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The Imprint Trilogy #1
HASH: Human Alien Species Hybrid
Every night, Jade is rattled by a recurring dream—a dream that’s as real as the research institute where she lives. When flames fall from the sky and an alien ship crashes into Earth, Jade becomes government property and at the mercy of scientists. After all, she’s imprinted with an intelligent alien metal that could be the answer to all of Earth’s problems.
However, in the wrong hands, the metal implant could become the deadliest weapon known to humankind.
Kept underground for sixteen years, Jade fights to keep her sanity and understand the intelligent organism that is wrapped around her spine. When a new company takes over the science institute, Jade’s alien symbiont warns her of imminent danger.
Then Jade meets Aric, the lone survivor from the spaceship. They form an alliance that will change their personal destiny and they put a plan into motion that will alter the future of mankind.
Book One of THE IMPRINT TRILOGY.
However, in the wrong hands, the metal implant could become the deadliest weapon known to humankind.
Kept underground for sixteen years, Jade fights to keep her sanity and understand the intelligent organism that is wrapped around her spine. When a new company takes over the science institute, Jade’s alien symbiont warns her of imminent danger.
Then Jade meets Aric, the lone survivor from the spaceship. They form an alliance that will change their personal destiny and they put a plan into motion that will alter the future of mankind.
Book One of THE IMPRINT TRILOGY.
182 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 28, 2013
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About the author
April M. Reign
81 books93 followersApril M. Reign was born and raised in Southern California by her happily married parents. She is the oldest of three daughters and considers both of her sisters to be her best friends.
Growing up, she was involved in many sports: softball, surfing, tennis, and Kenpo karate. Many weekends at the beach with her family included her father packing up the long boards and teaching all three daughters how to ride a wave. The activity that stands out the most for her is the thirteen years that she spent studying karate with her family. The family’s karate days remain as some of her fondest memories.
Sports weren’t the only activities that she enjoyed. She played the accordion for twelve years and even played for Jerry Lewis kids fundraisers. During those years, she learned how to read and write music.
Besides writing music, during her high school years, she also discovered her passion for writing words. At fifteen, she began writing poetry. By the time she reached the age of twenty, she was writing short stories, with no other intention than to get the stories from her mind to paper.
At twenty-one years old, she married and shortly after, two handsome sons graced her life. When her marriage ended, she faced the long, difficult path of raising her two boys into strong, well-mannered young men. She took on the task with fervor.
In order to support her children, she worked as a litigation analyst for ten years at a large company and began to pursue a career in law. After long hours in college and even more hours at the law library, while still raising her children alone, she realized that practicing law was not the dream that she wanted to live. She spent the next eleven years as a U.S. Customs Broker, working directly with the FDA and FWS, clearing international shipments into the country.
While she worked full time and raised two adolescent boys, she also decided to follow her dream to write a book. A year later, Enticing the Moon was published. Since then, she has written six more novels and several short stories, and has entered many writing contests, winning first place on several occasions.
As an indie author, April M. Reign writes and publishes her own books. With the increase in her book sales, she was able to give up her job in the corporate world and pursue her dream of writing stories which she hopes capture the attention and intrigue of her readers.
Readers can find April M. Reign’s eBooks on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and more online retailers. The books are also available in print at Lulu.com.
Growing up, she was involved in many sports: softball, surfing, tennis, and Kenpo karate. Many weekends at the beach with her family included her father packing up the long boards and teaching all three daughters how to ride a wave. The activity that stands out the most for her is the thirteen years that she spent studying karate with her family. The family’s karate days remain as some of her fondest memories.
Sports weren’t the only activities that she enjoyed. She played the accordion for twelve years and even played for Jerry Lewis kids fundraisers. During those years, she learned how to read and write music.
Besides writing music, during her high school years, she also discovered her passion for writing words. At fifteen, she began writing poetry. By the time she reached the age of twenty, she was writing short stories, with no other intention than to get the stories from her mind to paper.
At twenty-one years old, she married and shortly after, two handsome sons graced her life. When her marriage ended, she faced the long, difficult path of raising her two boys into strong, well-mannered young men. She took on the task with fervor.
