From bestselling author Jay Kristoff comes the second installment in the LIFEL1K3 trilogy--hailed by Marie Lu as "a breathless, action-packed exploration of what humanity really means."
In the wake of a climactic battle in the ruined city of Babel, two former best friends suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the same quest. Eve is torn between the memories of the girl she was, and the synthetic she's discovered herself to be. Together with her lifelike "siblings," Eve sets out to find the real Ana Monrova, whose DNA is the key to building an army of lifelikes. Meanwhile, Eve's best friend, Lemon, is coming to terms with a power that she has long denied--and that others want to harness as a weapon. When she meets a strange boy named Grimm, he offers to lead her out of the horror-ridden landscape and to an enclave of other abnorms like herself. There, Lemon quickly finds a sense of belonging--and perhaps even love--among the other genetic deviates. But all is not what it seems, and with enemies and friends, heroes and villains wearing interchangeable faces, Lemon, too, will join the race to locate Ana Monrova before her former best friend can get to her.
One of the things I like best about Kristoff's writing is that no one is "safe." He will kill or maim anyone (as long as it makes sense in the story, he won't do it just for funsies). Without spoiling either the previous book or this one, we start off with our merry band having broken up, and the break-ups keep happening. This sets the stage for new partners and players to have the spotlight, and you keep reading and get filled with hope before getting robbed at gunpoint and having your kneecaps kicked in. That just gives me time to recover before the last book in the trilogy comes out.
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