A review by kmc3050
Skinned by Robin Wasserman

5.0

Robin Wasserman's Skinned is a great introduction for her series. Taking place in a severely post-apocalypse future, readers find a world with superior technology that even stops death- allowing one to be downloaded into a mechanical body. Despite it's advances, this world is not perfect and is battling to come to terms with the new download procedure. Furthermore, most of the population lives in decrepit cities or in corp-towns, where they sacrifice freedom and rights for food and shelter. Only the super rich have catered lives in the country, full of food, energy, and anything technology can create. It is there that Wasserman's main character, Lia, is created, killed, and re-born into her new, machine body. While Lia does interact with others a great bit, the story really is about what is going on inside her. This first book serves it's purpose of setting up with who Lia was, what she has become, and what it all means. It is an exciting read that begs readers to consider what makes us human and would we know if we were not.