In order to support her children, she worked as a litigation analyst for ten years at a large company and began to pursue a career in law. After long hours in college and even more hours at the law library, while still raising her children alone, she realized that practicing law was not the dream that she wanted to live. She spent the next eleven years as a U.S. Customs Broker, working directly with the FDA and FWS, clearing international shipments into the country.
While she worked full time and raised two adolescent boys, she also decided to follow her dream to write a book. A year later, Enticing the Moon was published. Since then, she has written six more novels and several short stories, and has entered many writing contests, winning first place on several occasions.
As an indie author, April M. Reign writes and publishes her own books. With the increase in her book sales, she was able to give up her job in the corporate world and pursue her dream of writing stories which she hopes capture the attention and intrigue of her readers.
Readers can find April M. Reign’s eBooks on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and more online retailers. The books are also available in print at Lulu.com.
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August 4, 2015
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I thought this was an awesome, quick little read. You have Jade that was in a car crash at three-years-old with her parents, which killed them. An alien spacecraft crashed into them. Jade made contact with a female alien who attached a metal piece inside of her arm that moved to her back to live there.
Sixteen years later at the age of nineteen Jade is in a government institute where she has lived all of her life. She lives in a little room, more like a cell. She has, what she calls her imaginary friend, Em with her everywhere she goes. Dr. Stevens has been a sort of mother to Jade all of her life. She has been trying to find ways to remove the metal from Jade's body, but it can't seem to be done without killing Jade.
Unfortunately, the institute has been bought out by some jerks that want to do bad things to Jade. They feel like for sixteen years the money has been wasted on Jade. So, they introduce her to Aric..yummy Aric. It turns out that Aric was in the wreck as well and his parents were the aliens that were killed. So Aric is a full blooded alien that looks like your best desert. They have been in this place for sixteen years and finally able to meet each other.
Aric can show Jade his home planet of Celenia when they touch hands. He can show her his people and the bad aliens called the Devourers.
The new people that have taken over, Professor Ahern being their boss, have bad things planned for Jade and Aric and possibly for the future of the planet and the aliens out there somewhere.
But Jade and Aric have other plans with the help of Dr. Stevens and Em.
I loved this book and I am looking forward to what happens in the next two books in this trilogy. At this time they are all on kindle unlimited for those that want to read them. Fin
I thought this was an awesome, quick little read. You have Jade that was in a car crash at three-years-old with her parents, which killed them. An alien spacecraft crashed into them. Jade made contact with a female alien who attached a metal piece inside of her arm that moved to her back to live there.
Sixteen years later at the age of nineteen Jade is in a government institute where she has lived all of her life. She lives in a little room, more like a cell. She has, what she calls her imaginary friend, Em with her everywhere she goes. Dr. Stevens has been a sort of mother to Jade all of her life. She has been trying to find ways to remove the metal from Jade's body, but it can't seem to be done without killing Jade.
Unfortunately, the institute has been bought out by some jerks that want to do bad things to Jade. They feel like for sixteen years the money has been wasted on Jade. So, they introduce her to Aric..yummy Aric. It turns out that Aric was in the wreck as well and his parents were the aliens that were killed. So Aric is a full blooded alien that looks like your best desert. They have been in this place for sixteen years and finally able to meet each other.
Aric can show Jade his home planet of Celenia when they touch hands. He can show her his people and the bad aliens called the Devourers.
The new people that have taken over, Professor Ahern being their boss, have bad things planned for Jade and Aric and possibly for the future of the planet and the aliens out there somewhere.
But Jade and Aric have other plans with the help of Dr. Stevens and Em.
I loved this book and I am looking forward to what happens in the next two books in this trilogy. At this time they are all on kindle unlimited for those that want to read them. Fin
April 8, 2015
HASH
I think I am more disappointed with the reviews of this book being so high than actually with the book. If it had lower ratings it would have been okay but so many 5 stars? I was expecting WAY more, like some characterization maybe.
This book just felt rushed and hollow. I love the premise and I think it had original type aliens but everything was just glossed over. I do not feel a connection between Aric and Jade at all. You don’t even know Aric. He is basically a chiseled mannequin. That’s it. What is his personality? Does he have any endearing quirks? We don’t know. Jade meets him and then… well the next 5 visits are glossed over. Literally. We are told that they met four or five other times and that it was awkward and they didn’t talk. We are told. We do not experience it. It is rushed over. Then he references a conversation they had about an exercise her showed her. Hmmm. According to her they didn’t speak. It was just frustrating.
