She understands that people are more than just a pheromone signal. She doesn’t let the M-bands control her actions and future. She wasn’t going to sit back and accept what she had been told about her father. Her only goal in life is to find her dad and discover the truth. She knows the truth behind the neg rating anyone rating neg is taken to secret locations, hidden away from society and mistreated. She’s determine to find her dad, knowing that whatever happened to him after he registered as a “neg” was awful.

Maggie, although I found it difficult to connect with her at times, is a unique character. No one has to go through the process of growing a relationship. There’s no more guessing when it comes to whether or not you’d be friends with someone, or whether or not someone would be a good long-term relationship. People willingly look for matches, using the M-chips and M-bands to discover the people they’d work well with. I thought the development of the book’s premise was interesting. But Quentin isn’t the person she thought he was… And while she can easily betray her morals in the quest to save her father, can she betray her heart?

By tricking Quentin into believing he’s a ‘neg’, Maggie quickly gains access to all things M-Corp. Her last hope is Quentin Mercer, her classmate at the elite Kingly Academy – and the heir to the Mercer Corporation. But even though she’s discovered the government’s secret underground prison network and the fact that negs aren’t going to rehab farms (not even close), she’s still no closer to finding her father.

For the last two years, eighteen-year-old Maggie has had only one goal: to uncover the truth and bring him home. Three years ago Maggie’s father mysteriously rated as a ‘neg’ and was taken away from them. Why trust your heart when all you have to do is get within a two-metre radius of someone to record a compatibility rating? Ratings range from the rare ‘perfect match’ to the dreaded ‘negative’ and everything in between. Ever since the development of M-chips which tap into human pheromones, M-Corp has become the new superpower. But nothing, and no one, is going to stand in Maggie’s way. The Mercer Corporation might rule the world through the control of pheromones. The summary of D isruption n from Goodreads: I had a few issues with some things, but overall, the book was really interesting and captivating.

She’s a take-no-prisoners kind of person, determined to see her mission through until the end. Maggie fights against the system because she knows it’s flawed. A future where people rely on technology for everything, including telling them who they are compatible with for friendship and romance. The concept behind this book is a good one, and completely believable. Published: October 4th, 2016 (US pub date)

Disruption by Jessica Shirvington