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Author: Julianna Baggott
Series: Pure Trilogy (Book #2)
Series: Pure Trilogy (Book #2)
Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction
Length: 463 pages
Published: 2013
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Brief Synopsis: (Taken from Goodreads) We want our son returned. This girl is proof that we can save you all. If you ignore our plea, we will kill our hostages one at a time.
To be a Pure is to be perfect, untouched by Detonations that scarred the earth and sheltered inside the paradise that is the Dome. But Partridge escaped to the outside world, where Wretches struggle to survive amid smoke and ash. Now, at the command of Partridge’s father, the Dome is unleashing nightmare after nightmare upon the Wretches in an effort to get him back.
At Partridge’s side is a small band of those united against the Dome: Lyda, the warrior; Bradwell, the revolutionary; El Capitan, the guard; and Pressia, the young woman whose mysterious past ties her to Partridge in way she never could have imagined. Long ago a plan was hatched that could mean the earth’s ultimate doom. Now only Partridge and Pressia can set things right.
To save millions of innocent lives, Partridge must risk his own by returning to the Dome and facing his most terrifying challenge. And Pressia, armed only with a mysterious Black Box, containing a set of cryptic clues, must travel to the very ends of the earth, to a place where no map can guide her. If they succeed, the world will be saved. But should they fail, humankind will pay a terrible price...
My Review:
To be a Pure is to be perfect, untouched by Detonations that scarred the earth and sheltered inside the paradise that is the Dome. But Partridge escaped to the outside world, where Wretches struggle to survive amid smoke and ash. Now, at the command of Partridge’s father, the Dome is unleashing nightmare after nightmare upon the Wretches in an effort to get him back.
At Partridge’s side is a small band of those united against the Dome: Lyda, the warrior; Bradwell, the revolutionary; El Capitan, the guard; and Pressia, the young woman whose mysterious past ties her to Partridge in way she never could have imagined. Long ago a plan was hatched that could mean the earth’s ultimate doom. Now only Partridge and Pressia can set things right.
To save millions of innocent lives, Partridge must risk his own by returning to the Dome and facing his most terrifying challenge. And Pressia, armed only with a mysterious Black Box, containing a set of cryptic clues, must travel to the very ends of the earth, to a place where no map can guide her. If they succeed, the world will be saved. But should they fail, humankind will pay a terrible price...
My Review:
I give this book a 4 out of 5.
This one was just as fast-paced as the first book in the trilogy, but in some ways it just didn't feel as exciting. It was still a good follow up, but I spent the whole book thinking how much our six heroes (Bradwell, El Capitan, Helmud, Lyda, Partridge, and Pressia) do not know and how much they are fumbling through everything. I can't hold that against the trilogy or the author, as most YA dystopian storylines are really a series of events where the protagonists stumble on the facts, or what is presented to them as fact by the antagonists. I read these books for fun, so I try not to nitpick over things like this.
I did enjoy seeing that other people have survived in other places (Ireland, for example). Either the Irish had a much better plan in place before the Detonations or they were just plain less crippled by the Detonations. As Pressia and the others hadn't managed to leave Ireland before the end of the book, I'm hoping to see more of the Irish in the final book and learn some more things about what happened there. Maybe they'll gain some additional allies in their quest to take down the Dome and destroy Partridge's father.
I'm anxiously awaiting a copy of Burn from the library so as soon as I have it, I'll be starting in on it. I can't wait!
You can purchase Fuse through Amazon in hard copy or Kindle format.
This one was just as fast-paced as the first book in the trilogy, but in some ways it just didn't feel as exciting. It was still a good follow up, but I spent the whole book thinking how much our six heroes (Bradwell, El Capitan, Helmud, Lyda, Partridge, and Pressia) do not know and how much they are fumbling through everything. I can't hold that against the trilogy or the author, as most YA dystopian storylines are really a series of events where the protagonists stumble on the facts, or what is presented to them as fact by the antagonists. I read these books for fun, so I try not to nitpick over things like this.
I did enjoy seeing that other people have survived in other places (Ireland, for example). Either the Irish had a much better plan in place before the Detonations or they were just plain less crippled by the Detonations. As Pressia and the others hadn't managed to leave Ireland before the end of the book, I'm hoping to see more of the Irish in the final book and learn some more things about what happened there. Maybe they'll gain some additional allies in their quest to take down the Dome and destroy Partridge's father.
I'm anxiously awaiting a copy of Burn from the library so as soon as I have it, I'll be starting in on it. I can't wait!
You can purchase Fuse through Amazon in hard copy or Kindle format.
Have you read Fuse? If so, leave a comment and let me know your thoughts!
Please note: I was not compensated in any way for this review. It is strictly my opinion.
Please note: I was not compensated in any way for this review. It is strictly my opinion.
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