Book Title: Metaltown (Standalone) Author: Kristen Simmons Number of pages: 380
Synopsis:
Metaltown, where factories rule, food is scarce, and hope is in short supply.
The rules of Metaltown are simple: Work hard, keep your head down, and watch your back. You look out for number one, and no one knows that better than Ty. She’s been surviving on the factory line as long as she can remember. But now Ty has Colin. She’s no longer alone; it’s the two of them against the world. That’s something even a town this brutal can’t take away from her. Until it does.
(re: Goodreads @ Metaltown by Kristen Simmons)
Should this book be picked up? the tl;dr review:
– Steampunk Newsies meets Les Miserables — if this intrigues you, go for it and read no further
– Dark, dirty, and visually compelling, Metaltown weaves the themes of social inequality and classism through its infrastructures and character dynamics
– Non-protagonist characters (e.g. antagonists) lacked depth that made conflict of striking very easy and convenient to attain
– The instalust/instalove/romance can feel as though it hi-jacks the plot.
Initial Thoughts
I must have hyped this book to myself way too much because it was a flop for me.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC of Metaltown from Raincoast Books re: TOR Teen.
thoughts and afterthoughts. 