Summary from Goodreads
Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and fighting off renegades who would kill them for a cookie. Callie's only hope is Prime Destinations, a disturbing place in Beverly Hills run by a mysterious figure known as the Old Man.
He hires teens to rent their bodies to Enders—seniors who want to be young again. Callie, desperate for the money that will keep her, Tyler, and Michael alive, agrees to be a donor. But the neurochip they place in Callie's head malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her renter, living in her mansion, driving her cars, and going out with a senator's grandson. It feels almost like a fairy tale, until Callie discovers that her renter intends to do more than party—and that Prime Destinations' plans are more evil than Callie could ever have imagined. . . .
What a journey! A twist on Joss Whedon's Dollhouse but Lissa Price totally makes it her own. A good dystopian novel that doesn't stray too far from the familiar. Callie is likable and carries the story well. I enjoyed the thriller/mystery feel that this book had. I could see some allusions to the fairytale Cinderella - with Prime Destinations as the (evil)fairy godmother and the senator's grandson as the prince. I mean she loses her shoe and he come looking for her with it? But this book does not have a fairytale happily ever after in the romance department. The ending wraps some things up but still leaves more questions for the next book in the series, Enders which will come out December 12th 2012.
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