The latest from the awesome Robin Wasserman (writing a series titled after the seven deadly sins earns you the title of awesome), Skinned is the story of Lia Kahn ... who is dead. Except she's not. Lia lives in a futuristic world where cars drive themselves and genetic engineering allows prospective parents to choose everything from gender to intelligence level of their children (if you have enough credits).Lia is killed in a car accident and thanks to new technology her brain is sliced into tissue thin pieces and scanned into a computer. "Lia" is then uploaded into a new body with a computer brain.
The majority of the book Lia whines about her new existence as she alienates friends and family. Lia just can't help being a bitch to anyone that tries to help her and her decisions end up ruining the lives of those around her. Not that Lia seems to see it that way. She selfishly blames everybody else for her problems.
There is very little to like about Lia Kahn, but I'm intrigued by Lia's world and I can't wait to see what happens next. The next book, Crashed, will be available September 2009. I'll let you know more then.
For more about Skinned, Crashed or other books by Robin Wasserman, check out her website at www.RobinWasserman.com
I must admit, I judge books by their covers.
-Sahara
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