Mila was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was a girl living with her mother in a small Minnesota town. She was supposed to forget her past—that she was built in a secret computer science lab and programmed to do things real people would never do.
Now she has no choice but to run—from the dangerous operatives who want her terminated because she knows too much and from a mysterious group that wants to capture her alive and unlock her advanced technology. However, what Mila’s becoming is beyond anyone’s imagination, including her own, and it just might save her life.
Mila 2.0 is Debra Driza’s bold debut and the first book in a Bourne Identity-style trilogy that combines heart-pounding action with a riveting exploration of what it really means to be human. Fans of I Am Number Four will love Mila for who she is and what she longs to be—and a cliffhanger ending will leave them breathlessly awaiting the sequel
Rating: 3.5/5
The premise of this book made me desperate to read it as soon as I found out about it. And after the teen drama beginning, it was a good book. I did enjoy reading it a lot!
Although I didn't really like the beginning, this was purely because I really don't like teen drama. It set the scene for Mila thinking she was an ordinary girl who went to school, saw friends, etc, which I liked, though. I think if had immediately started with Mila finding out about being an android, it would have felt a bit rushed and there wouldn't be a chance to get to know her first. I did really like the part when Mila discovered she was an android.
I didn't like the romance. I'm not into romance that much, but Hunter seemed too much like a 'perfect' character with no flaws at all, and the way Mila CONSTANTLY thought of him despite only knowing him a few days bugged me.
I really enjoyed action parts and parts where Mila used and was finding out about her abilities. I thought those were some of the best parts of the book and I liked how the author showed what Mila thought of the situations - I thought it improved her character a lot.
All the way through, I really did not think Mila acted like an AI. As other characters actually said later in the book, I thought she WAS too emotional. She IS a computer. I'm guessing this is a big part of the book/series, but because of this, Mila reminded me more of augmented humans in the Deus Ex series, because of what she could do and because she still acted very much like a human rather than robot. Also, parts of the plot reminded me of this series too. This is a good thing as it is my favourite series of games :D.
I liked the characters, the only exception being Hunter (all because of how he seemed 'perfect'). I would have liked more backstory (especially for Holland, Lucas and Mila's mum) but in general I liked them.
The book was fast paced and I liked the plot. I DID see parts of it coming, but it kept me reading and I found most of it interesting, especially when Mila was at the base (lab?).
In general I enjoyed this book. It had parts I disliked, but I liked most of it! :)
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