She lives in an underground world called The Community where everyone is implanted with a chip that controls their thoughts and emotions. There is no pain, fear, love, war, happiness, sadness, tears, or devastation. No emotions exist. Zoel-Q24 believes if she goes above ground to The Surface, she will surely die.

Every member of The Community has a feed in their brain called the Community Link that keeps them connected with commands throughout the day. They follow a strict schedule and move about like robots. No one disobeys, has their own thoughts, or knows anything different than their day to day life in The Community.

Zoel-Q24 suddenly wakes up inside of herself one day and has thoughts, emotions, and can actually think on her own. There is a glitch in her hardware that is allowing her to be herself. She's developing telekinetic abilities and doesn't understand what is happening to her. When she discovers there are more glitchers like herself, together they form a plan to escape and travel to The Surface.

Zoel-Q24 becomes Zoe, a person who is no longer controlled and is starting to realize everything she has believed all her life was a lie. Without knowing who she can trust, Zoe is on a mission to make it out alive before she is deactivated and ceases to exist.

GLITCH is the first book in a new dystopian Young Adult trilogy that blew me away from the very first sentence. Comparable to The Divergent Series by Veronica Roth, GLITCH is absolutely captivating.

Told in first person point of view, the reader is immediately thrown into Zoe's world, thoughts and feelings. She has no knowledge of what emotions are and it's fascinating to watch her discover who she truly is and have a mind of her own. Nail-biting suspense, nicely developed characters, and a brilliant plot all make GLITCH a superb debut novel.

GLITCH has romance, mystery, suspense, and plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing. The story ends with a small cliff hanger but will be continued in the next installment titled Override due out in February 2013. Overall, I highly recommend GLITCH to adults and young adults who will equally enjoy this wonderful book.

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