When both, Silver and Butterfly, have to deal with traumatising revelations and the accompanying emotions, the way they react to the events and to one another is so real and plausible, I had to stop a moment and savour that!īut what I enjoyed most – the romance took a back seat to Silver’s hunt for her parents. There’s a touch of romance, skilfully handled.
He’s strong, convincing and has his own vulnerabilities. Silver’s best friend, Butterfly – yup, he’s a guy called Butterfly – is likeable too. And Natasha includes other races as well with none of them feeling like a ‘token’ addition. The other Elites, Silver’s friends, are well-drawn and given distinct features it’s easy to tell them apart. Like many teenagers, she has her moody, sometimes irrational, moments, which makes for a realistic character.
I like Silver she can handle herself in a fight, is an ace sniper, but her vulnerability is never far away. So, along with her training, Silver has the added burden of constantly feeling she has to go above and beyond to prove herself. The main character, Silver, is a 15-year-old ethnic Chinese, a race considered even lower than the other races they’re not usually chosen to be members of the Elites. Instead of taking an easier route, she’s woven sub-plots into the main plot introduced a fair number of characters and included various organisations jostling for prime position. This is Natasha Ngan’s debut novel and, my goodness, what a debut. And as the dirty truths about Neo-Babel begin to reveal themselves, Silver has to search deep within herself for the strength to fight against all she has ever known…” Silver is plunged into a strange new world of slums and dissidents, of secret splinter groups and deeply guarded secrets. As a ‘Red’ – an ethnic Chinese – Silver could never have dreamed of becoming an Elite, a guard of the city’s Council, yet she is now on the brink of her first major covert assignment.īut when Silver’s parents go missing, she is forced to confront the Outside – life beyond the walls of Neo-Babel. Hundreds of years into the future, only one city has survived: Neo-Babel, a melting pot of cultures and peoples – and fear and discrimination. From the look of the character to the rain effect, it mirrors the story so well. I know it doesn’t make sense, but I do like to savour things I believe I’m going to enjoy.īefore I go any further, can I just say, I love the cover! I know I said in a previous review, I should stop choosing books for the cover but, for me, this cover is near-perfect. Not because I didn’t want to it’s my usual dilemma - I really wanted to read it but once I read it, that would be it. And yes, it’s taken me this long to get around to reading it.
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