Free to Fall
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4.7 • 12 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
From the author of Parallel comes a high-stakes romantic puzzler set in a near-future where everyone's life is seamlessly orchestrated by personal electronic devices. Imaginative and thrilling, this fast-paced story with two starred reviews is not to be missed.
Fast-forward to a time when Apple and Google have been replaced by Gnosis, a monolith corporation that has developed the most life-changing technology to ever hit the market: Lux, an app that flawlessly optimizes decision-making for the best personal results. Just like everyone else, sixteen-year-old Rory Vaughn knows the key to a happy, healthy life is to follow what Lux recommends. When she's accepted to the elite boarding school Theden Academy, her future happiness seems all the more assured. But once on campus, something feels wrong beneath the polished surface of her prestigious dream school. Then she meets North, a handsome townie who doesn't use Lux, and begins to fall for him and his outsider way of life. Soon, Rory is going against Lux's recommendations, listening instead to the inner voice that everyone has been taught to ignore—a choice that leads her to uncover a truth neither she nor the world ever saw coming.
Free Will vs. Fate: A thought-provoking sci-fi thriller that explores what it means to choose for yourself in a world where an app has all the answers.An Elite Boarding School Setting: Beneath the polished surface of Theden Academy, prestigious traditions hide deadly secrets, and the key to survival is breaking the rules.A Forbidden Romance: She’s a rule-follower from an elite world; he’s a handsome outsider who lives by his own code. When Rory meets North, she begins to question everything—especially the app that tells her to stay away from him.The Whisper of the "Doubt": In a world that’s taught everyone to ignore their intuition, Rory’s inner voice is getting louder. Is it a glitch in her brain, or a guide to a truth no one wants her to find?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's 2030 handhelds are tinier, Gnosis is society's current technology juggernaut, and people rely on a program called Lux to maximize happiness for their every decision, down to ordering coffee. Like most people, Rory Vaughn consults Lux every chance she gets, but she has a secret: she suffers from "the Doubt," an inner voice that supposedly marks a person as crazy. After Rory is accepted to the exclusive Theden Academy, she begins searching for answers about her long-dead mother, who also attended the school. While there, the Doubt only grows stronger, and Rory's Lux consultations diminish. Then Rory falls for North, a sexy, antiestablishment barista-hacker, who has her back as she's drawn into a complex web of secrets and lies. Miller (Parallel) offers an intricately plotted, intellectually rich thriller that will please a range of readers, from those searching for a page-turner to those wishing to thoroughly engage the mind. Mathematics and Milton's Paradise Lost serve as additional drivers pushing Rory toward the truth in this boarding school murder-mystery with a near-future SF twist. Ages 13 up.
Customer Reviews
favorite book by far.
i read this a few summers ago and wow it is such a great book! probably my favorite.