Title: Zero Point: Bond, Bonding is Forever
Author: Jordan Becket
Publisher: Jazz Bee Prints
ISBN: 9781453845691
Pages: 303, Paperback
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Reviewed by: Barbara Miller, Pacific Book Review
Book Review
Delightfully and surprisingly narrated by a young woman beginning her studies at the University of New Mexico, Jordan Becket brings her inspirational character, Roxanne Wyatt, nicknamed “Rox”, to life in a superb tale of scientific intrigue in Zero Point: Bond, Bonding is Forever.Embellished with extraordinary detail of the geology and environment of the Albuquerque New Mexico area, one truly feels transported to the serine and enchanted landscapes, the climate, and the people amassing the technology think tank of Sandia National Laboratories, other governmental research programs, and the UNM science departments. Rox, a sharp witted, bright and a very good person is the daughter of a brilliant mother with more Ph.D. degrees than a thermometer, a bit absent minded (to say the least), however known worldwide for her cutting edge research. Rox’s father died when she was young, so she has been raised primarily by her mom. For example, Rox would be the one to make dinner and tend to ordinary household tasks, as her mom was so immersed in her brainiac thoughts she couldn’t really do the little things in life very well.
Rox has some innate advantages over her friends – one physically because of being a tad over six feet tall, and the other having the DNA of not only her brilliant mom, but her dad who also gained scientific notoriety with his work with crystals and the discovery of a diamond field underground in South America. To this end, Rox has been absorbed by her own scientific theory stemming from molecules being formed in such a way to produce energy, inspired by a Popular Science article she read as a teenager. Rox’s friend Alex, a guy with whom shares hormonal attraction yet has ulterior motives, draws Rox’s life into a whirlpool of events which bring very uncommon and original scenarios to the reader’s enjoyment. I must admit, Jordan Becket’s very casual and extremely comfortable writing style, along with her intimate knowledge of the inner circle echelons of university and government research programs, made Zero Point: Bond a book impossible to put down. The credibility of the characters lifts them right off the page and into your mind in a very believable way. I almost felt as if I was a friend of Rox’s, or at least would like to have been if we ever we had the chance to meet.
This is a wonderful book for anyone, but especially recommended for young adults; high-school or college women primarily, as Rox is a really interesting role model, a woman of thought and morals, kindness and cunning. I am pleased to learn that Rox will “Rox- on” in a sequel being written by Jordan Becket. So it’s best to read Zero Point: Bond, Bonding is forever before the next in the Zero Point series is upon us!
