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Lifel1k3

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IT'S ROMEO AND JULIET MEETS MAD MAX MEETS X-MEN, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BLADE RUNNER CHEERING FROM THE SIDELINES

On an island junkyard beneath a sky that glows with radiation, a deadly secret lies buried in the scrap. Seventeen-year-old Eve isn't looking for trouble-she's too busy looking over her shoulder. The robot gladiator she spent months building has been reduced to a smoking wreck, she's on the local gangster's wanted list, and the only thing keeping her grandpa alive is the money she just lost to the bookies. Worst of all, she's discovered she can somehow destroy machines with the power of her mind, and a bunch of puritanical fanatics are building a coffin her size because of it. If she's ever had a worse day, Eve can't remember it.

The problem is, Eve has had a worse day—one that lingers in her nightmares and the cybernetic implant where her memories used to be. Her discovery of a handsome android named Ezekiel-called a "Lifelike" because they resemble humans—will bring her world crashing down and make her question whether her entire life is a lie.

With her best friend Lemon Fresh and her robotic sidekick Cricket in tow, Eve will trek across deserts of glass, battle unkillable bots, and infiltrate towering megacities to save the ones she loves ... and learn the truth about the bloody secrets of her past.

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    • Books+Publishing

      April 13, 2018
      Set in a savage post-apocalyptic California (or Kalifornya as it’s remembered now), Lifel1k3 (Lifelike) follows 15-year-old Eve, who makes a living building robots out of scraps and using them to battle bots condemned for breaking the Three Laws of Robotics. Eve’s life changes drastically when she, her best friend Lemon and her little robot guardian Cricket salvage a ‘Lifelike’, a perfect-looking boy who is actually an illegal intelligent robot designed to be stronger, faster, smarter and better than humans. This book is billed as Romeo and Juliet meets Mad Max meets X-Men, and I already felt a little exhausted before I even opened the cover, but Jay Kristoff really makes it work. Lifelike is all of these things—and a lot of Asimov and a little Pinocchio—seamlessly blended into one epic, thoughtful and unashamedly crazy-fun story. I am also a sucker for a sassy sidekick and doubly so when the sidekick is a little robot seemingly obsessed with all things pants! With all of this in mind, I would happily recommend Lifelike to readers aged 14 and up, and I think it will go down especially well with reluctant readers. Dani Solomon is a bookseller at Readings Kids

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