Jenna Fox has been in a coma for eighteen months. When she
awakes, she finds herself surrounded by her family --- but she can’t remember
them, or really anything else about her life before. As the days pass, she only
comes to remember what she is told, like how she loved ballet, as well as small
snippets of memories. But as the weeks wear on, Jenna realizes that something
is not right. Her parents won’t tell her what’s wrong, so she decides to find
out for herself what it is. But once she does, how will she deal with the
knowledge and its impact?
I really, really loved this book. When it begins, the story
feels very quaint --- you know it’s a modern book and that the story takes place
in the future, but it has this familiar, yet unique, feeling to it. Jenna was
very interesting as a character; she knows nothing about herself at the beginning
of the novel, so as a reader, it was cool to journey with her, learning about
her as she learns about herself. And on top of that all, there are themes in
this book! Whenever I find a YA book with themes it makes me incredibly happy.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox’s themes became more evident as the story played out
(I won’t give any spoilers), and made me actually think about the subjects
brought up.
I would definitely recommend The Adoration of Jenna Fox to
anyone needing a new series. There are two more books in the trilogy, and we’ll
be reviewing them here later on. You can visit Mary E. Pearson at her website http://www.marypearson.com/ , &
follow her on Twitter as well. I hope you’ll come see her at the festival in
May!
Happy reading!
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