Infinity Lost
- Liquid Frost
- Oct 12, 2015
- 2 min read
Infinity Lost (Book 1 of 3) is YA, Sci-Fi for sure. I think the first book is entertaining and Harrison does well to paint a wondrous environment in which the bulk of the book takes place.
Firstly, I enjoyed the writing style with protagonist (Finn) and the reader discovering memories unfold together. Oh, and what memories await. It is a fairly messed-up life the daughter of the richest man on the planet lives.
We have some textbook Sci-Fi: The future finds one corporation running the world as it is so ingrained in daily life. We have a cold, elusive and brilliant father (ref. Richy McRich) and his daughter (Finn) that appear to have absolutely no relationship whatsoever.
On the YA side: Mix in hormonal teens, love triangles, snotty brats and school, and you got the foundation for this adventure.
This is the first time I jumped into the Kindle First arena. I see some people can read a book in just a couple hours and post their findings soon after the book goes live. I read fast, but not that fast. That said, this is a relatively short book (246 pages) and is the first of three for a planned trilogy.
I'm not sold on the notion that book one couldn't be the beginning chapters of one finished work (sans the need to purchase three books). It was entertaining and the pace is solid. Predictable, as well.
In sum, as a reader, if a book is entertaining but doesn't make me really want to not/continue the story, I chalk it up as a fun diversion from reality. 3 of 5 Stars
From the Publisher:
In the near future, one corporation, Blackstone Technologies, has changed the world: no disasters, no poverty, and life-altering technology. Blackstone has the impunity to destroy—or create—as it sees fit.
Infinity “Finn” Blackstone is the seventeen-year-old daughter of Blackstone’s reclusive CEO—but she’s never even met him. When disturbing dreams about a past she doesn’t remember begin to torment her, Finn knows there’s only one person who can provide answers: her father.
After Finn and an elite group of peers are invited to Blackstone’s top-secret HQ, Finn realizes she may have a chance to confront her father. But when a highly sophisticated company AI morphs into a killing machine, the trip descends into chaos. Trapped inside shape-shifting walls, Finn and her friends are at the mercy of an all-seeing intelligence that will destroy everything to get to her.
With no hope of help, Finn’s dream-memories may be the only chance of survival. But will she remember in time to save her own life and the lives of those around her?
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