On the Back of the Book
Flooded England, 2216...
Lilly Melkun has outwitted the bloodthirsty Reavers, who prowl
the waters that cover most of England - and escaped to Cambridge. But Lilly is
far from safe, because still in her keeping is PSAI, the last hand-held
computer in existence - a now malfunctioning treasure from the past. Inside the
jewellike computer, is a sinister looking chip with an unknown purpose.
Worse follows, when the professors of Cambridge plug it into an
ancient mainframe computer setting in motion a fiery chain of eents leading
back to London. A false, anti-terrorist alert has been activated. Strange,
out-of-control robots from a long-ago technological time, threaten to use
'maximum force' to control everything in their way.
Once again, it's up to Lilly, Zeph and friends to save the world
from burning
Pre Read Thoughts
Old review
so I’ll just write what I put at the time.
I
actually won this book as part of a Goodreads First Reads thing. I’m not gonna
lie it was ages ago ad I did start it... but I kinda misplaced it. (I do that a
lot don’t I?) On the bright side look it has my name in it!!! So I read other books and when I found this I put at the top of
my to read list. The RRP is £6.99 but on Kindle it’s £4.98 and paperback is
£5.24. As stated I got mine free but I won’t let that change my opinion of the
book. I love how bright the cover is and the flames and the water really bring
the title to life. The Synopsis sounds interesting and if this is anything like
book 1 it’ll be a good read.
Post Read Thoughts
Whoa! Well that certainly was an action-packed ride. I have
to say that I can see why I misplaced it as the book took a hundred or so pages
to get going. There’s no point in me pointing out that the spelling is
diabolical as it’s spelt how Lilly says it. That did irritate for a while I
will admit but I managed to get past it. Once I got into the story I found it
so much easier to read and I loved how it didn’t let up for one moment.
Lilly – Lilly’s the main character.
I like Lilly; I love how brave she is though I’d have liked to see some sadness
when she thought of her Granny. She has some great ideas and has adapted well to
the situations she’s been thrown into.
Lexy – Alexandra is the daughter
of the Primeminister of the final ten counties. She’s with Lilly because she
got kidnapped in book 1and Lilly is trying to get her home. Lexy has developed
into her own person and can see the flaws in the way her father runs England.
Zeph – Zephaniah Untamed is the
new boss of Angel Isling after the death of his father but it’s not going too
well for him. After making a deal with the Reaver council he has to decide
whether to sell out his Family or his friends. I couldn’t keep up with Zeph in
this one and that made it hard to judge him. I do think he did the right thing
in the end though.
Overall this is an action-packed ride. It packs plenty of
danger, decisions and sheer awesomeness in 457 pages. If you don’t mind waiting
for the story to find its feet and the fact that nearly everything is spelt slightly
wrong then this is the perfect book for you! I’m glad that I won it because it’s
the sort of thing I read anyway!
My Rating
4 Stars – This is really good, I
loved it. I recommend it to kids and adults alike because it has something for
everyone and our heroes are perfectly enjoyable and not at all controversial.
There’s a bit of murder but hey! It’s after the end of the world, this stuff
happens sometimes!
A Final Note
I wrote this review in 2012 but what I say still stands
because I remember liking the book.
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