Victories Greater Than Death

Tina is actually a being from another planet that is being hidden and raised here until it is her time to try to save the world.

Of course it activates when she is a teenager.... because if YA fiction has anything to do with it, we're going to need an army of teenage girls with ennui to save us. And of course she takes her BFF forever with her and she falls in love with the hottest person on the ship. The premise is so old at this point.

What this book does that bumped it up a few stars for me is that it has a cool look at representation. I wouldn't expect anything less from Charlie Jane Anders, of course. I loved that being who you were was just an accepted part of the story, never given too much attention as being “weird.”

Other than that, I might just have to stick to adult fantasy/sci-fi for a bit.