![]() A white default is assumed.Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. Though Eve and Bram don’t rise above character archetypes, and the authors adopt a fairly rigid framework for gender roles and sexuality nearly devoid of queerness, there’s plenty here for fans of tales of humanity gone wrong. Chapters alternate between Eve’s and Bram’s perspectives, fruitfully intertwining into a heady page-turner. Part meditation on reproductive rights, part dystopian thriller, the novel casts a wide web of intrigue, deception, and hope. Meanwhile, Bram uncovers the Tower’s secrets and falls into the climate-ravaged world below, joining a rebel group of Freevers who wish to reclaim Eve as a symbol. Slowly, Eve questions the reality shaped around her and begins to rebel. ![]() ![]() Isaac Wells, Bram forms a bond with Eve, which disrupts the EPO’s plans. In defiance of threats from his abusive father, the brilliant Dr. Complicating matters is 18-year-old Bram, a hologram pilot in the Extinction Prevention Organization. When meetings with the first two potential mates have disastrous results, the Revival program spirals into a state of utmost urgency. Now 16 years old, she must choose a mate to procreate with under the watchful, stern eye of lead Mother, Vivian Silva. Sequestered in the Dome atop the all-pervasive Tower, Eve represents humanity’s last hope to slow humankind’s descent into irrelevance. Fifty years have passed since the birth of a girl on Earth-until Eve, that is. ![]()
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