My rating: 2.5 of 5 starsA copy of Reboot was provided to me by HarperTeen/Edelweiss for review purposes.I was extremely excited for this debut because that summary could not sound any more awesome. Wren 178 is the strongest and deadliest reboot because she was dead 178 minutes before her body rebooted and she came back to life. Reboots are all stronger and faster and heal faster than ordinary humans. The other main difference is their complete lack of emotions making them the perfect super soldier. So basically reboots are some terminator zombie type thing...yep, sign me up for that.I've seen this time and time again: an interesting and original concept that's thoroughly lacking in execution. Now, I'm not saying this was a complete disaster but it definitely failed to live up to the anticipation the summary generated. It was all just very 'meh' for me.The first major issue I had was the world-building. The beginning part of the story felt like one massive info-dump that never really succeeded at explaining anything. And there were so many questions I had that were never quite explained. Like why the reboots continued aging even though they're basically a zombie, how it is that they're still able to have children (regarding the reference that upon rebooting they're given a birth control shot) and why in the world they become "attractive" upon rebooting. Strange additions to the Reboot world that I didn't find made much sense.But the second and main issue I had was the romance. Wren is supposed to be the most unemotional reboot of the bunch yet she becomes immediately intrigued by the newest reboot, Callum 22. I just couldn't buy it, period. It was so half-hazardly thrown together, completely lacking in credibility and was extremely ill-fitting with the rest of the story. Wren is supposed to be a super solider. A complete badass. Yet the romance aspect turned her into every other typical girl with zero original qualities. The aspect of the story that she's been their perfect soldier and obeys all orders until she begins to rebel... perfect. But something other than a corny romance needed to be the catalyst for her rebellion.Wren's 'voice' felt very authentic to me as she always seemed very monotone and didn't elicit much excitement when recounting anything. Despite it being authentic, it still felt very tiresome to read. There were some very exciting scenes though and I just wish there wasn't so much I had issue with since it inevitably ruined the better parts for me as a whole. Reboot fortunately doesn't leave you with a whopper of a cliffhanger but unfortunately I still don't see this series and I continuing.
