YA Book Tour- Nebraska

Rolling on in the United States of YA book tour and Nebraska is the next up with Cat Patrick's Revived.

Daisy died when she was four years old in a bus accident, along with 21 other children.  None of which stayed dead, instead they became part of test drug, Revive, program.  Daisy is now fifteen and has died and been brought back five times. After the latest death has her and her handlers, Mason and Cassie, relocating to Nebraska.

Daisy's first day at her new school she meets Audrey, who is bright and bubbly and very much a kindred with Daisy. For the first time in her life Daisy has a real friend at school, not to mention Audrey's hottie brother, Matt.  Daisy feels a real connection to the siblings, but keeping her secret is hard especially as she learns more about her new friend, and that maybe that not everything is what is seems in the Revive program.

I have to admit I was a little skeptical about this book when I first read the description.  It seemed like it might be a too much like Joss Whedon's Dollhouse.  I am glad to report that the book put that fear to rest.  Other than the fact she keeps be revived, there is nothing strange about Daisy.  She is really a normal teenager who just happens to died a few times.

I like Daisy.  She is independent with her own unique sense of style.  She really sees Mason as a father, and I really enjoyed see the dynamics of their relationship. At first, she is very blaise about death, but when she has to face it for real she struggles with concept of death of a loved one.  I find that so very human in her, something that we all encounter at some point in life.

The story was wonderful with a few surprising plot twist.  Ms. Patrick did a wonderful job of ending the story and tying up the lose ends just right.  Kudos to her for not drawing it out at the end, which could have gone horribly wrong. Oh, and how fantastic is that cover, really brings out the visual of piercing the veil between life and death and fits the story so well.

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