Legacy Code by Autumn Kalquist
Genre: Science Fiction > Dystopia, Young Adult
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

DESCRIPTION: The last humans fled a dying Earth 300 years ago, but there was something they couldn’t leave behind: the Legacy Code. Every colonist in the fleet carries mangled genes that damage the unborn, and half of all pregnancies must be terminated.

The day Era Corinth is supposed to find out if her baby has the Defect, her ship suffers a hull breach. And it may not have been an accident. As the investigation unfolds, Era begins to question everything she’s been taught about the fleet, their search for a new Earth, and the Defect. But the answers she seeks were never meant to be found.

REVIEW: This book started off well enough and the writing overall (grammar, structure) is good. However, the story began to fizzle about halfway through and became repetitive, as though the author was attempting to fill pages.

This isn't a long book anyway and I came upon its completion sooner than expected.

As to the ending, it contained neither the climax one expects of an ending nor the required cliff-hanger to set the stage for a sequel. Had anyone asked me an hour after I'd finished the Legacy Code how it ended, I couldn't have told them. In other words, I found the story forgettable, which is unfortunate because the concept wasn't bad.

I won't be reading the sequel.

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