Eve
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4.4 • 56 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
The first book in Anna Carey’s chilling Eve trilogy, Eve is perfect for fans of The Handmaiden’s Tale. After a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth's population, the world is a terrifying place. Eighteen-year-old Eve has grown up isolated from the rest of the destroyed world in an all-girls school. But it isn’t until the night before her graduation that she discovers what her duties will be once she graduates.
To avoid the horrifying fate that awaits her, Eve flees the only home she’s ever known. On the run, she encounters Caleb, a rough, rebellious boy living in the wild. Eve knows she shouldn’t trust him, but he slowly wins her confidence…and her heart. He promises to protect her, but when soldiers begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and her life.
Eve is the first book in Anna Carey’s trilogy, full of romance, adventure, sacrifice, all set in a near future that is both wonderfully strange, and chillingly familiar.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Dubious gender politics and questionable character choices hinder this dystopian romance from Carey (the Sloane Sisters series). A generation after a plague wiped out 98% of humanity, orphaned girls like Eve are raised in secluded schools, conditioned to fear the outside, distrust men, and look forward to a comfortable life in the City of Sand. When Eve discovers what's actually intended for her, she flees the school. Teaming up with another refugee classmate, Eve meets Caleb, a teenage boy who alternately attracts and repels her. Together and separately, the three struggle through numerous dangers in the postapocalyptic landscape, while Eve and Caleb fall for one another. First in a trilogy, the book squanders most of its potential on a premise involving repopulation through forced breeding, a "Wendy and the Lost Boys" scenario, and the protagonist's na vet and ill-considered actions. With rare exceptions, men are portrayed either as brutes to be feared or feral children in need of a mother figure. Similarly, women who aren't complicit in maintaining the status quo are all but reduced to broodmares or objects of lust. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
Compelling read
Well first off I'd like to say that this book is one of the best I've ever read and I could go on for hours about this because it really is thrilling! It starts off as such an innocent story of a school trying to protect the young ladies from the plague that was once present, but then one of the overachieving graduating students discovers the real truth behind all the locked doors and high walls surrounding the school. It seems like she is only dreaming but then it spirals into one big escape. I can imagine every scene in my mind due to the incredible work of Anna Carey with such deep detail into all aspects of the characters and situations that really just pulls you in right from the start and I couldn't put the book down. The on going struggle and he more Eve encounters, brings a sense of mystery and suspense. There is also a mixture of romance and humour just to keep it exciting and it really has a dangerous but realistic approach. Although the story has some devastating outcomes and almost leaves you in tears, it just makes you want to be in the moment and has an emotional effect on you that you don't get from to many other books these days. There's are all different characters that give off different vibes throughout the story that keep your mind my open up to all things and people around Eve and they can contribute to what she does and how she does it. I also have to admit that at first I expected it to be your cliche story of a girl finding out some dramatic secret and then was setting out to solve the mystery but the end really shocked me and that shocked feeling surrounded me when the story progressed. So all in all this book is a great read for anyone who needs a bit of excitement and emotion in their read.
Amazing !
Such an amazing beautiful story, this book contains such passion, power, love and friendships. I will be sure to recommend this book to every young girl for inspiration and courage to keep moving towards your goals in life :)
Awesome
I loved this book because it is always surprising you and I was always on the edge of my seat wanting to know what is next. I can't wait till the next book comes out.