Review: Control

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

When a crash kills their father and leaves them orphaned, Zel knows she needs to protect her sister, Dyl. But before Zel has a plan, Dyl is taken by strangers using bizarre sensory weapons, and Zel finds herself in a safe house for teens who aren’t like any she’s ever seen before—teens who shouldn't even exist. Using broken-down technology, her new friends’ peculiar gifts, and her own grit, Zel must find a way to get her sister back from the kidnappers who think a powerful secret is encoded in Dyl’s DNA.

I love reading debut novels from authors because I feel you can never compare them to their other books and so one can just sit back and take in the full novel and see where it goes. Control was a book that caught my attention with its cover and is one that surprised me with its content.

The book had it moments where I was not sure with what was happening, especially in the beginning. I just felt that everything was happening to fast and I wanted things to slow down just a little bit for someone to explain some of the pondering thoughts that were crisscrossing through my mind at the moment. I was not sure where to go with the book and thankfully things cleared up for me.

The characters were crazy. Zel is someone who lives in a world where there are things no one would expect there to be. I feel that Zel has her own different way that no other book has properly brought yet and I was really happy to dive into her world and learn things like she was for the first time.

I have to say the romance in the book was kind of iffy for me in the sense that I just was not feeling it. I am curious to see where things go in the next book because of the way the book ended. That is all I will say on that if you want to know more go read the book yourself.

This book was a fun different book for me to read. I was not sure of where it was going but I am glad that I picked it up. Lydia Kang sure does know how to capture one’s attention with her debut novel that will surely have you wanting more.

I give the book 4 bites!