Actually if you read the first three chapters of the Mecha Gene it looks like a pretty stereotypical YA story, You assume Rider and Burn are going to be forced into a relationship with each other like most leads are, theyâre running from some people called âthe packâ so it looks like a âdestroying the ultimate evilâ story, and then thereâs the âChangeâ which sounds like a cliche in itâs self. Burn is a âbullet proof super ninjaâ and doesnât have any flaws, ridersâ snarky and sarcastic and youâre just waiting until heâs ârevealedâ as the âchosen oneâ
Burn had issues, and I mean issues. the way she talks about her past and her insomnia makes you wonder what happened to her before she met rider, she fights with a certain style which makes you wonder who trained her, even before the plot twist you know sheâs more than just what you see. She always wearing her gloves, she tugs on her necklace and curses in Italian.
Rider doesnât ever flirt with Burn, he doesnât stare at her *romantically* when she isnât looking, he doesnât make fun of the fact that sheâs a girl and doesnât feel emasculated when she saves his life. in fact itâs never even mentioned that the characters donât conform to traditional gender roles. Heâs scrawny, a wimp and hates the fact that he canât fight, not because he wants to show off nad be buff, but because he wants to protect those around him, and what happened to him before he met burn? who knows?!
Though he does dream about cliffs
And when Lillyâs introduced? A tiny gay afiracan amercian lessiban artists who plantes flowers nd his searching for her long lost brother, you read that right.
So bascilly you think itâs about a; cliched roamtic subplot, a strong male and wimpy femal, and just a normal YA novel in the first paragraph. Bu then no. Burn saved Riders life, they donât date, turns out Burn has an unspoken but spoken thing going on with a Lesbian names Lilly, Riders last girlfeined is asexual and itâs only mentioned once and is not a big deal. The pack is corrupt, some people in it are good. Nothing is black and white.
The boks more than what it seemes at first glance.