Gattaca meets Dark Angel from international best-selling authors Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant, author of GONE, BZRK and Front Lines. A mystery-thriller that bursts out of the world of genetic science and into the lives of teens. The perfect read for teens who loved Scott Westerfeld's Uglies.
Love has never had much of a place in the life of Evening Spiker. But being the daughter of a billionaire genetic scientist has other perks. Like a private hospital where you can recover from near-fatal road accidents. And a hot surfer boy to push your wheelchair. While Eve is healing, her mother sets her an unexpected challenge: to use a cutting-edge virtual reality system to design the perfect boy; everything from the colour of his eyes to the level of his IQ. It's the chance of a lifetime. The chance to play God . . . or is it more than just playing?
An exceptional page-turner from the creator of the GONE series. Escapism doesn't get more thrilling than this book for teens.
Fans of Ally Condie's 'Matched' series will love this.
Praise for the GONE series by Michael Grant:
"Exciting, high-tension story told in a driving, torrential narrative . . . This is great fiction. I love these books" - Stephen King.
Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate have always lived life in the fast lane - they moved in together after knowing each other for less than 24 hours. They have co-authored more than 100 books, including the massive hit series Animorphs. Michael went on to write the New York Times and international bestselling series, GONE. Michael, Katherine and their two children live in the San Francisco Bay Area, not far from Silicon Valley. Michael can be contacted via Twitter @thefayz, Facebook (authormichaelgrant) and via email at Michael@themichaelgrant.com
First: a car accident and a hospital that fears Eve may never be able to run again. Her mother, Terra, is a significant character in the science world and when she insists on bringing Eve, straight out of surgery to Terra’s own science facility, there is no questioning. Second: a recovery room and boredom. To quench Eve’s boredom, her mother gives her a science experiment to play with: Eve has to create the perfect boy. Eve creates Adam.
I wasn’t sure I was going to like this book. It sounded like a thoughtful concept, and one which would be great to read about if done the right way. Well these two authors wrote it in exactly the right way because I loved every minute of it.
Eve and Adam was constant action which didn’t let up until the very last page. I was surprised at how fast I flew through the book, wanting to know more. I thought it was going to have more of a science element which I wasn’t going to like but as much as most of the book took place in a science facility, science was not a big issue. Science is not my favorite subject in the world and Eve and Adam stuck to the minimum: talking about genetics and the cliché of creepy objects in jars.
It was amazing writing and grabbed the reader along for the ride. Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate worked together and wrote a masterpiece of both a book and a boy named Adam. As much as Adam was gorgeous in every possible way, I loved how Grant and Applegate took the time to sneak in a few moral messages for the kids. Perfect boys don’t always mean perfect everythings.
The characters were memorable. However, both narrations of Eve and Solo sounded too similar. The only way I could differentiate the two was by looking at the name in the beginning of the chapter. However, this may have been done to show how perfect they were for each other. As much as their narrations were similar, their decisions were different which made them both unique in their own ways.
The ending was adorable but too short. I felt like the whole thing was over too quickly. I think this book has a little bit for everyone but if you are especially into science fiction, you’ll want to check this one out.
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