Starters by Lissa Price: A Book Review

Starters by Lissa Price
Starters #1
Publisher: Ember
Release Date: March 24, 2012
Source: Purchased
Pages: 336
Genre: YA sci-fi
Rating:✰✰✰
Buying Links: Amazon~~Barnes and Noble

Synopsis:
HER WORLD IS CHANGED FOREVER

Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and fighting off renegades who would kill them for a cookie. Callie's only hope is Prime Destinations, a disturbing place in Beverly Hills run by a mysterious figure known as the Old Man.

He hires teens to rent their bodies to Enders—seniors who want to be young again. Callie, desperate for the money that will keep her, Tyler, and Michael alive, agrees to be a donor. But the neurochip they place in Callie's head malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her renter, living in her mansion, driving her cars, and going out with a senator's grandson. It feels almost like a fairy tale, until Callie discovers that her renter intends to do more than party—and that Prime Destinations' plans are more evil than Callie could ever have imagined. . . .

Review:

I have so many mixed feelings about this book.
The plot? I LOVED it! There are a lot of dystopian YA books out there, and it's hard to make a unique one, But this one! No adults! Just kids and old people! Old people rent out kids bodies! It's kind of creepy!

But the characters...
Now, an important part of a story is it's characters. Let's go by each character, one-by-one:
Callie- Oh, Callie, Callie... you're the main character. But, you did things without explaining them. Like not shooting the senator, for example.
Michael- No offense, Michael, but why were you here? You didn't really seem that important to the story. I mean, you draw and stuff but... that's pretty much it.

Tyler- Poor Tyler! You're sick and tiny and your sister Callie is no where to be found :(
Sara- WHY. WHY SARA.
*SPOILER ALERT*(highlight to see spoiler) WHY DID YOU die???? why??? :( 
Blake- okay, i did not expect that. at all. 

The ending. It felt rushed. Right when it hit the last few chapters, it was a lot more showing than telling. And i didn't quite get the part about The Old Man...

Overall? I liked it. I didn't LOVE it, i liked it. Will i read the sequel? Maybe.

Has anyone else read this book? Have you ever loved a book plot but felt meh about the characters (or the other way around)? Tell me in the comments below!