The first time he starts to get a personality is when he knocks out a guard and Jade is shocked by his violence. So all we know is that he is unnecessarily violent? My heart is melting for him. : / And then the in love type references start. “Of course, then we kissed”. Of course? What would make you think they, of course, would kiss? They had only kissed once before and it was more of an experiment. Or when Jade is in his familiar arms? How the heck did they get so familiar in being hugged twice? References like that make it feel pushed and rushed.
Another thing... Jade says at one point that Aric had never looked so alien to her before... Okay, what made his look alien? The violence? Was something happening with the implant? What? What makes him alien? Different? His mother was described as looking alien so why is Aric EXACTLY like a human? Hopefully this will be answered.
The up side is Em. She is the alien technology inhabiting Jade. She can only be seen by Jade and Aric. At first I thought I was going to hate her but she ended up being my favorite. She, being an unfeeling robotic device, had a more defined personality that Aric. She was childish, bossy, nosey and inquisitive. She was also original.
I started reading the second one because this first one just ends… It’s one of the books that you have to read the next one or you wasted your time. It’s a quick read and so far in book 2 (you get 3 chapters at least) Aric seems to have more personality. Even if things are very rushed already.
I think I am more disappointed with the reviews of this book being so high than actually with the book. If it had lower ratings it would have been okay but so many 5 stars? I was expecting WAY more, like some characterization maybe.
This book just felt rushed and hollow. I love the premise and I think it had original type aliens but everything was just glossed over. I do not feel a connection between Aric and Jade at all. You don’t even know Aric. He is basically a chiseled mannequin. That’s it. What is his personality? Does he have any endearing quirks? We don’t know. Jade meets him and then… well the next 5 visits are glossed over. Literally. We are told that they met four or five other times and that it was awkward and they didn’t talk. We are told. We do not experience it. It is rushed over. Then he references a conversation they had about an exercise her showed her. Hmmm. According to her they didn’t speak. It was just frustrating.
The first time he starts to get a personality is when he knocks out a guard and Jade is shocked by his violence. So all we know is that he is unnecessarily violent? My heart is melting for him. : / And then the in love type references start. “Of course, then we kissed”. Of course? What would make you think they, of course, would kiss? They had only kissed once before and it was more of an experiment. Or when Jade is in his familiar arms? How the heck did they get so familiar in being hugged twice? References like that make it feel pushed and rushed.
Another thing... Jade says at one point that Aric had never looked so alien to her before... Okay, what made his look alien? The violence? Was something happening with the implant? What? What makes him alien? Different? His mother was described as looking alien so why is Aric EXACTLY like a human? Hopefully this will be answered.
The up side is Em. She is the alien technology inhabiting Jade. She can only be seen by Jade and Aric. At first I thought I was going to hate her but she ended up being my favorite. She, being an unfeeling robotic device, had a more defined personality that Aric. She was childish, bossy, nosey and inquisitive. She was also original.
I started reading the second one because this first one just ends… It’s one of the books that you have to read the next one or you wasted your time. It’s a quick read and so far in book 2 (you get 3 chapters at least) Aric seems to have more personality. Even if things are very rushed already.
May 30, 2015
I liked the idea of the girl being kept in a secured facility due to her contact with an alien that left her with a metal implant. I mean I could totally see the government doing something like that. So for originality, I'd give this novella an easy 5.
Characters side: Since it's written in the first person POV of Jade, the imprisoned girl, we only know what she does, and sees, and since she only meets Aric later in the story for only a few brief moments before the big final, we don't get to learn much about him. Yet, that's understandable, but I wished we could have learned to know Jade a bit more. Em, the imprint and a character we think for the longest time is a figment of Jade's imagination is probably the one that felt the most alive. She was fun, teasing, and likeable.
I don't know if we can call what Jade and Aric have love or mutual attraction, but it didn't feel natural. The few times they met, they didn't even talk. Or at least, we're told they didn't because these parts were skimmed by the author. Then they kiss and…connect.
Over all, there's not much happening in this novella, but I didn't expect it either since it's so short. The book ends at 77%. The rest are chapters from the sequel. I have started to read them but haven't finished yet. Will I continue and buy the sequels, honestly, I'm not sure yet.
