What’s Left of Me (The Hybrid Chronicles, #1)

by Kat Zhang

[Angie]

The blurb for What's Left of Me immediately reminded me of The Host, which is one of my favorite books. I knew I was going to like it, well, I definitely hoped that I would.

While I loved the whole concept of two souls sharing a body and both being present in some capacity, I don't think it was explained very well in this book. I have no idea how it was possible to have two souls in one body, or why it happened. I also didn't understand this whole hybrid war that was going on, and why America hates them and foreigners. By the end, I think I was even more confused about everything than I was at the beginning.

I really liked how this was told from Eva, the "weaker" soul's perspective, despite usually preferring multiple POV. I think it would have been confusing to have both Eva and Addie, and I also liked how there was some mystery added, since we have no idea how Addie feels about anything happening. I actually had this looming bad feeling about Addie, once they're taking away for testing. I also found it interesting how whenever there was a crisis, Eva was the one who had to tell Addie how to handle it even though she has absolutely no control over the body. It seems like she's actually the stronger of the two, but just got pushed aside.

This one is fairly fast paced with Eva/Addie constantly on the move. I enjoyed it, but not as much as I thought, since I was confused quite a bit. I'm definitely looking forward to the next book though, and hopefully some answers!

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