Down World
It's been four years since Marina O'Connell's brother, Robbie died in an incident on the train tracks, now Marina is starting school at East Township High with the senior class that her brother should be in. East Township High is a scrabble of mazes, fake doorways and hallways that lead to nowhere since it was once a military base for scientific experiments during World War II. However, the hallways hold a dangerous secret, hidden portals to other dimensions called Down World. After a chance meeting with senior Brady Picelli and Robbie's friend Kieran, Marina is pulled into the dangerous and mysterious Down World. Marina discovers that Down World holds many secrets including secrets about her own family.
Down World is an exciting and fast-paced young adult science fiction thriller. From the time that Marina discovered the doors to Down World I was hooked on the worlds, how they worked, where they came from and what could happen in them. Marina's character is a very typical teen girl, focusing on romance and what someone might think of her at any point; however, she is also dealing with a lot of issues. She is still carrying around grief from her brother's death as well as dealing with her parent's depression from the event, when her brother died she also lost her core friend group and now needs to rebuild. Because of all of this, Marina very easily grabs on to the first person to pay attention to her, Brady. I was intrigued by the different realms in Down World, how they were all different and the consequences of going into the worlds. I do wish there was more explanation of how the worlds were built in the 1940's and why. I would love to know if they helped to alter World War II. I enjoyed the ending, the solution was appropriate and didn't leave everything perfect, but did fix what needed to be fixed.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
Down World is an exciting and fast-paced young adult science fiction thriller. From the time that Marina discovered the doors to Down World I was hooked on the worlds, how they worked, where they came from and what could happen in them. Marina's character is a very typical teen girl, focusing on romance and what someone might think of her at any point; however, she is also dealing with a lot of issues. She is still carrying around grief from her brother's death as well as dealing with her parent's depression from the event, when her brother died she also lost her core friend group and now needs to rebuild. Because of all of this, Marina very easily grabs on to the first person to pay attention to her, Brady. I was intrigued by the different realms in Down World, how they were all different and the consequences of going into the worlds. I do wish there was more explanation of how the worlds were built in the 1940's and why. I would love to know if they helped to alter World War II. I enjoyed the ending, the solution was appropriate and didn't leave everything perfect, but did fix what needed to be fixed.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
Yesterworld
A little more than a year after Marina's last trip through the portals into Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow in the basement of her school, Marina is adjusting to her life with the consequences of the changes she made in the portals. Marina is now a senior in high school and making college plans. However, Marina has a new history teacher, Mr. Martel who might derail her plans to never go back through the portals. Mr. Martel has secrets and plans of his own concerning the portals and plans to drag Marina back through to help fix his own mistakes in the portals.
Yesterworld is the second book in the Down World series and I highly recommend reading the books in order to understand the portals and how they work. Yesterworld picks up soon after the events in Down World where Marina is trying to adjust to the changes she caused while in the portals. Marina believes that she stopped the portal to the corrupt Down World from being created. She soon learns from Mr. Martel, or rather Adam, that the Down World still exists and that his friend is trapped there. Yesterworld is action packed, suspenseful and full of surprises. It was interesting to see how Marina's current timeline was altered by her trips through the portals. The introduction of Adam's character brings another layer into the story and creates an unexpected relationship. I was a little unsettled by Marina and Adam's relationship; however, the portals do have that effect. I was glad to learn about how the portal formed and how they were tied to events during World War II. The creation of the portals also explains how the Down World became controlled by the Russians. The changes Marina and Adam made in the portals this time seemed to have caused even more changes, even though they fixed a bigger issue. I can't wait to see what happens next for Marina.
Yesterworld is the second book in the Down World series and I highly recommend reading the books in order to understand the portals and how they work. Yesterworld picks up soon after the events in Down World where Marina is trying to adjust to the changes she caused while in the portals. Marina believes that she stopped the portal to the corrupt Down World from being created. She soon learns from Mr. Martel, or rather Adam, that the Down World still exists and that his friend is trapped there. Yesterworld is action packed, suspenseful and full of surprises. It was interesting to see how Marina's current timeline was altered by her trips through the portals. The introduction of Adam's character brings another layer into the story and creates an unexpected relationship. I was a little unsettled by Marina and Adam's relationship; however, the portals do have that effect. I was glad to learn about how the portal formed and how they were tied to events during World War II. The creation of the portals also explains how the Down World became controlled by the Russians. The changes Marina and Adam made in the portals this time seemed to have caused even more changes, even though they fixed a bigger issue. I can't wait to see what happens next for Marina.
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