Initial Impressions 4/14/13: 4.25ish 
 Reboot was an exciting debut from Amy Tintera! It was just what I needed from the dystopian genre. I feel like I've read so many dystopians lately that have let me down or have reminded me too much of one specific one, but Reboot was definitely original and kept my attention the whole time! 
 If I had to compare it to another book, it really reminded me of a combination of Divergent, Cinder, and The Maze Runner -- hopefully fans of all of those will be able to see where I'm coming from! 
 I wasn't tooootally blown away -- I could have used just a bit more character connection, BUT the reason I didn't have that was because that's just how Wren is. She's a One Seventy-eight. She doesn't have the same emotional range as the people who are closer to being human. SO, I totally get it but even still, wish I had more of an emotional connection to really wrench my heart in that story. 
 Full review originally posted HERE on The Book Addict's Guide: Thank goodness for REBOOT! It was just what I needed at this point in my reading line-up. I feel like I've read so many dystopians that have just run into each other or felt like a rip-off of another book and while I did find myself reading REBOOT and making comparisons to other books, I always felt like it was a refreshing and original story. When I made comparisons, they were minor details of the book -- Like, how I felt like it read similar to Divergent, the reboots reminded me of the cyborgs in Cinder, and certain situations in the end reminded me of aspects of The Maze Runner trilogy... So if you liked all those, I surely hope you see the similarities like I did in REBOOT! 
 REBOOT was definitely not short on action. I was immediately hooked from page one. Our main girl Wren (aka One Seventy-eight) is the baddest reboot there is. See, she rebooted after being dead for one hundred and seventy-eight minutes. Wren got a second shot at a life, but that also meant that coming back after that amount of time made her less human, less emotional, and more focused on the missions that HARC gives her. I was totally hooked into Wren's story and I was definitely glad that we got to read the book from her first person POV. Since she's not as emotional as humans or even reboots with lower numbers, it was a bit difficult to constantly feel connected with her, but if this story was in third person, I feel like that connection could have easily been lost forever! I really liked hearing things straight from her head and she despite her less emotionally volatile state, she was really an easy character to get along with and to like! 
 Guys, there's a BOY in this book and his name is Callum. He's one of my favorite types of boys. You know, those almost-but-not-really-cocky guys with the full on grin that will just melt your heart and make you fall in love with him? Yeah. THAT guy. I loved him. Callum was so easy to like and he was just a Twenty-two, meaning he was only dead for 22 minutes before rebooting. Callum has a much more emotional connection to everyone and everything still and it was so interesting to see sort of a role-reversal going on. I loved that Callum was the one who was more emotional and Wren was the one who was more badass. 
 The plot itself is pretty interesting and definitely kept me racing through the book! I love that reboots are almost like zombies if you think about it (a virus makes them undead in a way, bringing them back from the dead) but the book NEVER has a zombie feel -- it didn't to me anyway. It's very dystopian, very sci-fi, and not at all hokey which is how I feel with some zombie books and even some dystopians too. 
 I really think people are going to like this debut from Amy Tintera! I can easily see a lot of people enjoying it and I know I'm definitely excited to read book two already!