HASH is a quick read that would probably best suit a young audience.
Characters side: Since it's written in the first person POV of Jade, the imprisoned girl, we only know what she does, and sees, and since she only meets Aric later in the story for only a few brief moments before the big final, we don't get to learn much about him. Yet, that's understandable, but I wished we could have learned to know Jade a bit more. Em, the imprint and a character we think for the longest time is a figment of Jade's imagination is probably the one that felt the most alive. She was fun, teasing, and likeable.
I don't know if we can call what Jade and Aric have love or mutual attraction, but it didn't feel natural. The few times they met, they didn't even talk. Or at least, we're told they didn't because these parts were skimmed by the author. Then they kiss and…connect.
Over all, there's not much happening in this novella, but I didn't expect it either since it's so short. The book ends at 77%. The rest are chapters from the sequel. I have started to read them but haven't finished yet. Will I continue and buy the sequels, honestly, I'm not sure yet.
HASH is a quick read that would probably best suit a young audience.
August 19, 2017
Loved the concept. Hated the cliffhanger
February 11, 2015
Weeding through independent authors can at times be hit or miss. I was privileged to have a chance to read April Reign’s HASH. She is one of the early pioneers of independent authoring and a great success story in and of herself. I enjoyed reading HASH and really love the concept.
The Prologue pulls the reader in right from the get go. A spaceship crash lands in the middle of nowhere. The crash takes out an unsuspecting family driving down the road leaving only one survivor, a three year old girl. An alien on the brink of death transfers a metal (to me much like a soul which I will explain in a little bit) to the girl. It’s a painful experience that never leaves our heroin, Jade, who has now spent her life cooped up in a laboratory since she was three. With great power, comes great responsibility and Jade benefits from it. So much so that she has become an experiment.
We catch up with Jade, now in her late teens, very attractive and overly burdened. The author does a wonderful job of teasing the reader with a new character called Em. Em represents the metal infusion which had intertwined with Jade’s physical body. Remnants of it reach out from her spine. I constantly found myself wondering if this was an alien implant technology, the soul of the alien or just a way for Jade’s mind to deal with her special power. Em cannot be seen by anyone except Jade and they have a very interesting relationship. I would say it is sisterly which added a nice touch to the story and the dimension of the character. Together they express themselves through conflict which eventually becomes comforting. The conflict that is. Em as the “know it all” and Jade, tolerating her because she has to. Sound familiar?
Dr. Stevens is the science project lead overseeing the removal of the alien metal. If the metal is removed it will kill Jade. She is the only mother figure Jade has and the Doctor is well aware of that. Unfortunately, Startech, the company who has bought out the project will be moving Dr. Stevens out and replacing her with Dr. Ahern who is all business and has a “bigger vision.” This sets up a very classic battle that reminded me of Spock’s death in the movie Star Trek. “The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many.” Stevens represents the heart of caring for an individual and Ahern represents the needs of society. There is a catch here and I find it very compelling. Greed. Ahern uses the argument when underlying is corporate greed.
A sinister plot awaits as we are introduced to a new character named Aric. The love interest is well handled and crosses a number of thresholds whether or not the intent was there. First the concept of a human and alien falling in love which crosses the boundaries of what romance is. They have many commonalities that attract them to each other beyond physical attributes. They each have the metal imbedded in their skin, they are both survivors of the crash and each lost their parents. Above all of that they have been a constant source of experimentation. Aric is tall dark and handsome and very powerful. Much beyond human strength, he has abilities that no human has. I realize none of this sounds very sinister, but when you mix in the earlier plot conflict then this aspect becomes much more enhanced. Why? Because Startech no longer needs Jade if a baby is born. You see up until now, Aric and Jade have been kept apart, but now that Startech is involved they want the two to breed. Once the baby is born, Jade’s metal will be removed and scientists will no longer have the need to worry about what happens to Jade.
Startech turns this into a life or death situation and under the current circumstances, I don’t blame Jade and Aric for wanting to break out of the test tube. They devise a plan to leave the world they have always known for the outside. I will not disclose who makes it, who doesn’t and what they find.
