Jinxed by Amy McCulloch
Hi my name is Kire. I love to read, play volleyball and play my viola.
Jinxed is a science fiction novel that follows Lacey Chu as she tries to make her dream of getting into a top-notch school a reality. The story takes place in Moncha Town in a world where everyone has robotic animals which are called Bakus. There are many levels of Bakus that you can own. Lacey’s dream is to get into the Profectus School. She works extremely hard so that she will be accepted. There is just one problem: Lacey needs a level three Baku but only had enough money to buy a level one. This means that if she isn’t able to get a level three or higher she won’t get to go to her dream school.
One day, when her best friend’s Baku is thrown into a ravine, Lacey finds a mysterious cat Baku that was in pieces. She decides to bring it home and fix it up. This Baku turns out to be a high enough level that Lacey gets to follow her dream of going to Profectus School. Soon, Lacey figures out that her Baku, whose name is Jinx, is not a normal Baku. He doesn’t listen to her commands and ends up getting her in a ton of trouble. Through the story, Lacey makes friends and begins to feel at home until something crazy happens. Her Baku makes the decision to do something that throws Lacey’s life upside down.
Overall, I would say that this was a decent book that I would recommend to anyone who enjoys science fiction books about technology and friends. The only thing that I didn’t enjoy about this book was that often it got a bit boring, and I felt like it was dragging on details for no reason. All in all, I would say that I enjoyed this story.
