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Hello Readers...
Before starting with anything I will like to express my gratitude to Belinda for providing a copy of the book for review. I was very curious with this book when I read the synopsis and found out that it was Belinda who has penned this book. I was pretty impressed and was in love with Belinda's last book "Dishonor Thy Wife" and was really looking forward to reading this book. So here is what I feel after reading the book:
Lets start with the synopsis followed by video trailer of the book:
"In a society where rebels are unwanted, the Outcast have their own underground world beneath the streets of the New York City.
What type of society applies the word Defective to healthy young humans?
IT IS ALMOST A PERFECT WORLD. One government rules earth -- the Commonwealth and one people -- the Commoners. The pure society of the Commonwealth has but one contamination, the 1%, the Outcast -- rebellious kids and young adults who for some puzzling reason cannot or will not conform.
When Dante's girlfriend vanishes like thousands of other Outcasts before her; he enlists the aid of friends to find her.. They discover the shocking secret of what extreme the Commonwealth of earth will go to ensure the Outcasts reform and obey the rules! "
It is always said that "Never Judge A Book By Its Cover" & since this book is about the rebellious behavior, lets judge it for a while. The cover of the book is pretty amazing and kudos to Belinda for that. I really like the concept of the book, the concept of a perfect world with few people not willing to follow the rules of the perfect world. Being a person who doesn't like to follow rules, I could completely relate to the story.
The best thing about this book or rather about Belinda is that she gives her readers a chance to have an instant and intimate connection to her characters and she does the same in this book as well. The thoughts of the characters expressed between the story helps the readers to have a much deeper connection with the characters.
Coming to the characters in the book, the character description is excellent. The main challenge for any author while writing a book is making their characters feel real to their readers and Belinda didn't disappoints in that aspect. The characters feel real and genuine to me.
The first half was loaded with lot of information while the second half was loaded with lot of plot twists. So in totality, the book seems balanced in my frank opinion. However, I do feel that the second half is slightly fast pace as compare to the first half, which some people might find difficult to stay with the book. For me personally, I managed to stay with the book till the end. Also, the story starts becoming more interesting as the story progresses.
Since this is the first book of the series, the most important question in-front of any reader is whether they will consider reading the next book in the series and for me personally given the fact that it is Belinda and having read her earlier work and considering this book, I will definitely consider reading the next book in the series.
So, if I have to rate the book, I will give this book 4 stars out of 5. So if you like reading dystopian fiction. you will surely like this book. Just to mention, I finished the entire book in a day. So you can pretty much guess how good that book is. I hope you also feel the same after reading this book. If you are interested, you can grab the book from amazon.Here is the link to the amazon for the same:
India: Defective (Outcast Book 1) by Belinda Austin
Outside India: Defective (Outcast Book 1) by Belinda Austin
So, this is what I feel after reading this book. Do let me know in the comment section what do you feel about the book. Guys if you like this review, hit the like button below and if you don't, do vote it down and mention the reason in the comment section below as it will help me to get better and do SUBSCRIBE to the blog to get all the reviews right into your mail box. To know more about Belinda Austin and her recent work you can visit her website: www.baustinbooks.com
So until next time, this is me Sushant signing off. You guys have a great day.
CIAO.
