Thursday, July 17, 2014

Book Review: Mila 2.0 By Debra Driza


Mila 2.0

By Debra Driza
Reviewed by Reece

When I first saw this book, I thought it would be a little odd. I’m not a big fan of robots, so I almost didn't pick the book up. My friend convinced me of reading Mila 2.0 saying that I would be surprised, and she was right, I was.

This book is about a 16 year old girl, who has a lot of flash backs, and soon finds out she’s not just a girl, but an android. **DUN DUN DAH!!** 
Before finding out about being a robot, she meets Hunter Lowe, the dreamy new kid who immediately falls for Mila, making Mila’s best friend jealous. Mila soon falls for Hunter as well, ending up on a date or two. They would have kissed, but at that moment Mila had one of her visions of something she thinks is her past.

One day when she returns home she finds her house in ruin and has to beat up a bunch of men who held her “mom” hostage in her own house. After that they pack up and run.  The peeps chasing them is a group called SMART Ops, (the bad guys) and another group (the other bad guys) VITA OBSCURA.

Like I said before, I did not expect this book to be this good. I loved how fast Mila got used to being an android. The reality hit her really hard, she took time to recover, but it was fast.

The very first chapter is slow, but the rest of the book makes up for that. In my opinion what kept me reading the MOST was the way every chapter ended with a DUN DUN DAH feeling, where I HAD to figure out what happened next.

Romance wise, there was very little, just some flirting and an almost kiss.

Violence wise, there is one part where Mila shoves a hairdryer plug into the enemies’ armpit. There is also a part where she sees another version of herself in a tunnel with a bullet in her head. She also witnesses someone’s death first hand, which isn't gruesomely described.

What I didn’t like about it was that at the end of the book, she calls Hunter and tells him to meet her at Virginia Beach. Obviously enough, Hunter agrees without second thought. The next chapter is set to when they meet up. I don’t know why, but I hate that after everything Mila has been through, she trusts this boy that she only just met.

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