There are some minor issues that I have with HASH. I thought at times I would have liked to been in the moment of the scene over having an explanation. I would have liked the book to have been a little longer for more development, but don’t forget this is a story that is spanning across several books, so there is plenty of time for the past to erupt as the author moves forward in the series.
Overall, I found the writing crisp and on point. The characters are well developed and believable. Dialogue is very good and well-paced. This book will meet the requirements for any sci-fi enthusiast. People who enjoy light romance will also enjoy HASH if they are looking for something different. I absolutely love the whole concept of a living metal and HASH kept me interested from beginning to end. Well done.
The Prologue pulls the reader in right from the get go. A spaceship crash lands in the middle of nowhere. The crash takes out an unsuspecting family driving down the road leaving only one survivor, a three year old girl. An alien on the brink of death transfers a metal (to me much like a soul which I will explain in a little bit) to the girl. It’s a painful experience that never leaves our heroin, Jade, who has now spent her life cooped up in a laboratory since she was three. With great power, comes great responsibility and Jade benefits from it. So much so that she has become an experiment.
We catch up with Jade, now in her late teens, very attractive and overly burdened. The author does a wonderful job of teasing the reader with a new character called Em. Em represents the metal infusion which had intertwined with Jade’s physical body. Remnants of it reach out from her spine. I constantly found myself wondering if this was an alien implant technology, the soul of the alien or just a way for Jade’s mind to deal with her special power. Em cannot be seen by anyone except Jade and they have a very interesting relationship. I would say it is sisterly which added a nice touch to the story and the dimension of the character. Together they express themselves through conflict which eventually becomes comforting. The conflict that is. Em as the “know it all” and Jade, tolerating her because she has to. Sound familiar?
Dr. Stevens is the science project lead overseeing the removal of the alien metal. If the metal is removed it will kill Jade. She is the only mother figure Jade has and the Doctor is well aware of that. Unfortunately, Startech, the company who has bought out the project will be moving Dr. Stevens out and replacing her with Dr. Ahern who is all business and has a “bigger vision.” This sets up a very classic battle that reminded me of Spock’s death in the movie Star Trek. “The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many.” Stevens represents the heart of caring for an individual and Ahern represents the needs of society. There is a catch here and I find it very compelling. Greed. Ahern uses the argument when underlying is corporate greed.
A sinister plot awaits as we are introduced to a new character named Aric. The love interest is well handled and crosses a number of thresholds whether or not the intent was there. First the concept of a human and alien falling in love which crosses the boundaries of what romance is. They have many commonalities that attract them to each other beyond physical attributes. They each have the metal imbedded in their skin, they are both survivors of the crash and each lost their parents. Above all of that they have been a constant source of experimentation. Aric is tall dark and handsome and very powerful. Much beyond human strength, he has abilities that no human has. I realize none of this sounds very sinister, but when you mix in the earlier plot conflict then this aspect becomes much more enhanced. Why? Because Startech no longer needs Jade if a baby is born. You see up until now, Aric and Jade have been kept apart, but now that Startech is involved they want the two to breed. Once the baby is born, Jade’s metal will be removed and scientists will no longer have the need to worry about what happens to Jade.
Startech turns this into a life or death situation and under the current circumstances, I don’t blame Jade and Aric for wanting to break out of the test tube. They devise a plan to leave the world they have always known for the outside. I will not disclose who makes it, who doesn’t and what they find.
There are some minor issues that I have with HASH. I thought at times I would have liked to been in the moment of the scene over having an explanation. I would have liked the book to have been a little longer for more development, but don’t forget this is a story that is spanning across several books, so there is plenty of time for the past to erupt as the author moves forward in the series.
Overall, I found the writing crisp and on point. The characters are well developed and believable. Dialogue is very good and well-paced. This book will meet the requirements for any sci-fi enthusiast. People who enjoy light romance will also enjoy HASH if they are looking for something different. I absolutely love the whole concept of a living metal and HASH kept me interested from beginning to end. Well done.
April 19, 2015
When your life is nothing but an experiment, escaping your handlers is your only option.
