And it's a trilogy, so you can probably expect another cliffhanger from the second book too. The next book, Storm, doesn't release until March of '14, just so you know. Not much is resolved - so be prepared for a huge cliffhanger. That's just not the way it would happen." I suspect the younger teen audience that Sylo is written for would probably have less trouble than I did with the "believe-ability" aspect. Other things (that would be spoilers) made me think, "No way. It's explained a bit at the end, but it didn't really satisfy me. They randomly capture citizens and incarcerate and interrogate them. At over 400 pages, some of this bulk could have been cut down.Īlso, there are several things that Sylo does that don't make sense. Even after the quarantine, things move very slowly until the last 150 pages when things really pick up. It's 80 pages before the island is actually quarantined. But, Sylo took so long for anything to happen that after about 50 pages, I looked at the back to determine what this book is about. My first issue with Sylo is that it's pretty bloated. I usually don't read the blurb on the book before I start reading. There's the possibility of a romantic relationship, but nothing really happens in Sylo, so male readers don't have to worry about that! I liked the characters and their interactions, but Sylo is more about the action and the plot than the characters. They witness horrible things and realize they are being lied to. Tucker, Quinn, and a girl named Tori begin to sneak around to figure out what has really happened. The citizens aren't buying the quarantine, mostly because they have been cut off from communicating with the mainland too. Tucker wonders if the virus is somehow related to Ruby. The claim to mean no harm, but they are sealing the island because of a mysterious virus. The island is eventually quarantined by a branch of the U. They report the incident to the police, but nothing is ever discovered about this incident. This craft is apparently shot down right in front of them. On one of these rides, a mysterious dark shape appears in the sky and they hear strange music. Tucker and his friend Quinn often take midnight bike rides around the island. Tucker believes this substance, called Ruby, is what killed the football player. Tucker takes the supplement one time, and although it does make him much stronger and faster, he vows never to take it again for fear it is harmful. A strange man offers Tucker a supplement - that is supposedly totally natural and safe - to help him with his football prowess. Now Tucker is thrust into a starting situation, and there's no way he can compete. The autopsy gives no indication of why he died. Tucker is a freshman football player who sits the bench until the star player drops dead at the end of a football game. It's a vacation spot, but Tucker is a full-timer. Tucker lives on Pemberwick Island off the coast of Maine. While Sylo intrigued me with an interesting premise and an exciting ending, I did have some problems with it.
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