{"id":1781,"date":"2015-06-16T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2015-06-08T17:34:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T00:34:38","slug":"no-safety-in-numbers-series-teen-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2015\/no-safety-in-numbers-series-teen-review\/","title":{"rendered":"No Safety in Numbers series &#8212; teen review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reviews by Bella, teen reviewer<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When a strange device is discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall, the entire complex is suddenly locked down. No one can leave. No one knows what is going on. At first, there&#8217;s the novelty of being stuck in a mega mall with free food and a gift certificate. But with each passing day, it becomes harder to ignore the dwindling supplies, inadequate information, and mounting panic. Then people start getting sick. Told from the point of view of two guys and two girls, this is a harrowing look at what can happen under the worst of circumstances, when regular people are faced with impossible choices. Some rise to the occasion. Some don&#8217;t. And for some it&#8217;s too late. &#8211;provided by publisher<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1852\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/05\/nosafety1-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"nosafety1\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/05\/nosafety1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/05\/nosafety1.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><em>No Safety in Numbers<\/em> by Dayna Lorentz<\/h2>\n<p><em>No Safety in Numbers<\/em> by Dayna Lorentz is said to be like the <em>The Hunger Games<\/em> that takes place inside a mall, and a suspense\/thriller novel.\u00a0 According to me, it is not, until the last fifty pages.\u00a0 Up until then, this book is pretty slow.\u00a0 I still enjoyed it, although it was not at all what I was expecting.\u00a0 All four of the main characters&#8217; stories interested me, but at some points, one character was not\u00a0mentioned for a long period of time, and that would be all I was able to concentrate on.\u00a0 I was also disappointed because there was little attention given to the bomb that caused everyone to be quarantined and where it came from.\u00a0 Overall, I\u2019m hoping the next book will be more like the last fifty pages of this one, when it gets suspenseful.\u00a0 I would recommend this book to people who like sci-fi and teen fiction with a touch of mystery and romance. 3 stars. &#8211;Bella, teen reviewer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1855\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/05\/noeasyway-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"noeasyway\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/05\/noeasyway-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/05\/noeasyway.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><em>No Easy Way Out<\/em> by Dayna Lorentz<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1600\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/03\/four-stars-300x87.png\" alt=\"four-stars\" width=\"259\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/03\/four-stars-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/03\/four-stars-1024x297.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>No Easy Way Out<\/i> by Dayna Lorentz is the second book in the <i>No Safety in Numbers<\/i> series, which tells the stories of four teenagers trapped in a quarantined mall.\u00a0 This book was a lot more engaging than the first, but it found new ways to become repetitive of events that happened earlier in this book and in <i>No Safety in Numbers<\/i>. \u00a0\u00a0The ending surprised me, not in necessarily in a good or bad way, but it did seem a little clich\u00e9.\u00a0 What bothered me about the ending was that the writing style changed, which I found completely unnecessary.\u00a0 The only way I can think to describe this book is a cross between <i>The Hunger Games <\/i>and <i>Lord of the Flies<\/i>.\u00a0 Overall, I thought this was a pretty good book, but it could have been half as long and it would have still told the story sufficiently. 4 stars. &#8211;Bella, teen reviewer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1857\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/05\/nodawn-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"nodawn\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/05\/nodawn-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/05\/nodawn.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/i><\/p>\n<h2><em>No Dawn Without Darkness<\/em> by Dayna Lorentz<\/h2>\n<p><i>No Dawn Without Darkness<\/i> by Dayna Lorentz is the conclusion to the <i>No Safety in Numbers <\/i>trilogy.\u00a0 I finished this book in a day, partially because I was intrigued and partially because I wanted to get it over with.\u00a0 It was an interesting conclusion to the series, but it was also very dark.\u00a0 It was more of a horror than suspense.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t especially like this book, but I think horror fans would like it if they could get through the first two books, which are more suspense mixed with teen fiction.\u00a0 It was also confusing that the first two books were in third person and this one was in first.\u00a0 I think the story was told better in first person, but I would have preferred this book to be in third person to keep it consistent.\u00a0 Overall, I think this would have been a great book if I was a horror fan. 3 stars. &#8211;Bella, teen reviewer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find these books in\u00a0our\u00a0library: <a href=\"http:\/\/pgpl-mt.iii.com\/iii\/encore_pasadena\/record\/C__Rb1466997__Sno%20safety%20in%20numbers__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=pasadena\" target=\"_blank\">No Safety in Numbers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pgpl-mt.iii.com\/iii\/encore_pasadena\/record\/C__Rb1505624__Sno%20easy%20way%20out__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=pasadena\" target=\"_blank\">No Easy Way Out<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pgpl-mt.iii.com\/iii\/encore_pasadena\/record\/C__Rb1529883__Sno%20dawn%20without%20darkness__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=pasadena\" target=\"_blank\">No Dawn Without Darkness<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviews by Bella, teen reviewer When a strange device is discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall, the entire complex is suddenly locked down. No one can leave. No one knows what is going on. At first, there&#8217;s the novelty of being stuck in a mega mall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":1852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teen-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/05\/nosafety1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-sJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7486,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2023\/how-we-ricochet-teen-book-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":1781,"position":0},"title":"How We Ricochet &#8211; Teen Book Review","author":"Nathan Wang","date":"December 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Reviewed by Jasmine Sov, age 17 How We Ricochet by Faith Gardner Betty Lavelle\u2019s life is going alright\u2014she\u2019s doing well at her internship, her older sister Joy is working at a caf\u00e9, and her mom just started a new job. 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