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The Empties by Ramona Finn

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Brief synopsis (no spoilers)
Lib continues her quest to take down the AI (named Conie), and block AI's plans to take the Norm off the planet. She built hardware to enhance her senses and physical abilities, but there are members of Clan that don't like the "biogear". Before she even has a chance to fight Conie, she might divide the Tracker Clan beyond any hope of helping her.

Category
YA Fiction, Dystopian

Why I chose this book
Next in series

My personal opinion (the review)
Pretty good. It wasn't as interesting as the first book, but it feels like it's setting up for an action-filled third book, so that's okay. Lib is different, and she's just plain obsessed with her goal, so I found the story extremely repetitive. Meaning, she hashes and rehashes the facts of the situation in her head and then with everyone around her. I can totally understand how half of the Clan got sick of her talking about it constantly! But I like that the story is clean and interesting. It was worth the handful of dollars I paid for it.

Warnings
Language: None
Violence: Some, but mild
"Adult" situations: None
Death: Yes, mostly minor character(s)

Movie rating equivalent
PG-13

Protagonist description
Lib is laser focused on her goal, which sometimes alienates her from the others

Point of view of story
First, focused on Lib

Book length
Medium-short

Story flow
Smooth and well-connected

Grammar and spelling issues
Yes, abundant, especially in the last half of the book. Some of them were very distracting- it took a while to figure out what some misspellings really meant

Character connection (no spoilers)
I kind of want to know a bit more about Bird's Clan, but not too much- she got annoying

For series:
Independent or integral (stand-alone or back story dependent)
Integral

Series review as a whole
Very good- it's clean, they're quick reads, and they were on sale when I bought them

If you only have time for one, read: (which one)
Start at the beginning: Glitch

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