ARC REVIEW: Outcast by Adrienne Kress

Outcast
by Adrienne Kress
ebook, 283 p.

Synopsis
After six years of “angels” coming out of the sky and taking people from her town, 16-year-old Riley Carver has just about had it living with the constant fear. When one decides to terrorize her in her own backyard, it’s the final straw. She takes her mother’s shotgun and shoots the thing. So it’s dead. Or … not? In place of the creature she shot, is a guy. A really hot guy. A really hot alive and breathing guy. Oh, and he’s totally naked.

Not sure what to do, she drags his unconscious body to the tool shed and ties him up. After all, he’s an angel and they have tricks. When he regains consciousness she’s all set to interrogate him about why the angels come to her town, and how to get back her best friend (and almost boyfriend) Chris, who was taken the year before. But it turns out the naked guy in her shed is just as confused about everything as she is. 

He thinks it’s 1956.

Set in the deep south, OUTCAST is a story of love, trust, and coming of age. It’s also a story about the supernatural, a girl with a strange sense of humor who’s got wicked aim, a greaser from the 50’s, and an army of misfits coming together for one purpose: To kick some serious angel ass.

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My Review
I though this was a really cute book.  I was a bit weirded out by the beginning, because it was talking about creepy kidnappers and stuff, but I really liked it anyways.  It's hard to find an "angel" book that isn't about creepy stalkers, but I think that Kress really did subvert that particular trope in an amusing way.

ARC REVIEW: Data Runner (Data Runner, #1) by Sam A. Patel

Data Runner
N/A
by Sam A. Patel
ebook, 231 p.

Synopsis
In the not-too-distant future, in what was once the old City of New York, megacorporations have taken over everything. Now even the internet is owned, and the only way to transmit sensitive information is by a network of highly skilled couriers called “data runners” who run it over the sneakernet. It is a dangerous gig in a dirty world, but Jack Nill doesn’t have much choice in the matter. A brilliant young math whiz and champion of parkour, Jack must become one of these data runners in order to get his father out of a major gambling debt. But when a mysterious stranger loads Jack’s chip with a cryptic cargo that everybody wants, he soon becomes the key figure in a conspiracy that could affect the entire North American Alliance. Now it’s all up to Jack. With the help of his best friend, Dexter, and a girl who runs under the name Red Tail, Jack will have to use all his skills to outrun the retrievers and uncover the truth before they catch him and clip him for good.

My Review
ARC copy--thank you Netgalley!
<--THIS.

I absolutely LOVED this book.  It's rare enough to find good sci-fi books that guys can enjoy, but even harder to find books that have parkour in it.  Usually it's called something else, like SILENT SHADOW FLOWS OVER LAMP or something equally cheesy and kung fu-y.