This review is from: HASH: Human Alien Species Hybrid (Book #1) (Imprint Trilogy)
Imagine you where in a car wreck with your parents at age 3, a little girl comes into contact with an alien just after, the Alien is dying and passes on a part of herself in a living metal that wraps around your spine, you wake up screaming from this nightmare for 16 yrs. Then imagine you are a Alien child 3 yrs old that watches the same wreck from a space craft as it collides with earth, and you remember the same accident from that prospective, one where you are also orphaned. Now 16 yrs later they meet, in the research lab they have both been raised and imprisoned in since, because someone greedy is looking to breed the two of you and then discard you for the living metal that is in place in your bodies. For Him, this girl, she is part of your Mother, and contact brings memories. For Her, he is the son of the Alien that passed on the living metal that grips your spine. They have been tested, experimented on, and imprisoned, now they are faced with the choice of breed a hybrid child, or face a surgery that will kill you so that scientist can get that metal. Running is the only option, staying together while your memories continue to unlock each others past, and lay out the future. April Reign has woven a wonderful tale of finding yourself and escape, the two teens one Alien and one Human with Alien technology are searching for a home and it isn't on Earth. Earth stopped being home when it started considering them experiments, and research. Can they escape and find a future together? Do they have a choice? When the only Dr to show them kindness is killed by an ambitious new scientist that has purchased the 'project' that is the teens lives, trusting her is the last thing they will do. Survival is a must, answers will come, the question is at what price? Both orphaned at the same time they have only themselves and the memories of the metal to lead them, they question is to where?
This review is from: HASH: Human Alien Species Hybrid (Book #1) (Imprint Trilogy)
Imagine you where in a car wreck with your parents at age 3, a little girl comes into contact with an alien just after, the Alien is dying and passes on a part of herself in a living metal that wraps around your spine, you wake up screaming from this nightmare for 16 yrs. Then imagine you are a Alien child 3 yrs old that watches the same wreck from a space craft as it collides with earth, and you remember the same accident from that prospective, one where you are also orphaned. Now 16 yrs later they meet, in the research lab they have both been raised and imprisoned in since, because someone greedy is looking to breed the two of you and then discard you for the living metal that is in place in your bodies. For Him, this girl, she is part of your Mother, and contact brings memories. For Her, he is the son of the Alien that passed on the living metal that grips your spine. They have been tested, experimented on, and imprisoned, now they are faced with the choice of breed a hybrid child, or face a surgery that will kill you so that scientist can get that metal. Running is the only option, staying together while your memories continue to unlock each others past, and lay out the future. April Reign has woven a wonderful tale of finding yourself and escape, the two teens one Alien and one Human with Alien technology are searching for a home and it isn't on Earth. Earth stopped being home when it started considering them experiments, and research. Can they escape and find a future together? Do they have a choice? When the only Dr to show them kindness is killed by an ambitious new scientist that has purchased the 'project' that is the teens lives, trusting her is the last thing they will do. Survival is a must, answers will come, the question is at what price? Both orphaned at the same time they have only themselves and the memories of the metal to lead them, they question is to where?
November 12, 2013
I thought I would download this for my Kindle and see what it was like. To say that I was pleasantly surprised would be an understatement.
The book is a first person account from a girl named Jade who has spent sixteen years in a Scientific Institution following an accident when she was three years old. The accident claimed the lives of her parents and Jade ended having an implant in her, which caused an invisible to materialise to her. Although this invisible friend is more than that. The friend has a name - Emerald - due to the colour of her eyes, although Jade and everyone at the institution call her Em. Jade is the only person able to see Em due to the implant.
During the book, Jade is introduced to a nineteen year old boy called Aric who also seems to have the same kind of implant, and he can converse with Em. When Jade and Aric touch, secrets are unlocked, and Em is then able to access computers and read emails. This is where she finds a sinister plan, and there is only one thing they can do - escape the institution they have both lived in for the last sixteen years.
This first book in the trilogy introduces us to Jade, Em and Aric and explains the origins of the implants and what they mean to the three of them. Dealing with the death of a friend shows that protagonists are not closed off so as not to feel emotion. The descriptions of their surroundings allows you to see what the facility looks like in your mind.
The explosive climax of the book is well written and leaves you breathless. I wanted to pick up the next book immediately to see what happens
The book is aimed at young adults, and is a very easy read. It's well written and worth reading more than once. Out of five, this is a definite FIVE stars.
