Hooked on Books

I've been debating on what to rate this because it's not a bad book in terms of the writing style, pacing and character development but it just wasn't for me but, hey I don't care to read about sibling incest. The whole story was primarily ya drama and character development of 5 wealthy and not-so-wealthy young adults, Avery, Leda, Eris, Rylin & Watt. Then something big finally happens at the very last few pages and we're left with a huge cliffhanger ending! Arrgh!

If the ending would have happened a lot earlier on in the story to give the plot some substance I might have enjoyed the book a little more. One of the redeeming qualities of the book though is the world building. The tower setting is very cool and they live in a futuristic world so the technology they use is also very creative.

With the world building and tower setting, this story really had the potential to be so much more then a ya soap opera. By the ending though, it looks like the author has plans for a second book so maybe the plot will thicken in that book but, at this point I don't know if I'll read it or not. 

If you didn't see my previous post, below is a highlight of each character.  *Minor Spoilers- If you have intentions of reading this book & don't want to learn about the characters beforehand you might want to skip the next part.

Avery - lives in the penthouse and is in love with her brother Atlas!! Her parents adopted him at the age of 5 so they aren't blood related but they have grown up together since they were kids and live in the same house etc. *I'm not even going to go there! : )

Leda- she just got out of rehab. She's Avery's best friend and also has a thing for Atlas. Her & Atlas have been out on a couple of dates. She also is rich and lives in the upper tower.

Eris- She is about to turn 18 and had to submit to DNA testing as a condition of her trust fund and found out that her dad isn't even her dad. Her mom cheated on him. Her mom just made her & Eris move from their wealthy penthouse apartment to a run down apartment down-tower to give her dad some space.

Rylin- Her mom passed away and she is raising herself and her little sister on her own. She's barely getting by and is working two jobs. They are about to be evicted if she can't come up with rent money within 7 days. 

Watt- He is a computer geek & hacker who has installed near his temple a very illegal and secret AI that he built called a "quant" which, gives him tons of private information about anyone and everything. He uses it to complete jobs for people that request him to find information or people etc. Leda has just hired him to learn as much as he can about Atlas specifically where he ran off to last year.

So, if I had to pull a moral from this story, it would be that money can't buy happiness! The wealthy have just as many problems, if not more, then the poorer classes. 

*I received this ARC from Edelweiss & Harper Collins Publishing in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!