Series: Project Paper Doll (bk. 2, sequel to The Rules)
Genera(s): Sci-fi/Romance
Subjects: aliens, extraterrestrials, genetic
engineering, paranormal, psychic ability
Setting: Wisconsin and Illinois (Chicagoland suburbs)
POV/Tense: Rotating 1st person POV, past
tense: Ariane Tucker and Zane Bradshaw
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 359 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover
List Price: $17.99
Publisher: Hyperion
Summary/ product description: “Ariane Tucker has finally
escaped GTX, the research facility that created her. While on the run, Zane
Bradshaw is the only person she can trust. He knows who-and what-she is and
still wants to be part of her life.
But
accepting Zane's help means putting him in danger.
Dr.
Jacobs, head of GTX, is not the only one hunting for Ariane. Two rival
corporations have their sights set on taking down their competition.
Permanently. To protect Zane and herself, Ariane needs allies. She needs the
other hybrids. The hybrids who are way more alien and a lot less human. Can
Ariane win them over before they turn on her? Or will she be forced to choose
sides, to decide who lives and who dies?”
My Review: This
has been an awesome sequel. I seriously love this series. The narration is done
in a way that it differentiates both characters’ voices. Ariane is both serious
and sarcastic and uses a lot of parentheses. She thinks logically, but
sometimes emotions show through. Zane definitely sounds like a guy. He’s also
not very sure of himself and was not well treated by his dad. I really like
Zane, and I’d definitely add him to the list of awesome book boyfriends. He
cares so much about Ariane and loves her no matter how alien she might be.
I love that this book is set in Wisconsin and
Illinois. A lot of the places mentioned are places I’ve been to or passed. Some
of the places are made up. The Mars Cheese Castle mentioned is something we’d
always pass on our way up to Milwaukee. We’d also pass Gurnee Mills and Six
Flags. The author lives in the area, and I met her at RT a few years ago when
it was in Chicago.
We got to meet new character, the other hybrids: Ford,
Nixon and Carter. Ford is like a clone of Ariane, and Nixon and Carter are male.
They attend a private school in Lake Forest, IL. They don’t act as human as
Ariane because they didn’t have exposure to pop culture and care takers like
she did. All three hybrids are connected to each other telepathy, and act like
one entity. They act much more alien. But once Ariane learns more about them,
she sympathizes with them and wants to help them. Zane believe they’re setting
a trap to help eliminate her. Can she trust them?
The book is fast and slow, but the pacing is good
overall. There’s these bursts of genius that makes this book a 5 stars YA
sci-fi book.
I recommend this book series to fans of Maximum Ride
by James Patterson, Altered by Jennifer Rush, Unremembered by Jessica Brody, False
Memory by Dan Krokos, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, or any other sci-fi series
that may involve genetic engineering, psychic super powers or aliens. Or movies like that too. GTX is kind of like
Itex, and Ariane is like Max and Angel.
I just want to say I totally saw that ending coming
and predicted what would happen in the next book. Zane gets more than he can
hope for, I bet. I knew it was going to happen. Am I psychic when it comes to
plot twists or what?
Cover Art Review: I like this cover better than the
previous book’s hardcover. The white mannequins and the girls in purple dress.
The typography is good too.
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