Recruitment

The Resistance Trilogy, Book 1

By: K. A. Riley

Narrated by: Janelle Bennett

On Recruitment Day in the year 2042, Kress and her seven fellow Seventeens—including her best friend, her worst enemy, a brilliant strategist, a moody recluse, a trigger-happy killer, a timid giant, and the impossibly handsome boy she’s avoided all her life—are taken away by armed soldiers to aid in the fight against the invading Eastern Order. But what does preparing for war have to do with the disappearance of Kress’s father? Or the strange pattern of techno-genetic tattoos embedded in her forearms? Or her growing psychic connection with Render, her mysterious raven companion?

In a secret facility called the Processor, Kress and her fellow Recruits are subjected to endless weapons training, violent puzzles, dangerous war games, deadly escape rooms, and impossible Virtual Reality simulations. In the end, they’ll get answers to questions they’ll wish they never asked.

©2018 K. A. Riley (P)2023 K. A. Riley

I just love kress personality

I love everything in this book amazing 10 out of 10 great job favorite character has to be manthy

Fast paced dystopian story

I’m always a sucker for a good post-apocalyptic or dystopian story. It had the usual tyrannical government and secrets to be discovered along the way. I enjoyed following the journey of the main character, Kress, finding herself and her value. At times the story was a bit clunky, transitions were abrupt and feelings and abilities developed suddenly with no warning or development. Then again, I appreciate an author who doesn’t feel the need to spell it all out for you. I ended the book with many questions, and I assume those will be answered in subsequent novels. Janelle did a great job of reading, and I look forward to listening to other books she has read.

Pretty good

It’s almost like a mix of divergent and the hunger games. The Voice is slightly slow, but you get used to it and the story is really good. It’s not too romantic, but it still has hints of it. And there’s plenty of action and interesting things.

Not bad

I enjoyed the story overall, but it could've done the same thing in probably half the pages. Worth the listen though and I will be listening to the rest of the series.

A little boring, at least at first. I haven't finished yet.

I haven't finished yet but this book does a lot of telling and not enough showing. I wish the narration did less telling me about all the characters and showed us by the interactions and story. I'm a little bored which is disappointing because the premise sounded promising.