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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff / Book Review #Lifel1k3


By: Jay Kristoff
Published by: Knopf Books
Released on: May 29, 2018
Series: LIFEL1K3
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Source: Purchased 
Rating: 5 Stars

On an island junkyard beneath a cigarette sky, a deadly secret lies buried in the scrap.

Seventeen-year-old Eve isn’t looking for secrets; she’s already too busy looking over her shoulder. The robot gladiator she spent months building is a smoking wreck, and the only thing keeping her grandpa alive was the handful of credits she just lost to the bookies. Worst of all, she’s discovered she can destroy machines with nothing more than her mind, and a bunch of puritanical fanatics are building a coffin her size. If she’s ever had a worse day, Eve can’t remember it.

But when Eve discovers the ruins of a beautiful android boy named Ezekiel buried in the scrap pile she calls home, her entire world is turned upside down. With her best friend and her robotic sidekick in tow, she and Ezekiel will trek across deserts of irradiated glass, battle cyborg assassins, and scour abandoned megacities to save the ones Eve loves . . . and learn the dark secrets of her past.

Even if those secrets were better off staying buried.

For those that have read any Jay Kristoff books in the past you will know they are fast paced, full of twists and turns and jam packed full of action. Lifel1k3 is no exception. Told with Jay's wit, the banter between the characters is what makes this book. With Jay you never know what you're going to get and you expect the unexpected, but you will not see the ending coming with this one at all. 

Eve is just trying to get from day to day, scavenging wrecks to build a robot gladiator to compete for money to help look after her sick grandfather. With the help of her friend Lemon Fresh and her robot Cricket, her main worry is looking after her friends and staying safe on the Island called the Dregs. But as strange memories of her life before her parents were killed, start coming back, she finds an Andriod boy called Ezekiel who seems to know more about her past than she does.

Set in a futuristic post WW4 USA, with androids, intelligent robots, and humans with modifications, this is a fun scify ride. But the main theme of this book is friendship. The friendship between Lemon and Eve is solid, as Jay puts it they are each others bestest. Then we have the addition of Ezekiel and the banter really starts. I just loved the language in this book. I loved how the characters spoke to each other, how they had fun with each other and how they coped in a crisis. My favourite quote has to be "you get fancy, Mister Stabby gets dancy, you read me?" The female leads were strong independant characters that will be loved by any YA reader and I'm glad my 15yr old daughter gets to read them.

On Friday 18th May my daughter Megan & I attended the Melbourne (Australia) launch of LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff. Lifel1k3 is the first solo YA book that Jay has written. But to help him launch this milestone his normal partner in crime and Illuminae co author Amie Kaufman hosted the night.

Amie Kaufman interviewing Jay Kristoff

Jay Kristoff, myself and daughter Megan


3 comments:

  1. I can't wait to read LIFEL1K3!! I thought Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars) was Jay Kristoff's first YA novel? Anyhoo, I will read any book written by Kristoff in whichever genre because he is an amazing writer! :D Great review!

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  2. Great review Emm :D So glad you loved this precious book. I did too. SO MUCH. It was just THE BEST, eeee :D I love Jay and his writing. Sigh. But gosh, this ending killed me. Hmph.

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  3. Emm, I love your review! I am so looking forward to this story! Glad that it lived up to the hype.

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