BLURB: Thirty years ago, an asteroid struck the Earth. Now killer plants hunt the last surviving humans...
Ori Scott is a young junkie running from his mother’s prophecy that he’d one day save the world from the killer plants. Her preaching made him a laughingstock and now he hides in his drugs. But he can’t hide the change in his veins. They are turning green, and the prophecy is dragging him into a dark struggle between invisible forces. Set up on bogus drug charges, Ori is taken to a secret facility where he becomes a test subject in experiments to discover an antidote to the alien plant’s sting.
Jack Doll is a cop with a vendetta against the plants that killed his best friend. All he has in the world now is his old friend’s lover, Rive. Together they form an unbreakable bond—or so he thought. Jack has never liked Rive’s friend, Ori, but he believes in Ori’s innocence and doesn’t understand Rive’s strange indifference to Ori’s conviction. Struggling with his suspicions, Jack can’t help digging into a mystery that draws him closer to Ori than ever before—and closer to somebody who has secrets to hide.
Alone and scared, Ori is grateful for Jack Doll’s friendship, and his longtime crush soon blossoms into love. But Ori has no plans to accept his fate. He wants to escape, and he doesn’t care if he takes the cure with him.
My Review: I received a copy from Signal Boost Promotions in exchange for an honest review. I described this book to my daughter as 'weird but oddly compelling' and that truly does sum it up. Without giving spoilers it's hard to say why it was weird, but it is very easy to say why it was compelling, and that's the writing. I was riveted to the story and was very eager to find out how Ori was going to save the world, but I was also quite intrigued at the world building involved in this Dystopien/Post Apocalyptic story. I don't know who I'd recommend it to, but I will say that if you are as intrigued by the blurb as I was you will probably enjoy it despite yourself - I did.
