Title: Sever (The Chemical Garden #3)
Author: Lauren DeStefano
Publisher: Simon & Schuster 2013
Genre: YA Science Fiction
Pages: 386
Rating: 3/5 stars
Reading Challenges: Library
With time ticking until the virus takes its toll, Rhine is desperate for answers. After enduring Vaughn’s worst, Rhine finds an unlikely ally in his brother, an eccentric inventor named Reed, and she takes refuge in his dilapidated house. However, the people she left behind refuse to stay in the past. While Gabriel haunts Rhine’s memories, Cecily is determined to be at Rhine’s side, even if Linden’s feelings are still caught between them.
Meanwhile, Rowan’s growing involvement in an underground resistance compels Rhine to reach him before he does something that cannot be undone. But what she discovers along the way has alarming implications for her future—and on the past her parents never had the chance to explain.
While I really enjoyed the first book in this series, the second and third books just didn’t really land for me. I was disappointed that the relationship between Rhine and Gabriel went really no where in this volume. In fact, he doesn’t even appear in the book until the last section. Instead, we get more focus back on Linden and Cecily and I was just bored with those characters. The ending was incredibly weak and I just didn’t buy the conclusion. Meh. Just another book off my list I guess.
The Chemical Garden
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