Featured Official Review: Opaque by Calix Leigh-Reign [February 2020 Book of the Month]

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Re: Featured Official Review: Opaque by Calix Leigh-Reign [February 2020 Book of the Month]

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A sci-fi book with good descriptions, superheroes, and villains is always a treat. This one includes mutations, romance, the rivalry of generations, and the obviously changing personality of the protagonist. Your review includes everything that seems good with the book and as a fan of superhero movies, I would definitely like to read this book! Thank you for your great review!
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This book seems like a mixture of young adult and sci-fi in one. And the plot is also interesting. I'm going to put it on my want-to-read list. Thank you for your review.
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Reminds me of X-Men. :lol2: There are some unfamiliar terms, though so I think there are key differences. As a person in my 20s, I'm not hyped that the characters are teenagers but I'm curious about the author's worldbuilding.
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I found the sample reading offered to be a bit disturbing, but your review sounds like it definitely gets better. Still, I think I'll pass on this one.
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The teens during their puberty has lot much noise in their head. It's trouble to deal with it. It is all opaque. The review is crystal clear. I liked it. Thanks for all.
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This seems like a disturbing thriller, I like it.
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This genre of books is always fun to read, it keeps both excitement and curiosity high. Great review.
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Young Adult books seem interesting to read and this is my kind of read. I love that the author portrayed the character of a 16-year-old perfectly well. I love books with supernatural themes. Great review.
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Adam's character is interesting, the author did an amazing job with this. The review is also very helpful. I have never read a sci-fi, fantasy novel, so I am thinking of giving it a read. Thanks for the review, it is descriptive and gives a gist of the book and what to expect from the characters.
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I also reviewed this book and enjoyed the steady plot development. Good job!
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This sounds like a great read. I might be open to pick it up and read. It's been a while since I read a YA book. Incredible review!
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:techie-studyingbrown: I really liked the concept of this book. a world where people turn into mutants when hit with puberty and develops new powers seems fascinating to me. great review and a wonderful book.
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Opaque sounds like an interesting sci-fi novel. Congrats on being BOTD.
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This seems like a great story to delve into. I like how the characters were introduced. Congrats on making the book of the day.
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Post by Gemjay »

This book sounds great. Readers that enjoy sci-fi novels will definitely enjoy reading this book. The plot is intriguing and Adam sounds like an interesting character. Congrats BOTD!
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