The Angel Experiment

The Angel Experiment
Author: James Patterson
Series: Maximum Ride (#1)
Publisher: Warner
How Received: library

Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the "flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel--are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives can morph into a living nightmare at any time...like when Angel, the youngest member of the flock, is kidnapped and taken back to the "School" where she and the others were experimented on by a crew of wack jobs. Her friends brave a journey to blazing hot Death Valley, CA, to save Angel, but soon enough, they find themselves in yet another nightmare--this one involving fighting off the half-human, half-wolf "Erasers" in New York City. Whether in the treetops of Central Park or in the bowels of the Manhattan subway system, Max and her adopted family take the ride of their lives. Along the way Max discovers from her old friend and father-figure Jeb--now her betrayed and greatest enemy--that her purpose is save the world--but can she?

I've heard a lot of good things about this series and the first book definitely lived up to my expectations. I wasn't able to put it down and I saw really into the plot line and the characters in it. My one quarrel was with the way it was written - it jumped back and forth between characters - but without that, you wouldn't have gotten the full story. I wish the description had been a bit more vivid, but besides that, you couldn't ask for a better sci fi novel.

Overall Rating: 9/10
The Angel Experiment or Wicked Lovely?: Ooo. I love Wicked Lovely, but for overall plot line? Oh, so hard to choose... so I won't. ^^"

Happy reading!

~Nicole