lisaluvsliterature's review
3.0
3.5 stars really.
I really liked the first two books in this series, and I waited 5 years between book 2 and this one. There was one point I know that I even reached out to the author to find out if this one was coming soon, because I needed to know what would happen next.
There was just so much going on in this book! We had a lot of things to get figured out after book 2, who really could be trusted, like should Lizzie really trust Paragon and the Engineers. Her mom Regina seemed to think there was no way around rebelling and fighting them, no matter the cost to anyone who might be innocent. But there was even more to consider, like having someone who could maybe help with the immunity and save the babies being born, who did not carry the immunity their parents had from vaccinations. However, to do this, it seemed they would have to take blood from just one person, one little girl. And while a few people know, Lizzie, her mom Regina, Alessa and Isaac, they are keeping it a secret, worried that it would cause a panic, and that people would not care that a little girl's life could possibly be lost in the race to save everyone else.
We learn that the stitch may have caused even worse problems, the monsters are more than just monsters, what Alessa thought she saw in the last story, was real. We also get a chance to meet some people who had just been living and watching the shows, not realizing that things were the way they were, until they noticed changes with what they ate and the people around them. Some of the characters get a bit of a peek into what had actually happened to them before the stitch, horrible things, showing them who wasn't really being truthful.
The end was a big spiral with twists and turns that kept me guessing at just how they could possibly win against the enemies, as well as save everyone. We got a surprise about the outside world, as well as losing some people that we'd just got back, or that may have needed the redemption that came from a sacrifice of their own lives.
As much as I enjoyed the story, I know that it was harder for me to get through because of how much time passed between reading this and the last book. It wasn't hard to get back into the story, the author did a good job of filling details in as the story progressed without just having a lot of info dumps. However there were probably things that I'd been more curious about 5 years ago, that just weren't as up there in my brain in suspense after this much time. Still, if you haven't started the series yet, you are the lucky one to get to start with all three of them out now. You can sit down and read them all, back to back, and get all the feelings that will come with a good series. You can check out my reviews of the first two books with the links below each book cover below.
I really liked the first two books in this series, and I waited 5 years between book 2 and this one. There was one point I know that I even reached out to the author to find out if this one was coming soon, because I needed to know what would happen next.
There was just so much going on in this book! We had a lot of things to get figured out after book 2, who really could be trusted, like should Lizzie really trust Paragon and the Engineers. Her mom Regina seemed to think there was no way around rebelling and fighting them, no matter the cost to anyone who might be innocent. But there was even more to consider, like having someone who could maybe help with the immunity and save the babies being born, who did not carry the immunity their parents had from vaccinations. However, to do this, it seemed they would have to take blood from just one person, one little girl. And while a few people know, Lizzie, her mom Regina, Alessa and Isaac, they are keeping it a secret, worried that it would cause a panic, and that people would not care that a little girl's life could possibly be lost in the race to save everyone else.
We learn that the stitch may have caused even worse problems, the monsters are more than just monsters, what Alessa thought she saw in the last story, was real. We also get a chance to meet some people who had just been living and watching the shows, not realizing that things were the way they were, until they noticed changes with what they ate and the people around them. Some of the characters get a bit of a peek into what had actually happened to them before the stitch, horrible things, showing them who wasn't really being truthful.
The end was a big spiral with twists and turns that kept me guessing at just how they could possibly win against the enemies, as well as save everyone. We got a surprise about the outside world, as well as losing some people that we'd just got back, or that may have needed the redemption that came from a sacrifice of their own lives.
As much as I enjoyed the story, I know that it was harder for me to get through because of how much time passed between reading this and the last book. It wasn't hard to get back into the story, the author did a good job of filling details in as the story progressed without just having a lot of info dumps. However there were probably things that I'd been more curious about 5 years ago, that just weren't as up there in my brain in suspense after this much time. Still, if you haven't started the series yet, you are the lucky one to get to start with all three of them out now. You can sit down and read them all, back to back, and get all the feelings that will come with a good series. You can check out my reviews of the first two books with the links below each book cover below.
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