The idea of this story isn't unique we have this surgery that will make you really good at one thing (music, physics, writing, etc.), or perhaps two things (if you have the money). I love science fiction, and thrillers, and so this novel was right up my alley. This is a science fiction thriller, which I don't think I was expecting! Granted, I didn't really read the synopsis (or if I had in the past, it was a long time ago and I forgot about it), and somehow I thought this was a fantasy novel. But together, they could change society forever. Orpheus and Zimri are on two ends of the social spectrum (Plute and Plebe), and their lives were never supposed to intersect. But his father wants him to have the surgery so that Orpheus will be ready to take over the company. Orpheus hasn't received an ASA, and he's not sure he wants one. Hanson has control over the music industry, as most musicians have a music ASA (and Hanson has control over the profits made by those with ASA). ASA is purchased by the rich, and once the surgery is done, you wake up with a newly acquired ability. Orpheus Hanson is a "Plute" and the son of Harold Hanson, who created Acquired Savant Abilities. But Zimri is determined to make music, and interrupt LiveStreams of concerts and radio streams is certainly one way to do it. Zimri has a great voice, but in this world, no one is legally allowed to sing patented songs. Zimri is a "plebe", a warehouse worker who lives with her grandmother. While some general ideas of the story are not unique to this book, the story was very enjoyable and I couldn't put it down, even until the ending. I was going into this story with a clean slate, which is sometimes the best way to experience a story. This book surprised me! I have yet to see any of my blogging and reviewing peers read this book, and when I received it several months ago, I didn't know much about it. Here is a thriller, love story, and social experiment that readers will find gripping-and terrifying. But sometimes, rules are meant to be broken. Orpheus and Zimri are not supposed to meet. Her grueling schedule and her grandmother's illness can't keep her from making music-even if it is illegal. Zimri Robinson, a natural musical prodigy, is a "plebe"-a worker at the enormous warehouse that supplies an on-line marketplace that has supplanted all commerce. And Orpheus's father holds the copyright to the ASA procedure. Instead, procedures to induce Acquired Savant Abilities (ASAs) are now purchased by the privileged. In Orpheus Chanson's world, geniuses and prodigies are no longer born or honed through hard work. *** Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***
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