I admit it. I did not read the description of this book that carefully before I ordered it from Booksneeze. I was so excited that there was actually a fiction title available for review (usually I’m not fast enough to order those!) that I quickly ordered it and waited for it to arrive. When it did, I realized that the book is a YA (young adult literature) science fiction novel about a boy who has to save the world from aliens, and that it is the first in a trilogy. To be fair, that is precisely what the description claims it to be, had I only read it, but it’s not a genre I typically read. Nonetheless, I had agreed to read and review the book.
What can I say? On the one hand, it fulfilled just about every stereotype I had in mind about YA fantasy fiction: the main character is an “everyday kid” whose parents are tragically killed who then discovers he is “special” and it is up to him to save the world (and uncover the truth behind his parents’ death) with the help of his two friends. It’s a race against time, etc., etc.
