*Review* : Solid - Shelley Workinger

Solid - Shelley Workinger

Series :  #1 Solid

Released : 9th July 2010

Publisher: CreateSpace

Format : Kindle
Source : Author - Shelley (Thank you)

Finished : 5th July 2011

Overall rating

Teens who discover they were secretly genetically altered before birth are brought together at a classified site where they forge new friendships, find love, develop "super-abilities," and even unearth a conspiracy.

The whole concept between Solid is one that l thought had a lot of potential and Shelley did a great job of writing it. Everything felt very thought out; the whole explanation behind what had happened to the teens, why and how was very smart and really added to the storyline and my belief in it.

The characters in this book were all unique and l enjoyed spending the time with them. I loved the friendship between all of them, although they did very quickly become friends and comfortable with each other l know this can happen when you are all in the situation where you don’t know anyone.

The pacing in this book is one of the main things l liked about it and felt Shelley did it perfectly. It’s quite a short read with around 220 pages but l never felt that things were too rushed in this book or was too slow. There was enough information when it was needed but not too many descriptions. The twists in this book were great too. At one point l was quite confused by something that was going on but at the right time things were revealed and l found it to be a great twist which kept my attention throughout the whole book.

Although l really enjoyed Solid and it was a nice surprise l did think that the powers weren’t really good or interesting ones. Saying that, l liked how things didn’t feel exaggerated in this book and the things like the powers were kept simple and realistic (in a magic sort of way!). I just would have liked there to be another better power instead of just one.

Overall Solid is a great read which left me wanting to spend more time with the characters, to see what happened next and see both their friendships develop and their personalities. . Shelley is a great author who has written a book that is definitely worth a read. 

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Ratings :

Plot : 4/5

Cover : 4/5

Page Turner : 4/5

Characters : 4/5

Ending : 4/5

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Series -

#1 Solid

#2 Settling

#3 Sound

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