Series: Unremembered (bk. 3)
Genera(s): Dystopian Sci-fi/ Romance
Subjects: times-travel, futuristic, genetic
engineering, identity, love, memory, scientists, experiments
Setting: The year 2117, in Nevada, California and
various states
POV/Tense: 1st person POV, present tense:
Sera
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 417 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover
List Price: $17.99
Publisher: Macmillan: Farrar Straus Garoux
Summary/ product description: “So many secrets are buried
within these compound walls.
I used
to be one of those secrets.
After
returning to the Diotech compound and undergoing an experimental new memory
alteration, Seraphina is now a loyal, obedient servant to Dr. Alixter and the
powerful company that created her. Happy and in love with Kaelen, another
scientifically-enhanced human designed to be her perfect match, Sera’s history
with a boy named Zen is just a distant memory from a rebellious past she longs
to forget.
But as
Sera and Kaelen embark on a nationwide tour to promote Diotech’s new product
line—a collection of controversial genetic modifications available to the
public—Sera’s mind starts to rebel. She can’t stop the memories of Zen from
creeping back in.
As more
secrets are revealed, more enemies are uncovered, and the reality of a
Diotech-controlled world grows closer every day, Sera will have to choose where
her true loyalties lie, but it’s a choice that may cost her everything she’s
ever loved.”
My Review: What
an astoundingly epic finale. It was pretty awesome even with the few
disappointments. I love sci-fi with some mystery and lots of twists. I also
like it when a character has to overcome brainwashing or a secret organization.
What’s really great about this book is that we get to see the time period that
Sera and Zen are from.
2117 is a world with hoverpods and other things that
hover with magnets, synthetic meat, genetic modification and nanotechnology.
Gas power is obsolete, as well as today’s standard medical equipment since they
have nanoscanners. 2117 is not a post-apocalyptic world or a world with an
oppressive government. It’s not truly a dystopia, but there is Diotech. And
Diotech want to control people and they are using Sera and Kaelen to launch a
line of products that can make people better, yet control them. Dr. Maxxer has
told Sera this. And Sera doesn’t believe it.
Unchanged starts off with Sera now thinking that
Diotech is good and that she loves Kaelen and she’s got all her memories back.
She feels guilt forever betraying the objective and she think that Zen never
loved her. We know that’s not true. Zen definitely loved her and Sera’s just
being brainwashed with some sort of memory coding or something. It just takes
her time to see the light again. There’s just not enough Zen in this book. I
read the novella before this and one was from Zen’s POV. I suggest reading the
novella before this final book. Anyway, Zen doesn’t come back into the picture
till more that halfway through the book. I’m not a big Kaelen fan to say the
least.
The things that Sera finds out about Diotech and
herself make this book awesome, but the ending resolution was not what I had
hoped for. I’m still giving the book five stars because I’m a loyal fan and
loved the previous books. The plotting that this series took must have been a
massive undertaking and I think the author pulled it off even if there were a
few bumps in the road.
If you haven’t read Unremembered, then you really
should. It’s becoming on of my favorite sci-fi series. You should read it if
you like any of the following: Altered by Jennifer Rush, Renegade by J.A.
Souders, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, False Memory by Dan Krokos, Crewel by
Gennifer Albin, Maximum Ride by James Patterson.
Cover Art Review: The girl in the cover looks more
like Sera. I love the blurry effect and the title being sharp and clear.
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