The Evaporation of Sofi Snow (Sofi Snow, #1)

by Mary Weber

The line between virtual and reality is about to EVAPORATE.

In a world where skycams follow your every move and the details of your life are uploaded each hour, Sofi knows that her eyes are the only caring ones watching her brother, Shilo.

As an online gamer, she works behind the scenes to protect Shilo as he competes in a mix of real and virtual blood sport. But when a bomb destroys the gaming arena, she is helpless to rescue him—and certain that his disappearance was no accident. Despite all the evidence of Shilo’s death, Sofi’s nightmares tell her he is still alive. Could the dreams be truer than what everyone else claims?

For Miguel—a charming young playboy from Earth—the games are of a different sort. As Ambassador to the Delonese, his career has been built on trading secrets. In the aftermath of the bombing, he fears he has lost Sofi forever, even as he wonders if she is really who she seems. Now he’s a target for blackmail. The game is simple: help the blackmailers or lose more than anyone can fathom—or than Earth can afford.

Step into a universe of diverse characters, alien invasions, and high-stakes video gaming. Because when technology reigns, nothing is as true as it seems—and fantasy can become reality after all.

Praise for The Evaporation of Sofi Snow:

"A fun, fast-paced, geekfest of an adventure that will appeal to fans of Blade Runner and The Hunger Games."—Smith Publicity

"A smart, intriguing adventure of high-tech futuristic gaming. Mary Weber takes readers on an intergalactic journey intertwined with complicated family issues, politics, loyalty, secrets and betrayal."—Wendy Higgins, New York Times bestselling author

• Full-length young adult science fiction
• Book 1 in the Sofi Snow duology
  • Book 2: Reclaiming Shilo Snow
• Includes discussion questions for book clubs

• ISBN10: 0718080904
• ISBN13: 9780718080907
• Publish Date: 13 July 2017 (first published 6 June 2017)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 3 February 2023
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[readingwithwrin]

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange of my honest review.

I had no idea what to expect when starting this book, and it completely amazed me.

Sofi and her younger brother Shilo are in a game that is very futuristic and complicated for me to explain because I'm not sure I fully understand it. I will say that I found it absolutely fascinating with how the politics of this world and the game were mixed together. Sofi's mom is a leader of a big corporation in this world, and it appears that she chooses the company over her own children.

This world also has aliens of some sort, they are very different from humans on earth and are scary in a way to the humans.

We also see things from Miguel's point of view and he is an ambassador to this alien nation from earth. Miguel is a really complicated character, and we didn't really get to learn a lot about him as a person outside of who he was to Sofi.

Sofi and Miguel have a very complicated relationship/friendship. I'm still not exactly sure what happened between them, but it's now very complicated.

Overall I loved this story. Sofi and Miguel and this whole world really is fascinating to me, and I can't wait to see what happens next. If you can I would say to at least look at a physical copy of this book as each chapter has a faded out background pattern to it, that gives a little hint to something that they figure out in the books.

The side characters were all fascinating to me, and I really wasn't expecting for certain things to happen and I was just as shocked as the characters. The AI in this book is amazing as well and I really liked how she was helpful and not made to seem 'evil' in any way and instead was just an assistant of sorts to Miguel.

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[violetpeanut]

I don't know...I'm a little torn about this one. I liked the general plot and the underlying themes, but I had some issues. First, the pacing was a little off for me. There were parts that were very exciting and kept me reading after I should have put the book down, and then there were sections that were very slow and I had to push myself to get through them. There were also a lot of little things that didn't make sense. Why would a teenager be an ambassador to an alien race? What is the purpose for the games? Why does no one think it strange that a planet can just park itself somewhere new? How did these corporations take charge and why these corporations? Sooo many questions. I also found the explanations of the hacking and computer tech to be a little confusing. I don't know if this is a standalone or the first in a series but honestly, it doesn't even matter because I wouldn't continue the series, anyway.