at hand than establishing a romance. The fact that there is no love triangle is a bonus too.

I enjoyed the fact that robots were the controlling power and I could definitely see this as a thing that could really happen to us. People rely on machines way too much. When the kids make it to the city and realize that nothing is what they believed it to be, however it is still just as dangerous to them. Because they were constantly on the run there was always some suspense at what would happen next. Which kept me wanting to read. The robots were not as scary as I imagined they would be and it seems they are pretty easily destroyed. I’m hoping something new and exciting comes out in the next book.

There wasn’t a whole lot of world building in this book. We know the basic stuff like what was going on and what led to the robot take over but we really didn’t how they really came to be. It is just touched upon. I would like some more answers on that and I believe they will be answered in the next book. I also continually got confused between Kevin and Nick. There were no differences between them personality wise so I had to sometimes go back and make sure I was thinking of the correct person.

I didn’t see any problems with the writing style and I felt that it flowed smoothly. As I said with the robot situation, things seemed to happen easily when they needed to. Particularly in the last few scenes of the book. I have a feeling this will continue on in the rest of the series but hopefully I can look past that.

If you are looking for some super scary “Terminator” type story then this one is probably not for you. I still think it was a good quick read and I will definitely be reading the second book.

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