Dystopia and murder. Both genres I typically avoid. Yet, the moment I started reading Off with Their Heads, I was hooked. Chapter after pacy chapter drew me into a world where a group of rebellious youngsters must make a big decision. Do they dare go against their school's decision to upgrade their ThoughtWeavers--the AI device every student uses? And what would the cost of going against their school be?Neil, Sameer, Pariza and Elle are all free thinkers in their own way, though they don't necessarily know it yet. While Sameer manages to cheat the system to get parathas instead of gloop, Neil's trigger is his crush on Elle. Their motivations might be different, but with an AI upgrade just around the corner, they must step back and think, moving beyond the "critical thinking" jargon their school throws at them.At their school, Anadi Academy, AI decides how much each student … [Read more...]