The book is a first person account from a girl named Jade who has spent sixteen years in a Scientific Institution following an accident when she was three years old. The accident claimed the lives of her parents and Jade ended having an implant in her, which caused an invisible to materialise to her. Although this invisible friend is more than that. The friend has a name - Emerald - due to the colour of her eyes, although Jade and everyone at the institution call her Em. Jade is the only person able to see Em due to the implant.
During the book, Jade is introduced to a nineteen year old boy called Aric who also seems to have the same kind of implant, and he can converse with Em. When Jade and Aric touch, secrets are unlocked, and Em is then able to access computers and read emails. This is where she finds a sinister plan, and there is only one thing they can do - escape the institution they have both lived in for the last sixteen years.
This first book in the trilogy introduces us to Jade, Em and Aric and explains the origins of the implants and what they mean to the three of them. Dealing with the death of a friend shows that protagonists are not closed off so as not to feel emotion. The descriptions of their surroundings allows you to see what the facility looks like in your mind.
The explosive climax of the book is well written and leaves you breathless. I wanted to pick up the next book immediately to see what happens
The book is aimed at young adults, and is a very easy read. It's well written and worth reading more than once. Out of five, this is a definite FIVE stars.
September 12, 2013
Jade, an orphan survivor of a car crash, has been locked away in a science facility for most of her life, her only companion is Em, an image only she can see. She was locked away because her crash was connected to that of an alien ship carrying another family and she is now the possessor of an entity from that alien ship. Em is the consciousness of that entity.
Unknown to Jade is that there was another survivor of the alien ship - Aric. When Jade, Aric and Em meet as part of a cruel experiment in the name of science, new worlds open up for all of them and there may just be a chance to escape, maybe.
This book was well written- the ending will leave you wanting more of Jade, Aric and Em..and the next book from April Reign.
Unknown to Jade is that there was another survivor of the alien ship - Aric. When Jade, Aric and Em meet as part of a cruel experiment in the name of science, new worlds open up for all of them and there may just be a chance to escape, maybe.
This book was well written- the ending will leave you wanting more of Jade, Aric and Em..and the next book from April Reign.
September 5, 2015
What a perfect start to a series!
Sci-fi is not usually my first choice when looking for a book but something about this one appealed to me and as my Goodreads challenge is to read 200 books this year I was looking for some variety. I chose correctly with this one.
It has just the right amount of technological intrique to keep you wanting more.
The heroine 'Jade' is well written and watching her emerge from her safety zone as her situation becomes dangerous is gripping. Although I think the Author is unfair to only give us two kisses with Aric.
Looking forward to getting to second base in the next book, with the story and also Aric!! Well done and recommended (even to non sci-fi buffs)
Sci-fi is not usually my first choice when looking for a book but something about this one appealed to me and as my Goodreads challenge is to read 200 books this year I was looking for some variety. I chose correctly with this one.
It has just the right amount of technological intrique to keep you wanting more.
The heroine 'Jade' is well written and watching her emerge from her safety zone as her situation becomes dangerous is gripping. Although I think the Author is unfair to only give us two kisses with Aric.
Looking forward to getting to second base in the next book, with the story and also Aric!! Well done and recommended (even to non sci-fi buffs)
December 9, 2014
Not bad for a teen romance/sci-fy, but predictable. Grammar (not including character dialogue)is not awful like others I have read so that's a plus. I went on to read the rest of the trilogy over the next few days. Book 2 had a slight surprise which I will not spill here, and number 3 was again predictable but likeable all the same. Moral of the story "Don't be a snob/ love conquers all" or scientifically speaking "Hybrid vigor is good, but not always healthy." ;)
June 12, 2015
I really liked this. You were given enough background story the beginning so you weren't lost. Can you imagine all those years locked up for your 'safety'? Now you find out that's not really the plan, it never was. So who can you trust? Where can you run? Will it ever be safe again?
July 14, 2013
I bought the book late last night, and finished it today. It was a great read, full of action, and you connect to the characters. At the end, you'll be waiting for the next story in this series.
July 23, 2013
Fun easy read. I love the premise and the characters. The story is fast paced and I couldn't put it down. I can't wait for the next book!
September 4, 2013
Loved it! Can't wait for book 2.
September 27, 2013
Is a great book to read
February 13, 2016
Maybe I had too high expectations, but I was rather disappointed by the story. It was nicely written but I think the story had more potential than it used. Unfortunately, only an ok read.
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