Sixteen years after a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth’s population, the world is a perilous place. I do recommend this series, definitely, but be warned that it loses some of its initial magic as the series goes on. And then the third book… Well, you’ll have to decide for yourself. The second book had a crazy cliffhanger that made me run to get the third book. The first book was the most exciting and unique, and left me hanging. This doesn’t mean the trilogy isn’t good–I loved it and devoured each book, but it got more typical as it went on. The series changed too much, and I was disappointed with that. The third book was my least favorite, since it really was just another trek through the wilderness, only this time it wasn’t interesting at all. But, gosh, I really had no interest in any of the new characters that were introduced to us in books 2 and 3. (END of SPOILER.) I was not okay with this decision, though it was necessary for the plot. (Minor SPOILER:) By Once, Eve’s two strongest friends were almost completely absent, and they continued to be almost nonexistent in Rise. Cruel and selfish leaders, a rebel movement, a protagonist whose job it is to lead the uprising and take down the baddies. Her romance with Caleb, which some readers scoffed at, I did in fact adore.Īs the series progressed the books became more typical of the genre. She adapted, learned to trust, made lasting friendships of the least likely people.

When she made mistakes, some of them drastic, she learned from them. She was sheltered and naive so it was understandable how she sometimes reacted. The initial event that causes the book’s plot to happen is disturbing and different, so that was a nice surprise. Well, in a sense it is, but it really surprised me.

I went into Eve thinking it’d be a typical YA dystopia book. The trilogy (click a title to be directed to my review):

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