#Book #Review: 5 out of 5 stars for As They Slip Away by Beth Revis @bethrevis

TITLE: As They Slip Away

SERIES: Across the Universe, Book #2.5
AUTHOR: Beth Revis
PUBLISHER: Self-published on Wattpad
PUBLICATION DATE: April 1, 2014
FORMAT: E-book
LENGTH: 48 pages
GENRE: Young Adult, Novella, Science Fiction/Dystopia

Selene is a "non-essential" crew member on a generational spaceship that classifies artists as insane. She and her fellow non-essential artists are given a rather unique assignment: create art they find beautiful, with no angle of making it essential for life on board the ship. As they hone their art skills, Selene teams up with a troubled sculptor and learns just how dangerous art--and being non-essential--can be. This novella takes place on the spaceship Godspeed and deals with characters seen in the Across the Universe series. You can read it without reading the novels, although it might be more fitting to read it after A Million Suns.

MY REVIEW:

Well, that was just totally creepy!

This novella features six characters and their interactions with Orion: Selene, Kayleigh, Harley, Bartie, Victria, and Luthor. They all think they are “loons” because they take the Inhibitor pills, and they aren’t mindless drones like the rest of the drones on Godspeed. They actually make up an extremely small segment of the spaceship’s population that is not affected by Phydus.

The story centralizes around Selene and her relationship with Luthor. I already loathe Luthor, and this story revealed just exactly how twisted and unstable he really is! I felt sorry for Selene, but I totally understand the choice that she made in the end.

I loved it! Although Ms. Revis writes on Wattpad that you can read the novella without having read the first two books in the series, I think you would enjoy it more if you already were familiar with the characters.

You can read this novella for free on Wattpad.

MY RATING:

5 stars!!  It was superb! I loved it, and I will likely re-read it again in the future. You should definitely put it on your TBR list!

This book qualifies as: 

#43 for my 2016 You Read How Many Books? Challenge

#43 for my 2016 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge

#19 for my Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2016

#19 for my 2016 TBR Pile Reading Challenge

#37 for my 2016 Women Challenge

#33 for my 2016 Prequel & Sequel Challenge

#41 for my Backlist Books Reading Challenge

#6 for my 2016 Dystopia Reading Challenge
#12 for my 2016 YA Reading Challenge

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