Bel Reviews: Jessica Shirvington's - "Disruption"
Jessica Shirvington has a way with her female leading ladies. They’re strong and they stand on their own two feet. The character, Maggie Stevens, sets the bar just that little bit higher.
Everyone seems to be obsessed these days with those watch devices that tell you how many calories you’ve consumed or burnt off while taking however-many steps–and your heart rate etcetera. What if they could also tell you who your perfect match was? The person you would live the most fulfilled and happy life with: your soul mate.
Sounds great right? Yeah, not so much because, as an added extra, the company can also tell if you’re a security risk; they know where you are through GPS, and they can read your mood all through this little watch-like device that has now become compulsory.
Imagine the power that corporation now has over the populace!
Maggie is trying to find her father who was taken away by M-Corp because of a negative reading on his M-band. She’s willing to do anything, use anyone, and crush giants to get what she wants. What will she do with the son of M-Corp’s head honcho? How far is she willing to go to keep her promise?
I felt more than a little unnerved by how close this fictional device is heading to the reality of today. With social media booming and the illusion of privacy becoming more of an issue, this book isn’t that much of a stretch.
Sometimes, I think Maggie goes a little too far, but she still feels the backlash of choices that weigh on her moral compass. I like her prickly relationship with Gus, her go-to guy. It all feels like a leg with pins and needles, but it’s worth the tingles to get to the great storytelling.
This is nothing like the Violet Eden Chapters, and yet it is equally as gripping and has almost double the action.
I read along with the Bolinda Audio book read by Hannah Norris, and it was almost impossible to hit pause and put the book down to go get work done.
The next book in the series, Corruption, is due out on October 20th. I have no doubt it is going to blow us away all over again.
http://www.jessicashirvington.com/
Paperback, 400 pages
Published April 1st 2014 by HarperCollins (first published April 1st 2013)
ISBN 0732296285 (ISBN13: 9780732296285)
