A review by cjmichel
Etherworld, by Claudia Gabel, Cheryl Klam

3.0

Etherworld is book 2 by Claudia Gabel and while it is still a good read, it leaves me feeling excluded from the action that I felt a part of in Elusion, the first book. There is plenty of action, explosions, etc., but I wasn't as connected to the characters and the troubles they were going through. The break between Patrick and Regan was so underwhelming that I found it hard to remember that they were so like a couple in the first book which I only read about two or three months ago. The story that unfolded in Elusion is very memorable so losing that connection was disappointing. I also didn't buy into that deeply the idea of the program becoming sentient. It still seemed like someone was behind the scenes pulling the strings. I just kept waiting to find out who was responsible. The ending was nice and the set is still worth reading.