--- title: Kylie and Kendall Jenner Wrote a Young Adult Sci-Fi Book description: You know who loves keeping up with trends? Kylie and Kendall Jenner. Apparently that applies to the, um, literary world as well. canonical: https://time.com/2822872/all-hail-your-latest-young-adult-sci-fi-authors-kylie-and-kendall-jenner/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-04T19:54:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:37.729Z og:title: The Internet Reviews Kendall and Kylie Jenner's New Young Adult Novel og:description: "I don't even think they read." og:url: https://time.com/2822872/all-hail-your-latest-young-adult-sci-fi-authors-kylie-and-kendall-jenner/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b2308db5a63af33/698696363bc999de101a3ecd/495477149.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kendall And Kylie Jenner Sign Copies Of "City Of Indra : The Story of Lex And Livia" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Reviews Kendall and Kylie Jenner's New Young Adult Novel twitter:description: "I don't even think they read." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b2308db5a63af33/698696363bc999de101a3ecd/495477149.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # All Hail Your Latest Young Adult Sci-Fi Authors: Kylie and Kendall Jenner by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 4, 2014 7:54 PM UTC  Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner sign copies of "Rebels: City Of Indra: The Story of Lex And Livia" Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner sign copies of "Rebels: City Of Indra: The Story of Lex And Livia"Dave Kotinsky—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 4, 2014 7:54 PM UTC You know who loves keeping up with trends? Kylie and Kendall Jenner. Apparently that applies to the literary world as well. The two reality stars are now “authors” of the latest piece of young adult, dystopian fiction. Behold [_Rebels: City of Indra: The Story of Lex and Livia_](http://www.amazon.com/Rebels-City-Indra-Story-Livia/dp/1451694423/ref=cm%5Fcr%5Fpr%5Fproduct%5Ftop), a YA novel that hit shelves Tuesday and is so complex, it’s worthy of not one but two colons in the title. We always knew that the girls had imagination. “In first grade I told my friends I had a third story in my house filled with jewels and lions,” [Kendall once told _HuffPost_.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/17/kendall-jenner-kylie-jenner-nofilter%5Fn%5F2489486.html) _Rebels_ is slightly more complex. According to the overview, it’s about “a beautiful paradise floating high in the sky, and a nightmare world of poverty carved into tunnels beneath the surface of the earth.” Almost as telling as the back cover copy is a page [inside that states manager Elizabeth Killmond-Roman and YA writer Maya Sloan](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/kendall-kylie-jenner-due-june-article-1.1619874) also “worked” on the Simon & Schuster book. While [_E!_ raved, simply _raved_, ](http://www.eonline.com/news/547828/5-things-we-learned-about-kendall-jenner-and-sister-kylie-from-their-debut-book)about the Jenner’s genius prose—did we mention that _Keeping Up with the Kardashians_ is an E! show?—reading the whole thing seemed like… a lot. So instead, let’s see what reviewers had to say about the instant classic. From Amazon, which has a one star rating:  Amazon  Amazon “I don’t even think they read. That’s what annoys me the most,” said a[ two-star Good Reads review.](https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/913236151?book%5Fshow%5Faction=true&page=1) But not everyone is a hater. The Barnes and Noble score averaged 3 stars. 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