Free to Fall

So sorry that it has been 3 long weeks since my last post. School has picked up, causing me to not have a chance to read books and review them. Luckily, I have some free time today! :)

Free to Fall
Lauren Miller
473 pages 

Summary: From Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Free-Fall-Lauren-Miller/dp/0062199811)

From the author of Parallel comes a high-stakes drama set in the near-future.  Imaginative and thrilling, this "intricately plotted, intellectually rich thriller...will please a range of readers, from those searching for a page-turner to those wishing to thoroughly engage the mind." (Publishers' Weekly, starred review)Fast-forward to a time when Apple and Google have been replaced by Gnosis, a monolith corporation that has developed the most life-changing technology to ever hit the market: Lux, an app that flawlessly optimizes decision-making for the best personal results. Just like everyone else, sixteen-year-old Rory Vaughn knows the key to a happy, healthy life is to follow what the app recommends. When she's accepted to the elite boarding school Theden Academy, her future happiness seems all the more assured. But once on campus, something feels wrong beneath the polished surface of her prestigious dream school. Then she meets North, a handsome townie who doesn't use Lux, and begins to fall for him and his outsider way of life. Soon, Rory is going her own way, questioning Lux and listening instead to the inner voice she's been taught to ignore--a choice that leads her to uncover a truth neither she nor the world ever saw coming.

My Opinion:
This book made me free to fall into my feelings. Anticipation, worry, and satisfaction were my top 3 feelings. I was in love with Rory and North. Sure she was difficult at times but when you life begins to tilt upside with no warning i think you are allowed to have several messed-up days. North was her calm in the storm and his other persona is sooo cool. Why cant I have that type of super smart bad boy imaginary boyfriend? I always knew Hazel was a little too much; but when her truth was revealed, I loved seeing this other Hazel. Dr. Taurus was interesting as well. Also, i noticed mid-through the book that she was given an ethnicity. Interesting right? Liam was okay. He was pretty much just filler to me.  As you can tell, i had a deep love or hate for all the characters

Overall, this book was good. It drew me in and wouldn't let me put it down. I liked this world the author built. My question though is if it is supposed to parallel ours, because it is only in 2030, why were event in 2013 off a little bit. Some of the timeline seemed a little off-kilter. Besides my interest in dates,i really enjoyed this book and i recommend for you to read it as well.

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P.P.S This is a Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Book.