Project A.I.D.E.N. by Lindsey Frydman
on July 4, 2022
Genres: Romance, Suspense, YA
Pages: 223
Source: Netgalley
Format: ARC, eBook
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Also by this author: To Whatever End
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ISBN: 164063679X
Rating:
Until the moment I met him, I’d never done anything wrong. Like, seriously, anything. Until that summery afternoon when an exceptionally cute boy with unnatural green eyes—like emerald flames—stepped out in front of my car. And I hit him.
Only the boy didn’t die. There isn’t a mark on him. And now Aiden is begging me to drive him somewhere, anywhere. Because he’s being hunted, and the people chasing him will only stop when he’s dead. I know I should just keep driving, but there’s something vulnerable in his voice, in his crooked smile, that makes me want to help him…even if it means leaving “good” behind.
And “leaving good” feels a whole lot like being alive. More alive than I’ve ever felt.
Now I’m risking everything—my safety, my relationship with my dad, even my freedom—for a guy I just met. It’s not Stockholm Syndrome or even Hot Hijacker Syndrome. Something tells me Aiden’s different, really different, and it’s not just his eyes, his strength, or his preternatural smarts. Or that when he kisses me, everything else just disappears.
It’s like he’s the perfect guy.
And he might just be hiding the perfect secret.
Everyone that I’m hearing that’s comparing this book to The Terminator–is absolutely spot-on. It just has the extra added bonus of romance. Which is a plus to me!
I was completely enthralled in this story. Aiden is a boy who lives in a facility where they now want to kill him. He finds out more about himself along the way–there are some surprises in store for this poor kid.
Elena, is involved in ways that she doesn’t comprehend at first. But their first meeting involves her hitting Aiden with her car. From that point forward, she’s invested in helping Aiden escape death at the hands of those who made him who he is.
This story was a quick, captivating read. It was full of twists, and I was rooting for these two from the absolute beginning!
About Lindsey Frydman
Lindsey has been writing since she was nine years old, when she discovered the awesomeness that is Harriet the Spy. Her books always include a romance, though sometimes there’s an added sci-fi or magical realism twist. She lives in Columbus, Ohio (where the weather is never quite right). Her BFA in Photography and Graphic Design has granted her a wide assortment of creative knowledge that serves as inspiration (and not much else). When she’s not crafting YA and NA stories, you'll likely find her spending waaay too much time on Pinterest, playing a video game, singing show-tunes, or performing in a burlesque show—because she enjoys giving her introversion a worthy adversary. (Plus, it's the closest to Broadway she’ll ever get.) Lindsey was a proud 2016 Pitch Wars Mentee and thoroughly adores being a part of the wonderful writing community. THE HEARTBEAT HYPOTHESIS is her debut novel.
