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

by Kat Zhang

[Joséphine]

Two souls in one body make up a hybrid. It is tough enough to write about various characters as it is but to pull off writing about characters sharing bodies requires another whole level of finesse. Kat Zhang definitely brought that to her first novel, so much so I can't wait for the sequel to be out later this year.

Throughout the book I felt that I was getting to know Addie & Eva, Devon & Ryan, and Hally & Lissa as separate characters, despite being hybrids. Each one of them was well developed and fit into the whole framework.

One gripe I did have was the lack of explanation of why the government of the Americas viewed hybrids as a threat to their society. Usually a hybrid was made up of a dominant and a recessive soul, where the recessive soul would fade away by the time a hybrid turned ten. Being settled like that was the supposed norm. Yet while those who didn't settle were, there were hints that for the rest of the world remaining hybrid was the norm. I would have very much liked for this aspect to be explored more to tie up the loose ends.