Words on Endgame by James Frey and Nils Johnson-Shelton

Twelve meteorites struck the Earth, killing millions. But it is only the beginning of, yes, the apocalypse. Twelve teens decended from ancient civilizations have been given the signal to begin endgame. The winner will be granted immunity for themselves and thier people while the others perish. And yeah, these poor bastards are expected to kill each other.

So it's really just a bad spinoff of The Arcana Chronicles. Which, by the way, is an awesome series. You should check it out.

Anyways, these kids need to travel the world, searching for clues that will lead to keys that are going to help them win. Some of the kids want to play, others do not. Some of them are okay, some are total nutjobs that remind me a little bit of Drake from the Gone series. (Another really good series. Check that out too.) The book's puzzles also offer sort of a 39 Clues appeal.

Yep, that kind of sums it up. 39 Clues + Arcana Chronicles = Endgame.

Eh. I don't know. Like I said, it isn't very original, and the number of characters (Because we have to get everybody's POVs.) makes it a bit hard to keep up with the plot. In fact, the multiple POVs make it hard to get much of the plot at all.

The writing style doesn't give you a very good idea of the characters and you don't see much of their personalities.

Honestly, this is like a vampire/werewolf book: in order to do well with a book about 1) death contests and 2) the end of the world, you have to have a really unique twist on it, and this one just didn't. I wasn't very impressed. The idea was good, but the way it was written leaves much to be desired. 3/5.

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