Book Review: Starters

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Maricela Cordova in Entertainment

By Maricela Cordova
Crimson Chronicle Reporter

Starters, by Lissa Price, may seem like your typical dystopian book about a girl who is left to fend for herself and falls for a guy but there is a twist to this society that is characterized by oppression and disease. Callie, whose parents died in the Spore Wars, is left to take care of her younger brother who is sick. She is in desperate need for money, which leads her to turn to Prime Destination. Prime Destination is where the elderly can rent a younger person’s body for the elders can feel young again. Except while Callie’s body was being rented out, something goes wrong and she is found back in her own body three weeks early. Not only that, but the woman who rented her body still lives inside her and was using her body to take down Prime Destination. Callie discovers the dark secrets of Prime Destination and has to make the ultimate decision of either fighting for Prime Destination or fighting against them.
Callie, who is only sixteen years old, is the embodiment of a fierce and brave girl. She is not whiny; all she cares about is keeping her brother safe. Price creates a beautiful bond between Callie and her brother that expresses their love and care for each other. Throughout the story it keeps the reader wondering what is going to happen next?
Starters has a little bit of everything. It has suspense, action, drama, mystery and romance. It is not your average dystopian book, and the ending has a real plot twist that will only leave the reader craving for the next book to come.
352 pages