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Best friends have become enemies. Lovers have become strangers. And deciding whose side you're on could be the difference between life and death. For Eve and Lemon, discovering the truth about themselves—and each other—was too much for their friendship to take. But with the country on the brink of a new world war—this time between the BioMaas swarm at CityHive and Daedalus's army at Megopolis, loyalties will be pushed to the brink, unlikely alliances will form and with them, betrayals. But the threat doesn't stop there, because the lifelikes are determined to access the program that will set every robot free, a task requiring both Eve and Ana, the girl she was created to replace. In the end, violent clashes and heartbreaking choices reveal the true heroes . . . and they may not be who you think they are.
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Release date
June 30, 2020 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781524714024
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781524714024
- File size: 18170 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 810
- Text Difficulty: 3-4
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Reviews
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Immediately following Dev1at3 (Deviate) (2019), all parties have their final showdowns. The storyline recaps, character list, and story elements guide at the beginning will come in handy for readers jumping back into the fully realized post-apocalyptic future through a wide, revolving cast of point-of-view characters. First up: a flashy sequence where readers left off, with a nuclear missile heading straight for New Bethlehem (and Cricket) with deviates Diesel and Grimm incoming on a suicide mission to stop it. When the smoke clears, those still standing are torn--do they rescue Lemon from BioMaas, or retrieve Eve (and Ana and Gabriel) from Daedalus? Foils Lemon and Eve suffer through mirrored themes of violations of bodily integrity at the hands of the dueling corporations that wish to weaponize them--and Lemon would rather die than be used. With multiple parties threatening different genocides, stakes are high, but there's still time for themes (mostly around choice and free will) and relationships. While there are multiple romantic storylines and love is a powerful motivating force all around, the story doesn't limit itself to just romantic love, instead branching out and giving weight to a variety of deep platonic connections. The ending wrap-up, which follows an extended cacophony of battles, is disappointingly tidy by comparison and slightly rushed. Lemon is White, Grimm is coded Black, and Diesel is Asian. A sprawling, heady, explosive (literally and emotionally) conclusion. (Science fiction. 13-adult)
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