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Biancotti, Deborah
3 Reviews
(4)
YA
Zeroes series.
In this hefty conclusion to the trilogy, the Zeroes, a diverse team of supernaturally gifted teens, heads to New Orleans to attempt to defeat the Nexus, a machine that channels crowds' power and energy with the aim of dismantling societal norms and causing chaos and anarchy. An epic face-off during Mardi Gras results. The action is high-amp and nonstop; characterization suffers, necessarily, in comparison.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano
(2)
YA
The Zeroes, a diverse team of supernaturally gifted teens, encounter strangers who wreak havoc with their own crowd-manipulating abilities--and warn of a much bigger threat. This second volume (Zeroes) accelerates the pace and ups the stakes with lots of action sequences, some truly scary. Development of the teens' platonic and romantic interpersonal dynamics (including one blossoming same-sex relationship) adds depth.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2016
(2)
YA
Each of the five teens in "the Zeroes" has a supernatural ability. When Ethan ("Scam") gets himself into trouble, the others jail-break him, crossing paths with another gifted teen, Kelsie. At five-hundred-plus pages, with six main characters to follow, this series-opener occasionally struggles to maintain its pace, but there's plenty of time to flesh out the teens' motivations and unusual abilities.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2015
3 reviews
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