Swiped
By Evan Angler
Copyright Evan Angler – 2011
Published by Tommy Nelson
ISBN 978-1-4003-1836-0
Okay, so I learned a lesson the hard way here….
don’t volunteer to read books for teens if they don’t
interest you! Ugh!
Swiped really is an excellent book, although a bit drawn out
for my taste. And just about the time it had me hooked… I come to the end of the
book and find I’ve got to purchase the next in the series to find out what
happens to our hero and heroine! [Not something I have ever been a fan of!
Cliffhangers are simply not my cup of tea!]
Based in a post third World War America, unlikely teens join
forces to discover why some teens who test for getting the ”mark” don’t return.
Both with ulterior motives of their own.
Unfortunately, I began reading the book expecting it to be a
post-rapture work where everyone must have the “mark” to buy or sell. The
unknowing teen will be totally at a loss. And I am afraid Angler leaves them
without a proper ending to this particular segment of the story! You are
literally left hanging on the line at the end of this book, knowing nothing
more than what you started with. Not a lot.
Perhaps when the series is completed, and if read one right
after the other, the reader might make heads or tails of the story.
I don’t believe the average teen will be hooked by this
single edition.
I have to give Swiped only….
…three stars, and a …
…thumbs down.
***DISCLOSURE: This book was provided
by Book Sneeze in exchange for an independent and non-biased review.
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