Synopsis from Goodreads
The highly anticipated sequel to Anomaly will be released the summer of 2017!
Worst. Road Trip. Ever.
Escaping with Reid Wentworth should have been fun, but how can I enjoy it when I just (accidentally) killed someone, my mom and brother are in danger, and the Consortium is trying to enslave humanity? (Yeah, they aren’t fooling around.) So feeling something for Reid Wentworth was not part of the plan. Trying to help unite the Resistance against the Consortium means I can’t be distracted by hot boys.
The Resistance secret hideout isn’t exactly the rebel base of my dreams. A traitor there wants me dead, but we have no idea who it is. And with both the Resistance and the Consortium trying to control me, the only one I can trust is Reid. If we’re going to have any chance of protecting my family, controlling my unstable powers, and surviving the clash between the Oculi factions, I’m going to have to catch this traitor. By using myself as bait.
Worst. Road Trip. Ever.
Escaping with Reid Wentworth should have been fun, but how can I enjoy it when I just (accidentally) killed someone, my mom and brother are in danger, and the Consortium is trying to enslave humanity? (Yeah, they aren’t fooling around.) So feeling something for Reid Wentworth was not part of the plan. Trying to help unite the Resistance against the Consortium means I can’t be distracted by hot boys.
The Resistance secret hideout isn’t exactly the rebel base of my dreams. A traitor there wants me dead, but we have no idea who it is. And with both the Resistance and the Consortium trying to control me, the only one I can trust is Reid. If we’re going to have any chance of protecting my family, controlling my unstable powers, and surviving the clash between the Oculi factions, I’m going to have to catch this traitor. By using myself as bait.
Expected publication: July 3rd 2017 by Entangled: Teen
Series: Schrodinger's Consortium #2
Source: e-ARC via Netgalley
Review
(3 Stars)
I really wanted to love this book, I loved the first book
when I first read it a couple of years ago, and have been waiting patiently
since for this sequel. I re-read the first book just before reading Enigma, and I have to admit it
wasn’t as great as I remembered it, but I held out hope that with a few extra
years the author would have developed and grown as a writer and as such the
sequel would be better than the first. Sadly that wasn’t the case for me.
Enigma picks up Josie and Reid’s story just a few days after
we leave them in a hotel at the end of Anomaly. As the blurb explains the two
of them decide to join Josie’s mum and brother at the Hub, and hope to root out
the traitor they believe is feeding information back to the Consortium. With
the Oculi’s ability to cSohange their ability to change their appearance the
traitor could look like anyone! Mean that Josie has to constantly suspect
everyone and it also leads to the consistent need to check that someone was in
fact that person, it reminded a bit of Marvels Jessica Jones and also Vampire
Diaries (season 4). I like this aspect of the plot as it keep you on the
lookout for hints of the traitor in everyone’s actions. Another thing I loved about this book was the
pop culture references, it reminds you of Josie’s ‘roots’ and inherent
geekiness.
However, the second part of this book just felt a bit rushed
and lack any kind of world building, maybe this was because of the decision to
make this a duology instead of a trilogy. If felt as though one moment Josie
and Reid were searching for the mole, the next it was over. I couldn’t connect
with any of the newly introduced secondary characters they didn’t really have
strong personalities, and I felt as though the short lived attempt at a love
triangle was a bit unnecessary.
So a bit of a mixed opinion of this book, although there
were some good aspects which I enjoyed, however I couldn’t connect with other
parts and the second part of the book just felt too rushed for me.
