Hardcover: 352 pages
Published: Candlewick (August 9, 2011)
Book Description:
It should have been a short suspended-animation sleep. But this time Rose wakes up to find her past is long gone— and her future full of peril.
Rosalinda Fitzroy has been asleep for sixty-two years when she is woken by a kiss. Locked away in the chemically induced slumber of a stasis tube in a forgotten subbasement, sixteen-year-old Rose slept straight through the Dark Times that killed millions and utterly changed the world she knew. Now, her parents and her first love are long gone, and Rose— hailed upon her awakening as the long-lost heir to an interplanetary empire— is thrust alone into a future in which she is viewed as either a freak or a threat. Desperate to put the past behind her and adapt to her new world, Rose finds herself drawn to the boy who kissed her awake, hoping that he can help her to start fresh. But when a deadly danger jeopardizes her fragile new existence, Rose must face the ghosts of her past with open eyes— or be left without any future at all.
This book was OK. I liked it enough, but the futuristic sayings bugged me. Since she wakes up 62 years later, the slang has changed for teenagers. The author could have been a little more thoughtful on what the slang would sound like. I don't think that what she chose would really ever be incorporated into the English language, especially by teenagers. "Holy coit" and "That is so sky" and "Oh burn it". Uh, what? It gets annoying. The story was good, but the language got in the way for me. If you can get past the language, then go ahead and read this because it is an interesting book and idea. A sort of Sleeping Beauty in the future, but with parents that are somewhat abusive. All in all, just OK for me.
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