Monday, June 26, 2017

Arena by Holly Jennings Book Review

From the Movie Stay Alive about a video that kills you the same way as your virtual character to anime such as Long Horizon, Sword Art Online, and No Game No Life where you get stuck in a video game, the idea of a virtual reality life had always interested me. Arena was no exception!

Who doesn't want a bad ass female lead who is PoC?! Kali Ling is such a strong character that I was highly surprised. Most female leads are made with one goal in mind: to get/impress the boy; that they are very poorly written, with bland or even cliche personalities, that you can't even tell them apart. But not Kali. She wants to take down the Virtual Gaming League and to do that she needs all her focus. That isn't to say that she doesn't get the boy, however. There is romance for all of the people that like a little love story. Although, I could have done without. She is such a headstrong character that I think having a love interest in such a crucial time of war is not only unnecessary, but also very inappropriate.

But all in all, Jennings did a wonderful job at creating a world of virtual reality that you can just submerge in!



I give this book 4 1/5 virtual deaths out of 5!







**** I was given this book for free in exchange for this review from bloggingforbooks.com****




 

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