howlsmovinglibrary: Did you like WARCROSS? Then you should read….WANT BY CINDY PONBoth set in
howlsmovinglibrary: Did you like WARCROSS? Then you should read….WANT BY CINDY PONBoth set in cyberpunk futures where technology has sinister implicationsBoth have badass MCs with impressive but completely justified skillsetsBoth involve corporate intrigue and hackingBoth look at extreme class divides between the MC and the elite culture they find themselves dragged intoWant is YA dystopia set in future-Taiwan, where the people who can afford it live in full-body suits to protect them from the pollution that is slowly (or not so slowly) killing the rest of the unsuited population. It follows Jason Zhou, who is part of an underground movement to take out Jin Corp, the main corporate lobby preventing new environmental laws. He goes undercover, disguising himself as one of Tapei’s rich elite in order to infiltrate Jin Corp, but finds himself being drawn to Jin’s daughter Daiyu.Read if you like:Books with diverse casts (POC, and wlw characters)Hypercompetent BUT ALSO NOT COMPETENT AT ALL protagonists (Jason ‘what are feelings’ Zhou)Several well rounded female characters with a number of badass skillsets, from free climbing to hacking to political manoeuvringSpies being spies, but without all the creepy misogyny of BondBelievable near future dystopiasA really tight plot and well written action sequencesAlso a side of biological warfare! -- source link
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