Going to be honest. I made it farther than I expected. But Chapter 14 did me in. We have 3 kids trying to save their parents from killer robots in "The City". They meet a family of resistance fighters, how convenient. But then they proceed to do everything they are instructed NOT to do, which puts every person in danger. And after the dust settles, one of the City girls is swooning over the idiot boy who started the whole mess, calling him a Rock Star and making goo goo eyes. He nearly got you killed with his stupidity. Every human they meet wants to help them, and the robots that keep frying everyone else only seem to chase them. 

This is an amateur book for low-intelligence readers who don't want to delve into Terminator. It's full of ex machina, plot holes and one-dimensional characters. 

And apparently there's a sequel. Good effing God.

I don't understand why the robots let some people escape as a release quota at the beginning. If they're trying to eliminate humans, what was the point? Because now they're just flying around destroying the settlements. And why do they take humans prisoner? They don't need us. They're self-sustaining. It says they make us just bust up rock until we die, or so the rumors go. Why? Robots aren't emotional beings, so there is no reason to torture us. They would just kill us and be done. None of this makes any sense, and it never does in other stories either. They want to wipe us out because we are inferior, so there is absolutely no logical reason to keep ANY humans alive anywhere. 

Dear lord, they keep saying fletch to describe awesome stuff, and all I want to say is "totally rufus!"

Here's the first of my Bad Book Binge as I have titled it. And this is why it made the list:

From the back cover:

"Seventeen-year-old Nick has spent his whole life in a community in the wilderness, hiding from the robots that have enslaved mankind. When the bots attack, he and his younger brother, Kevin, and adopted sister, Cass, barely make it out alive- only to discover that everyone they love is missing.

Determined to find their parents, the siblings venture into the heart of the robot-controlled city. As they live among the bots for the first time, they realize they're fighting for more than just their family. The robots have ruled for too long, and now it's time for a revolution."

Well, call me John Connor. When do the Daleks show up? I don't think I have ever read a blurb so unoriginal in all my life. But here we go....

Robots are taking over. 

Hello! I'm giving away copies of YA Buzz Books (January 2015) from Harper Teen because I do not think that I will have the time to read and review them. Usually I give these away to my local library, but I thought that I ought to help promote these books & give them to eager readers on the internet instead. They are: Playlist for the Dead - Michelle Falkoff; Geek Girl - Holly Smale, City 1 (A Revolution 19 novel) - Gregg Rosenblum; and The Prey - Tom Isbell.