She was far more capable than Earth’s leaders had accounted for, and they had no idea what she’d do next. “In this sequel to The Evaporation of Sofi Snow, Weber takes a darker tone, delving into alien abduction, experimentation on children, the machinations of power-hungry politicians, and black-market corruption . . . This is a well-paced page-turner.” –Kirkus Reviews Known as a brilliant mind … a brilliant mind that could hack her world’s darkest secrets, seventeen-year-old Sofi Snow is the most wanted teenager alive. She found her way to the icy, technologically brilliant planet of Delon to find Shilo, the brother everyone but Sofi believes is dead.
But as she and Ambassador Miguel partner to find her brother and warn those on Earth of Delon’s dark designs on humanity, Sofi’s memories threaten to overtake her, distorting everything she holds true. She knows the Delonese once kept her in a dark, deceptive place . . . and destroyed a portion of her life. Now, the more they discover of Sofi’s past, the more Sofi feels herself unraveling–as each new revelation has her questioning the very existence of reality.
In this harrowing sequel to The Evaporation of Sofi Snow, Sofi and Miguel must trust each other and discover the secrets locked inside Sofi’s mind as the line between what’s real and what they imagine begins to slip away . . . threatening to take the human race with it.
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I received a copy of this book from the Fiction Guild, I was not required to give a favorable review. This was a interesting story in the series. I read this first also. A little different that I normally read. This was well written I just can’t get into the story only because it is a little different. The writing is wonderful.
If you didn’t catch my my review of ‘The Evaporation of Sofi Snow’, the first book in this series then feel free to do that before continuing. I do need to throw in a trigger warning and disclaimer here. While not necessarily overt this book deals heavily with the idea of human trafficking. Not just for sexual exploit but for a myriad of reasons. It also takes on the ideal that sometimes you have to sacrifice a few for the greater good of the many. Where is that line? How many is too many? What is truly the greater good? Those are questions that came up for me and I’m sure you’ll have your own.
I have to admit, I didn’t love this book as much as the first one. I had the same issues with the dated curse replacements. I also got lost in the inner-workings of the techie world. But there were two bigger things. Onamonapia. Tick. Tick. Tick. It set a stage for urgency and that time was slipping away the first few times I read it. By about the tenth I was over it. There were a few other’s that showed up randomly as one-offs but they started to get grating as the book went on. And by went on I mean the middle two-thirds dragged. I got so bogged down in all the tech talk and the trying to figure everything out that I lost the greater story. I was so bogged down in the backstory that I lost the real story. I couldn’t wait to finish if for no other reason than to find the story again.
In the end I still enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the interplay between Miguel and Sofi. I enjoyed the connection between Sofi and Shilo. I respected the interplay between politics and personal conviction. At the end of the day we are all accountable for what we know about and allow to happen. Whether that be letting children be taken by an alien race to try and reboot their own species or turning a blind eye to the abuses others suffer in our communities. We are accountable for our own reactions and how we step up but we are also accountable to our responses to others as well. Especially people in power positions. This book did lose me in the translation but it caught me up in the bigger picture. For that reason alone I recommend this book.
I was provided a complimentary copy of this book by NetGalley. I was not compensated for this review and all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. I was not required to write a positive review.