The Kingdom by Jess RothenbergMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Blurbed as it was by Dhonielle Clayton, I'm a little surprised that this new piece of YA sci-fi has slipped under the radar as well as it has. And a little disappointed in the community for not hyping this one up a little more like it deserves. Set around the end of the 21st century, it's kind of a YA Disneyland meets Jurassic Park meets Westworld, a magic-kingdom-type theme park story where there are so many cloned animals (because by this time too many have become extinct in the real world) and all the princesses are eerily lifelike robots...which begs the question, are they human enough to stand trial when one is accused of a crime? And as this book unfolds, are we sure that Ana's really the one who ought to be on trial? Because let's face it, the trial scenes we do see, they're a freaking kangaroo court - because even a hundred years or so from now, there's really no way for humanity to stop sucking when it comes to treating anyone even remotely other. Though mercifully there's no cliffhanger on this one, I'd still love to see more stories from Jess Rothenberg set in this universe, whether they be prequels or sequels or even side stories parallel to this one.
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