Net Galley Book Review
Title: Eve
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pub Date: 10/04/2011
ISBN: 9780062048509
Author: Anna Carey
Category: FICTION - JUVENILE: Science Fiction, Fantasy,& Magic
“I’d read once about amputees, and how they had pains where their arms or legs used to be. Phantom limbs, they were called. I’d always thought that was the best way to describe my feelings about my mother. She was now just an ache for something I’d had and lost.” Pg. 36
The year 2032~ most people on earth had died from a deadly disease…the plague. Those who didn’t, the orphans, had no idea of life beyond The School walls, trusting that the education they were receiving was right and true. Eighteen-year-old Eve was one day away from graduating at the top of her class, until one of her classmates tells her that there is only pain and suffering waiting for all female graduates. After sneaking over the walls and seeing the truth for herself, Eve runs away from her hidden future and into the arms of another runaway, Caleb. She is terribly frightened of him, for she had been taught that all men were wicked, and would abuse her if given the chance. Caleb earns her trust and brings her to an underground shelter where she learns a terrible truth…that the corrupt leader, the King, wanted her personally.
The King’s soldiers tirelessly pursue Eve, no matter how fast or far she went.Through it all, Eve discovers that despite her corrupted education, love is possible, and that a world without love would be miserable.
Eve is an interesting book. I found myself intrigued by the disturbing futuristic concepts it explored. Some of it was hard to read, but the glimmer of hope and new found love keeps you turning the pages. I liked Caleb a lot as he saw the possibilities in Eve even when she was positive that he had bad intentions. I wasn’t ready for the book to be over- the ending came unexpectedly. I predict that readers are going to demand book two immediately as this one has an unresolved ending!
I give this book a B. Some of the content might be inappropriate for tweens, but teens 14 andolder will enjoy the read.
