Title: The Hunted of 2060 Author: Ami Blackwelder
Genre: Sci-Fi
Rating: * * * * 1/2
Publishers Date: April 12, 2010
Paperback: 282 pages
ISBN: 9781452805474
FTC Disclosure: Won a copy from the author
at BittenByBooks
“America 2060. Three Lovers. Two Species. One Way to Survive.
Set in Alaska in 2060, when April enters her Sophomore year at University, she thought Robert might be the love of her life, but as she discovers, she is hiding something inside her, something the rest of the world believes to have died out. She struggles with who she was and who she is becoming as she learns of a family she never knew existed and of enemies she will have to outrun, outfight or outwit to survive. As April embraces her new identity, will she have to leave the life she loves behind? With underlining themes of how prejudice breaks human connections and animal/wildlife conservation, this novel which has received rave reviews will leave the reader flipping through the pages of April’s story.”
This story starts out pretty much along the same line that many of the young adult books today do, a young girl knows she’s different all her young life and now those changes have manifested with physical changes. Usually it’s a vampire or a shifter. Well, it is a shifter ---of a different kind. Blackwelder manages to take an oft used hook and weaves her own awesome story that was well worth your time. In the year 2060, aliens have previously visited and supposedly been eradicated by the government. Little does the government realize that they have been able to reproduce and now the hybrids are coming of age and coming into their powers.
I loved the return trip to Ami Blackwelder’s amazing futuristic world. This time we get heart pounding action and a great love triangle as well as an ongoing saga. This book kept me flipping the pages till I got to the amazing end. While I kind of expected it, Blackwelder managed to totally blow me away with the ending.
Shifter Evolutions Saga
1. Invasion of 2020
2. SCM of 2030 (Jun 9 2011)
3. Shifters of 2040 (Oct 1 2010)
4. Hybrids of 2050 (Mar 7 2011)
5. Hunted of 2060 (Apr 12 2010)
6. Revolution of 2060
Sounds interesting. I too seem to be getting sick of the same old hook from EVERY YA book right about now...its good to see that Ami Blackwelder is able to make it work. I will have to check it out :D
ReplyDeleteI have never seen this book but in your blog. Sound interesting. I have seen Ami around the blogosphere. But I have never got the chance to read her books.
ReplyDeletesounds pretty good ty for the post
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