25-year-old Joey Graceffa has captured the hearts of more than 8.3 million teens and young adults through his playful, sweet, and inspirational YouTube presence. Already a bestselling author with his memoir, In Real Life, Joey now presents his first novel, Children of Eden.
Rowan is a Second Child in a world where population control measures make her an outlaw, marked for death. She can never go … marked for death. She can never go to school, make friends, or get the eye implants that will mark her as a true member of Eden. Her kaleidoscope eyes will give her away to the ruthless Center government.
Outside of Eden, Earth is poisoned and dead. All animals and most plants have been destroyed by a man-made catastrophe. Long ago, the brilliant scientist Aaron al Baz saved a pocket of civilization by designing the EcoPanopticon, a massive computer program that hijacked all global technology and put it to use preserving the last vestiges of mankind. Humans will wait for thousands of years in Eden until the EcoPan heals the world.
As an illegal Second Child, Rowan has been hidden away in her family’s compound for sixteen years. Now, restless and desperate to see the world, she recklessly escapes for what she swears will be only one night of adventure. Though she finds an exotic world, and even a friend, the night leads to tragedy. Soon Rowan becomes a renegade on the run – unleashing a chain of events that could change the world of Eden forever.
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its amazing
This is the story or Rowan. She is a second child in a world that does not premit second children. For 16 years her family has hidden her away in her house while her twin brother was able to explore the world. And even thought her brother Ash shared his days with her by describing them when he returned hom – Rowan knows it isn’t the same. One night she decides to sneak out of their walled garden and everything changes. This decision sends Rowan on a path she never expected to be on. And soon she discovers the secrets of her home – Eden – that she was never supposed to know.
This book wasn’t that great. I know – I have been saying that a lot lately. Things come up on my Scribd app, and sometimes I give them a try. My favorite genre is Dystopian. And I am hutning for the next Hunger Games. Or Testing Trilogy. But I haven’t found it in this one. Why or why do authors need to make their main characters so naive. All.the.time. This main character is a special kind of niave. Yes – she is supposed to be 16 and yes the author is setting her to make 16 year old impulse decisions. But I found myself rolling my eyes so hard so many times that I just cannot count this as good literature. It was a good book for runnig errands because it did not demand much of my attention. Her love triangle is cliche. There is no originality. She has decided not to have profanity in the book, which I commend her for, but she uses one “made up swear” – Bick” – so much it gets exhausting. I don’t get it.
I would not bother with this series. I am sorry to say that my next review is going to be for the second in this book. I really need to start searching for better content on my Scribd app.
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An entertaining book to read. The cover and blurb piqued my interest.
The book’s main character is a young girl named Rowan, who is a second child, therefore she does not exist. She grows up in a society where second children are forbidden. However, Rowan has has grown up inside a family compound where she’s kept secluded and hidden from sight.
As the story unfolds, we find out that people have been told the world has collapsed in a catastrophic event called the Ecofail 300 years ago. The people that were saved now live in a protective bubble called Eden.
As a means to ensure the continued survival of the human race with limited resources as all trees and plants died in the Ecofail, second children are aborted.
As dangerous events unfold, she’s forced to leave the security of her home to live with a new family. However, these well-made plans must be cast aside when things go crazy and she had to run for her life as the deadly security forces of Eden hunt her.
Children of Eden is a tale of friendship, love, tragedy and much more. There is a deadly conspiracy that the leaders of Eden have kept hidden from its people. The leaders will stop at nothing to keep their secrets at the cost of Rowan’s and her friends lives.
Overall, I enjoyed this Dystopian/ sci-fi . The ending was a little disappointing, as it just leads into the second book, unfortunately.
I think this is a really good book and I recommend it.