Pinesport Divide
Author
Charles Matthews
Publisher
Metal Lunchbox Publishing
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Greyson Hill has high expectations for senior year at Pinesport High. His best friend, Trak, has just returned from a summer at Farragut Academy, a special school catering to the elite LECTROL society.
Genetically improved, LECTROLS are physically enhanced humans who are stronger, faster, and far more aggressive than their normal counterparts. Their physical prowess ensures their dominance in school and in society.
Trak and Greyson are the closest of friends, like brothers, and have never let anything come between them. That may change if Greyson's unrequited love for Trak's girlfriend, the beautiful Leara, is discovered, but this is the least of Greysen's troubles.
After learning about another race of enhanced humans, who choose to remain hidden, Greyson stumbles across something 'not quite right' about Trak's involvement with the mysterious PROJECT REDSTAR. A race war is brewing and Greysen finds himself caught in the middle to try and stop it; however, in order to do so, he must betray those he cares about most.
Reviews
Pinesport Divide BY: Charles Matthews PUBLISHED BY: Metal Lunchbox Publishing PUBLISHED IN: 2010 ISBN: 978-0-984337-9-9 Pages: 372 Ages: Young Adult Reviewed by Billy Burgess In the world of “Pinesport Divide,” you are either a Normal, Lectrol or a Loor. The main character, Greyson Hill, is your typical teenager. He is in love with his best friend’s girlfriend. He starts hanging around with a group of super human strength teenagers - the Lectrols. The girl Greyson has a crush on, Leara, has been keeping a secret. She is a Loor, a mentally enhanced person. The Loors are the enemies of the Lectrols. The three different races begin to collide with each other. Greyson must make a choose between the Lectrols and his friends. “Pinesport Divide” has a great premise, but doesn’t go beyond that. The book is too long at almost four hundred pages, when the story could have been told in under two hundred. The dialogue makes the characters seem cartoonish. I couldn’t connect to the main character, or any others. The book is confusing at times, and suffers from too much telling and not enough showing. I would like to thank the author for sending me this copy to review.
Reviewed on 08/03/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Billy Burgess
