Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Across the Universe is Revis debut novel and she does a phenomenal job at keeping you entertained. The concept is great but relationships take quite a while to develop and build. The pacing is slow but as you get to the grit of the storyline, you become absorbed in it. A lot happens and there are many surprises along the way! I tend to be put off by sci-fi books but this one in particular not only captivated me but made me yearn for more despite being 350 plus pages long. This is another dystopian novel at it's best! Dystopian novels are about to replace vampire ones and become the new "it" subject and this one in particular is a great way to immerse yourself in. This is a great start to what I hope becomes a fantastic trilogy.

Grade: A- Synopsis [B&N] A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules. Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone-one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship-tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next. Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming. Don't let the cover mislead you, there is very little to no romance! It is all about society and the sociological effects that take place when complete trust is placed in the hands of one leader. This is a great start to what I hope becomes a fantastic series. Grade: A-