Official Review: Cyber Spy by Heaven Love

[Melisa Jane]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Cyber Spy" by Heaven Love.]

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3 out of 4 stars

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With the constant technological advancement, cyber crimes are increasing every day. The youths who want to keep up with technology and take part in every trend in technology are the most vulnerable. It is, therefore, the responsibility of both adults and the youths themselves to vet and understand every emerging technology before participating in them. Cyber Spy by Heaven Love is a fictional novel about how gullible youths fell for a spy mobile application and how its creators obtained people’s information and used it to harm others.

Rebekkah had noticed her friend, Luna, stare at her phone all day. She later learned that a new mobile application called Lifeview had been trending and almost everyone had installed it on their phones. The app watches you all the time and gives real-time information on what you’re doing, even when you aren’t using it. Although Rebekkah found this creepy, her friend, Luna, thought otherwise. The strangest feature of this application was that it stayed hidden on your phone so that one couldn’t tell whether or not it has been installed. Once installed, it couldn’t be deleted. As time went by, reports of homes getting broken into were increasing. It was, however, strange that nothing was being stolen from these homes. Who was breaking into these homes? Will the person behind this application be found?

This book has 201 pages and is divided into 21 chapters. While each chapter is often a continuation of the previous one, the author switches the narrator between different characters. However, Rebekkah and Chord are the main narrators. It is written from the first person’s point of view and in the present simple tense. Although the narrator’s voice switches between Rebekkah and Chord, the last chapter had Amaia, Chord’s ex-girlfriend, as the narrator. The themes in this book include conflict, family relations, love and romance, and cybersecurity.

I liked several things about this book. To begin with, it has a powerful message to young adults about being careful with technology. It also teaches them how to handle persons with PTSD and domestic violence. Structurally, I like how the author formatted the dialogues. The conversations were brief, and the vocabulary used was simple. Since I didn’t find any grammatical errors while reading, this book was exceptionally edited.

Although the switching of the narrator’s voice from one character to another helped in character development, it also resulted in the repetition of the same events. This made the story somehow boring and predictable. I, therefore, rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. I only deducted one star because of the aforementioned repetitions. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys books on cybersecurity and family dramas. As mentioned above, because of the predictability of the storyline, some people might find it boring.

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