Fever by Lauren DeStefano
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I waited so long to read this from when I got to read the first book in the series, Wither. I wished really bad I’d get an ARC of it since I’d gotten to read Wither as an ARC. But it didn’t happen, so I had to check the book out from the store where I work. I gave Wither 5 stars I loved it so much, and this was really good, but had some of the same issues that a lot of 2nd books in a series seem to have. I was a little surprised they that Rhine and Gabriel ran into a trap so soon, but I guess I’d have realized that if I’d read the summary on Goodreads. 🙂 But it made sense because that is where they met “Lilac” and her daughter Maddie. It is also where we got the idea that their former housemaster, Vaughn, Linden’s father, had more secrets than we had even begun to find out in Wither. At first when Rhine started feeling sick, I wondered, was she finally pregnant? It doesn’t really ever say that she and Gabriel go that far. But I was a little confused. Then, when you figure out what Vaughn may have done, it all begins to make sense. I knew that the whole situation with Linden couldn’t be finished yet, it just wasn’t completely tied up, and this is how we get back to begin to deal with it. I was so anxious for Rhine to find her brother as well. And I’m glad we do finally get some satisfaction on whether he’s still alive at the end. I’m almost wondering though, if we still have more to learn about their scientist parents, and if they were as good as a child remembers their parent to be.
So now I’m eagerly awaiting the 3rd book! It would be so awesome to get an ARC of that, but not holding my breath, so at least this time I’ll be waiting the same amount of time as everyone else who has to wait till the book is actually published. In conclusion, I liked the book, and am still hooked on the story!
This book will go on my “C” for the A-Z Reading Challenge, for being part of the Chemical Garden series.
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I didn't even think of Rhine being pregnant-that would have been an interesting twist and made Vaughn even more determined to get her back. The final paragraphs of Fever left me perfectly poised to pick up and devour Sever!