A girl wakes up on the train tracks, a subway car barreling down on her. With only minutes to react, she hunches down and the train speeds over her. She doesn’t remember her name, where she is, or how she got there. She has a tattoo on the inside of her right wrist of a blackbird inside a box, letters and numbers printed just below: FNV02198. There is only one thing she knows for sure: people are trying to kill her.
On the run for her life, she tries to untangle who she is and what happened to the girl she used to be. Nothing and no one are what they appear to be. But the truth is more disturbing than she ever imagined.
The Maze Runner series meets Code Name Verity, Blackbird is relentless and action-packed, filled with surprising twists.
A thrilling, suspenseful YA read that will leave you on the edge of your seat and guessing until the very end. Anna Carey has crafted a chilling, mystery with a dark undertone that I didn't see coming.
This is a book that literally had me from page one. I wanted to know more about the girl who woke up in a subway with no memories. The few provisions she had with her, were just enough things to give her a head start. What she needs a head start from is part of the suspense of the story. When you have no memory of who you are, how you got there, and where are from, but you know you're in dangerous trouble, it's hard to figure out who trust and where you should go.
From the get go readers are thrust into the mystery and danger that surrounds her, and her story. Who is this mystery girl? What does the tattoo on her wrist mean? Where did her money and provisions come from? Who are the people who are following her trying to kill her? I wasn't hard for me to root for this girl from the get go. She's smart, resilient, and thankfully listens to her instincts to stay ahead in this deadly game of cat and mouse.
Though the cast of characters is small, they're complex. Everyone is a suspect and no one is to be trusted. When I finally started to trust one of them, Carey throws in a shocking twist, and now I'm trying to figure out how the heck I didn't see it coming, and what's going to happen now. Can we say action packed?! Seriously, this book is one crazy adrenaline ride. Just as I feel that things can't get crazier, Carey proves me wrong. That ending? Yeah, didn't see that one coming.
The romance. Since our girl wakes with no memories, and is in trouble, she doesn't have much to go on. She ends up getting help from Ben, a guy who seems nice, though he has his own set of troubles he's dealing with. I'll just say it, I didn't buy into the relationship with our two main characters. I got their friendship, but once it crossed that line I wasn't sold on it. For the sake of spoilers, I'll just say that there is another boy I want to know more about that plays a huge role in her life before she awakes nameless, with no memories on the subway tracks. Through out the story as some of her memories vaguely come back, she keeps remembering this guy. She does so all the while she's with Ben, the boy who helps her out now. I felt there was more to the boy she's remembering than what she and Ben had.
While I liked the thrill of the story, there are dark undertones. I'm normally not a fan of it, but it worked for this story. BLACKBIRD is a suspenseful story about survival, keeping your wits about you, suspense and mystery. Talk about a killer of an ending... This story seriously took an unexpected turn. I'm looking forward to reading the sequel! I need answers!!! *There are mentions of drugs, murder, and sensual scenes in this book.
3 stars
On the run for her life, she tries to untangle who she is and what happened to the girl she used to be. Nothing and no one are what they appear to be. But the truth is more disturbing than she ever imagined.
The Maze Runner series meets Code Name Verity, Blackbird is relentless and action-packed, filled with surprising twists.
A thrilling, suspenseful YA read that will leave you on the edge of your seat and guessing until the very end. Anna Carey has crafted a chilling, mystery with a dark undertone that I didn't see coming.
This is a book that literally had me from page one. I wanted to know more about the girl who woke up in a subway with no memories. The few provisions she had with her, were just enough things to give her a head start. What she needs a head start from is part of the suspense of the story. When you have no memory of who you are, how you got there, and where are from, but you know you're in dangerous trouble, it's hard to figure out who trust and where you should go.
From the get go readers are thrust into the mystery and danger that surrounds her, and her story. Who is this mystery girl? What does the tattoo on her wrist mean? Where did her money and provisions come from? Who are the people who are following her trying to kill her? I wasn't hard for me to root for this girl from the get go. She's smart, resilient, and thankfully listens to her instincts to stay ahead in this deadly game of cat and mouse.
Though the cast of characters is small, they're complex. Everyone is a suspect and no one is to be trusted. When I finally started to trust one of them, Carey throws in a shocking twist, and now I'm trying to figure out how the heck I didn't see it coming, and what's going to happen now. Can we say action packed?! Seriously, this book is one crazy adrenaline ride. Just as I feel that things can't get crazier, Carey proves me wrong. That ending? Yeah, didn't see that one coming.
The romance. Since our girl wakes with no memories, and is in trouble, she doesn't have much to go on. She ends up getting help from Ben, a guy who seems nice, though he has his own set of troubles he's dealing with. I'll just say it, I didn't buy into the relationship with our two main characters. I got their friendship, but once it crossed that line I wasn't sold on it. For the sake of spoilers, I'll just say that there is another boy I want to know more about that plays a huge role in her life before she awakes nameless, with no memories on the subway tracks. Through out the story as some of her memories vaguely come back, she keeps remembering this guy. She does so all the while she's with Ben, the boy who helps her out now. I felt there was more to the boy she's remembering than what she and Ben had.
While I liked the thrill of the story, there are dark undertones. I'm normally not a fan of it, but it worked for this story. BLACKBIRD is a suspenseful story about survival, keeping your wits about you, suspense and mystery. Talk about a killer of an ending... This story seriously took an unexpected turn. I'm looking forward to reading the sequel! I need answers!!! *There are mentions of drugs, murder, and sensual scenes in this book.
3 stars
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